Re: Why did NES games generally look less pixelated/lo-fi than CGA/EGA PC games?

Posted on 2023-09-24, 23:00

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The interlacing on TVs during the heydays of CRTs really make a difference to these (g)olden console games. I still use the interlacing shaders in my emulations, be it Kega, Nestopia, Zsnes, Mame or RetroArch.

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Re: Monkey Island 1&2: Roland MT-32 + Sound Blaster support

Posted on 2023-09-19, 00:48

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This is the link at Internet Archive for this thread, especially to see what was deleted. Good threads should not be forgotten.

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Re: Dark Forces Remastered

Posted on 2023-09-11, 10:27

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Never a fan of any "remaster" or "HD remake". It might look better but it could never replace the feeling of first excitement of playing any original game. Just my opinion. Have been enjoying The Force Engine myself lately, mostly with my four years old daughter on my lap, I say I enjoy the remake …

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Re: Dark Forces Remastered

Posted on 2023-09-02, 06:59

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Never a fan of any "remaster" or "HD remake". It might look better but it could never replace the feeling of first excitement of playing any original game. Just my opinion.

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Re: DOS/Windows 3.11 (WFW) CDROM Sound Issues

Posted on 2023-08-28, 00:19

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Does CD AUDIO work in DOS, through the speakers? Why not use the official SB16 drivers from VogonsDrivers? What exactly is that SB16-compatible card?

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Re: Wing Commander 1 & 2 CM32L problem

Posted on 2023-08-25, 11:57

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I am 3 years late to see this thread, but I can confirm I never faced this problem, as the OP mentioned. I've used LAPC-I, CM-32L and CM-500 and all the sound effects were correct when I used years ago. Even when using MUNT with CM-32L roms, I still don't see any problems.

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Re: Silent booting options on Autoexec.bat and Config.sys

Posted on 2023-08-21, 14:03

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Out of topic, but : I for one, love to see the outputs from my Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files. I do try to choose the minimal info switch as the parameter if available, if the output is too messy.

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Re: Vogonians , how do you deal with fatigue?

Posted on 2023-08-14, 00:22

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As already mentioned, fatigue could be related to depression and stress, either at work or due to relationships. Mind burnouts are the usual cause of fatigue. You also get fatigue after exercise but recover fast after some rest and rehydration. The mind fatigue on the other hand takes days or even …

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Re: Quake 2 Remastered has been released!

Posted on 2023-08-13, 22:29

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But, I find nothing impressive. Saw lighting and shadow enhancements, but not much that make the mind go 'wow'. Have you tried the RTX Quake 2? That one is efinitely a bit more visually interesting Yes, I should try that. Previously I had a Radeon GPU and didn't try it when the update was released. …

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Re: Quake 2 Remastered has been released!

Posted on 2023-08-13, 10:34

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I have played it since I own Quake II in Steam and the update is free. But, I find nothing impressive. Saw lighting and shadow enhancements, but not much that make the mind go 'wow'. Unless they completely overhaul the whole engine, textures and models there won't be much change from playing the …

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Re: Which memory manager is better? Memmaker, QEMM or 386max.

Posted on 2023-07-30, 22:30

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wierd_w wrote on 2023-07-30, 06:43: Sadly, QEMM tops out at 256mb of RAM, while later versions of HIMEM and EMM386 could do upward of 3GB of RAM. (Very useful in DOS systems, if you want to use something like XMSDSK) How do you get the MS-DOS's HIMEM to access more than 64MB RAM?

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Re: Which memory manager is better? Memmaker, QEMM or 386max.

Posted on 2023-07-30, 00:00

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Yes, QEMM can really salvage a lot of free available conv. RAM. Which is quite impressive with it's OPTIMIZE process. And I did come across a few games that couldn't work with QEMM. Especially when it used the aggressive shadow ram salvaging.

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Re: Which memory manager is better? Memmaker, QEMM or 386max.

Posted on 2023-07-29, 03:17

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Playing around with 86Box too, and today, my search for alternatives to EMM386 brought me back here. In my 386DX-33 "machine" configuration in 86Box with 4MB RAM with 2MB EMS "board" and MS-DOS 5.0, I get 612K free conventional RAM with EMM386 NOEMS. I noticed that the EMM386 from DOS 5.0 takes up …

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Re: Jack Orlando DOS version.

Posted on 2023-07-04, 00:06

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A simple solution is to use the machine=vesa_oldvbe setting in DOSBox, and then install and run the game normally with that setting. With this method the game will automatically load a UNIVBE driver. Thanks. I just managed to play this after all these years. I'm playing this on my Android Tablet …

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Re: Vogons users, how do you deal with anxiety?

Posted on 2023-05-13, 11:03

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@Malik I agree with what you wrote, however, due to personal experience, I feel I must add something to that: - Not all doctors/psychiatrists/therapist are necessarily friendly or emphatic - Some of them have serious mental health problems themselves, probably due to long time contact/exposure to …

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Re: Vogons users, how do you deal with anxiety?

Posted on 2023-05-11, 15:01

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Though I admit, this forum is not for personal problems, people with similar hobbies like us with classic computing, also do have other problems. I suggest those who have problems with personal issues seek professional help . I'm from medical profession myself but I believe this is not the platform …

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Re: Best video card for Tex Murphy Under a Killing Moon

Posted on 2023-04-16, 01:39

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S3 Virge (375) cards are easy to find, cheap and work well with almost all the games. Virge DX is another good variant.

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Re: How can I remove all the contents under a certain directory in an easy way in MS-DOS 5.0?

Posted on 2023-04-03, 15:49

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Not an answer, but I made a similar request before in this thread.

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Re: 15 FPS Doom 2 with Pentium MMX 200

Posted on 2022-11-12, 12:03

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Vresiberba wrote on 2022-10-13, 08:12: Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2022-10-13, 08:11: Also, as others have pointed out, not all ISA graphics cards are the same. Some perform better than others. Obviously. Just change your graphics card if you want to test or play DOOM.

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Re: MS DOS INSTALL

Posted on 2022-10-28, 23:26

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If you don't want it, please PM me. Instead of throwing into the bin, I would like to take it. Just let me know the shipping charge in the PM. Thanks.

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