Interesting Discovery with Lychnis (1994 Korean DOS PC Game) and S3 PCI cards.

Posted on 2020-11-13, 16:55

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This is something I felt like making a note of, and I'd be curious to know why this actually happens. Lychnis is a pretty nice side-scrolling action game developed in Korea for DOS IBM PCs released in 1994. One of the best things about it is how it runs silky smooth on my HP Vectra 486 DX2-66 with …

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Re: SB16 issues with Jazz Jackrabbit, Epic Pinball

Posted on 2020-11-13, 12:41

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I've tried Epic Pinball on my 486 with an SB16 a number of times and even on the maximum quality setting it still doesn't sound that great. Weirdly though, on an Athlon XP 2400+ with an SB Live 5.1 card using its SB16 compatibility it sounds excellent.

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-11-08, 19:29

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Hezus wrote on 2020-11-08, 19:24: Ok, here it comes: I don't consider anything after 2000 to be retro. Sorry guys. I absolutely agree with this. I just can't call games such as Half-Life 2 or F.E.A.R. retro yet.

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Re: Windows 95 vs Windows 98

Posted on 2020-11-05, 11:23

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The thing is, the vast majority of games and software you'd want to run on a Pentium MMX will work just fine on Windows 95. Even some games that claim to only work on 98 work on 95 anyways, such as SpongeBob Employee of the Month. Also, it is possible to get USB mass storage devices working on 95. …

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Re: Windows 95 vs Windows 98

Posted on 2020-10-13, 16:25

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For Pentium 2s (or at least Pentium MMX) and earlier, I'd say Windows 95. I know for sure in my testing that it runs way better than 98 on that kind of hardware. Newer than that, though, go with Windows 98.

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Re: Hardest adventure game you've ever played (DOS/Early WIndows)

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I guess maybe Darkseed due to the time limit and stuff? Though, I first beat it many years ago and now I can beat it very easily every single time I go back to it.

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Re: DOS RPG Hidden Gems?

Posted on 2020-10-01, 06:58

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Knights of Xentar (Dragon Knight III) is a fun little romp to plow through. The voice acting in the CD version is pretty funny. It legit sounds to me like the port devs got friends and family to do it all. Apparently, the story was also modified quite a bit from the original Japanese version. Also, …

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Re: Games require at least intel P3, but won't run on intel P4

Posted on 2020-09-29, 01:30

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cyclone3d wrote on 2020-09-29, 00:19: So this is fun... I can't find ANY information about the Pentium III version. You may want to back up both discs and upload them to archive.org. I second this.

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Re: DOS RPG Hidden Gems?

Posted on 2020-09-29, 00:40

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Farland Story is a great DOS PC RPG. It does fit your criteria of being in a fantasy setting, turn-based, and being modern enough (1993). I think it's an incredibly underrated game. It was originally released for the NEC PC-98 Japanese computer, but a Taiwanese company named Unalis Corp. ported it …

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Re: Smaller games to burn onto pocket cd-r? 185mb

Posted on 2020-09-25, 13:31

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DOS PC CD-ROM Games I know of at the top of my head that will fit on those mini CDs: Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis Adventures of Willy Beamish Magic Carpet Plus Terminator Future Shock MadDog McCree I.M. Meen

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Re: Re-Volt 1.1/1207 - No CD Music (Windows 98 SE)

Posted on 2020-08-01, 22:08

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It does work work for some titles in Win9x. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=486011#p486011 Which is also stated in first post of the thread in your previous source My apologies about that, then. I'll look into it soon, though I do use VXD drivers for my sound card. Does that matter for this?

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Re: Re-Volt 1.1/1207 - No CD Music (Windows 98 SE)

Posted on 2020-08-01, 09:04

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Apparently, inmm.dll doesn't work on Win98 according to this thread: Alternative to _INMM.DLL for Windows 98?

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Re-Volt 1.1/1207 - No CD Music (Windows 98 SE)

Posted on 2020-08-01, 06:43

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So, I got a copy of Re-Volt pretty recently. I decided to patch it to the latest official version, 1207, and all of a sudden the CD music doesn't play anymore. Unpatched it works just fine, but now it doesn't even seem to access the CD drive at all. I like the added EAX functionality this version …

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Re: Favourite 1996 games?

Posted on 2020-05-21, 07:41

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I can think of two at the top of my head. Quake and Neo Turf Masters.

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2020-05-18, 20:07

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Riana Rouge is a Windows game from 1997 that's pretty much impossible to play natively on modern Windows. I could only get it to work properly on up to Windows 98, and on Windows XP it gave me an invalid Win32 application error from what I remember. Since it's not a high priority title at all, I …

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Re: games that are better on a Macintosh

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robertmo wrote on 2020-05-11, 09:21: thepirategamerboy12, what about pop2? I'm not very familiar with the Mac version of PoP2. From what I've heard, the FM Towns and PC-98 versions are the best as far as the gameplay goes. Those ones add a lot of extra options that the Mac and IBM PC/DOS versions …

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Re: games that are better on a Macintosh

Posted on 2020-05-11, 08:09

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Prince of Persia 1's been mentioned in this thread before. Honestly, I don't know if I can fully agree with the Mac version being the best overall. It's certainly not bad and looks nice, but the gameplay is somewhat sluggish no matter how fast your Mac is. I'd say if you want to have some 640x400 …

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Re: SimEarth - Japanese Mega CD Version

Posted on 2020-04-29, 05:10

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I looked up some SNES gameplay and from what I see the Mega CD version has better presentation, at least.

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SimEarth - Japanese Mega CD Version

Posted on 2020-04-28, 16:15

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SimEarth on the PC is a game I enjoy experimenting with every now and then (usually ending up in destroying the Earth with tons CO2 and Nitrogen). However, there's another version of the game that I think might actually be the very best one, and that's the Japan-only Sega Mega CD version. It was …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-04-26, 13:55

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I just played through Pajama Sams 1-3 a few days ago out of curiosity. Even as an adult and having never grown up with any Humongous Entertainment games as a kid, I still got some genuine enjoyment out of them. The first one is the best, though. Makes me wish I did have childhood experience with …

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