Re: Favourite 1996 games?
Posted on 2020-05-21, 07:41
I can think of two at the top of my head. Quake and Neo Turf Masters.
Re: Problematic Windows games list
Posted on 2020-05-18, 20:07
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 …
Re: games that are better on a Macintosh
Posted on 2020-05-13, 00:39
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 …
Re: games that are better on a Macintosh
Posted on 2020-05-11, 08:09
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 …
Re: SimEarth - Japanese Mega CD Version
Posted on 2020-04-29, 05:10
I looked up some SNES gameplay and from what I see the Mega CD version has better presentation, at least.
SimEarth - Japanese Mega CD Version
Posted on 2020-04-28, 16:15
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 …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2020-04-26, 13:55
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 …
Re: "Best" sound card for an old ATARI 286 PC?
Posted on 2020-04-16, 10:12
Yes, a Sound Blaster 16 or Vibra16 can be used in a 286 and even give 16-bit audio in the diagnostic program. I've tested both. Good luck finding a game that will run on a 286 and can also use 16-bit samples, though. I'd much prefer an OG Sound Blaster, but an Vibra16 is what's in my (still …
Re: Which old games would you like to see remastered version of it?
Posted on 2020-04-04, 12:50
Policenauts would be nice. Since the in-game graphics are digitized hand drawn artwork and the cutscenes were done using cel animation captured on film, perhaps all the assets could be scanned at a much higher resolution if they still exist.
Re: How do you encode Cinepak AVIs that can be played from at least a 4x CD-ROM drive?
Posted on 2020-04-04, 06:24
I burn at 8x speed, the slowest any of my burners support. I really don't think that's the issue, as everything else works perfectly fine like MOVs, WAVs, etc.
Re: How do you encode Cinepak AVIs that can be played from at least a 4x CD-ROM drive?
Posted on 2020-04-03, 18:43
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks. I found that option in Sony Vegas, but I'm not sure what the command for FFmpeg would be.
Re: Accolade Grand Prix Circuit with Tandy sound?
Posted on 2020-04-02, 18:25
I don't recall that game supporting Tandy sound. Just Tandy 16 color graphics with the usual PC Speaker audio.
How do you encode Cinepak AVIs that can be played from at least a 4x CD-ROM drive?
Posted on 2020-04-02, 13:38
So, I like viewing my own video files on older computers. I render Cinepak MOVs in Sony Vegas and they play back fine on a 4x and even a 2x CD drive, but you can't play MOVs in fullscreen VGA mode like AVIs in Windows 3.1, so it'd be nice to be able to make those as well. But for whatever reason, …
Re: Best CGA & Hercules games
Posted on 2020-03-28, 12:24
I really like Korean Dungeon Boy's Hercules visuals. They're reminiscent of a PC-98 game (same resolution, but monochrome). Too bad the monochrome CGA mode looks nowhere near as good, as the graphics get badly downscaled. I somehow got it to show up in 4 color mode when trying it on my HP Vectra VL2 …
Re: Games for Hercules monitor
Posted on 2020-03-24, 23:12
Try a Taiwanese fighting game called Mie/Destroyer from 1989. Not the greatest game, but interesting in that the only graphics mode it supports is Hercules and is also CPU speed sensitive to the point it's only playable on an 8088/8086 machine.
Re: Unknown DOS game
Posted on 2020-03-24, 11:22
Absolutely upload it, yes.
Re: Recommend me some gold old DOS games?
Posted on 2020-03-23, 23:57
I recently threw a copy of that away. It was on one of those 'Award Winners' compilations that came to me as part of a bundle of stuff. Threw away? You wouldn't at least donate a game you don't want to a thrift store or something? I don't think I'd throw any game away unless the disc was totally …
Re: The year is 1990 and you still have a PC/XT and can't upgrade. Which games are you playing?
Posted on 2020-03-23, 12:23
Try DIF-1 Laser Tank and Kosmonaut. DIF-1 is an enjoyable little Battle City-like game by Taiwanese developer Softstar. It requires VGA, but in my testing through PCem, it should be playable on even as a low of a CPU as a 4.77mhz 8088. Kosmonaut will work on EGA, however, and is the precursor to …
Re: Recommend me some gold old DOS games?
Posted on 2020-03-23, 01:02
I'll give 35 random DOS game recommendations because I feel like it. Seek and Destroy Rusty Klass of 99 Dune Flight Unlimited System Shock DIF-1 Laser Tank DIF-2 Mirage Thunder Stargunner Farland Story Adventures of Willy Beamish Summer Challenge Pyrotechnica Pizza Worm Terminal Velocity Ports of …
Re: Windows 3.1 / 9x games that require Quicktime
Posted on 2020-03-18, 20:30
Just remembered that Prince of Persia 3D is another QuickTime-requiring Windows-only game.
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