Re: Help with Prince of Persia 2 freezing

Posted on 2020-12-08, 16:52

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Hmmm, maybe the issue is related to the sound driver itself... Do you use any memory managers like EMM386? Maybe you can try disabling it and running the game again as it may be affecting the way the sound driver is loaded into memory. Also try disabling any other drivers you might have in both …

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Re: Help with Prince of Persia 2 freezing

Posted on 2020-12-08, 11:52

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by gaffa2002

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I remember having this same issue back in the day. Fixed it in the end but I don’t remember exactly how (sorry, didn’t know much about computers at the time so no idea what my sound card was). Issue was on the IRQ the game was using for sound (in my case, it needed to be 5 instead of the default 7). …

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ACA NeoGeo on Windows 10 - Is it possible to extract the rom files?

Posted on 2020-11-30, 18:09

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by gaffa2002

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Hi, The name kinda says it all... if I purchase any of the ACA Neo-Geo games from Microsoft Store, is it possible to somehow extract the rom files and use them to play using another emulator like mame? Thanks in advance.

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Re: What is the best 68K Mac emulator for playing games?

Posted on 2020-08-17, 22:14

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you may want to try this one https://www.mobygames.com/game/sega-32x/blackthorne/screenshots/gameShotId,35395/ it has a few more levels Thanks! I was aware of the 32X version, was just curious to see the Macintosh one. This game seems to be a pain to get running as I couldn't even find youtube …

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Re: What is the best 68K Mac emulator for playing games?

Posted on 2020-08-17, 15:39

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Prince of Persia 2 worked with proper music in Mini vMac II https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=58362 Thanks! Just tried it and both POP games seem to be working perfectly now :). Unfortunately the rest of the games are not working on this emulator (Blackthorne still has the same error 15), …

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Re: What is the best 68K Mac emulator for playing games?

Posted on 2020-08-14, 19:03

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Tried changing the RAM size (8,16, 32 meg) but same problem. Maybe the copy I have is bad like you suggested.

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Re: What is the best 68K Mac emulator for playing games?

Posted on 2020-08-14, 17:39

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Thanks for the tips... I just tried changing the CPU to 68040 on Basilisk II but still same problem, btw I just figured out I typed the wrong error code, I'm getting error 15 and not 14, sorry :(. I was aware of the thread you mentioned, unfortunately nobody could figure the CD music issue yet (the …

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Re: What is the best 68K Mac emulator for playing games?

Posted on 2020-08-14, 14:11

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Where did you get your version of Basilisk II? There has been a little development here and there and it is hard to keep track of just what is going on. (I think there are even new builds of Executor, but not for Windows.) I got Basilisk II from here https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php …

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Re: What is the best 68K Mac emulator for playing games?

Posted on 2020-08-13, 21:32

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Thanks everyone, I tried some emulators myself, here are the results: Basilisk II: -Prince of Persia 1 - Runs full speed with music and sound -Prince of Persia 2 - Runs full speed, but music is slow -Blackthorne - Does not run (error 14 15) -Warcraft - Couldn't try since I was too lazy to make CD- …

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What is the best 68K Mac emulator for playing games?

Posted on 2020-08-11, 20:40

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Hello, First time I'm attempting to mess with mac emulators and I'm particularly interested on the m68k ones. Please correct me if I'm wrong but it seems that 68k Mac emulation is kind of stuck in time. As far as I know my options are Basilisk II or Mini vMac. I also saw some youtube videos of …

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Re: Prince of Persia Macintosh - how to download/extract?

Posted on 2020-08-11, 20:17

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The one I got was a CD named Prince Of Persia Collector's Edition that was released around 1998. The disc has Prince Of Persia 1 and 2 for both PC and MAC. Maybe its cheaper and easier than getting the PS2 game just to extract the Mac version. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/ …

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Re: Need some advice replacing bad BIOS flash chip

Posted on 2020-07-16, 13:59

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I plan on using UNIBIOS since I can still boot from a floppy. The motherboard has the bootblock bios, and by using a fake modified version of AWDFLASH I could boot to a command prompt. But as per adalbert response I understood I need the exact same chip to be able to do that, other brands will …

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Re: Need some advice replacing bad BIOS flash chip

Posted on 2020-07-15, 20:33

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BTW how will you flash the new chip? If you don't have external programmer it is theoretically possible to hot swap chips after you boot into flash utility. But there is risk of damaging stuff. Thanks everyone for the replies. I plan on using UNIBIOS since I can still boot from a floppy. The …

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Need some advice replacing bad BIOS flash chip

Posted on 2020-07-15, 19:01

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Hi again, It seems that my Epox EP-7KXA motherboard has a bad bios chip, for no aparent reason, I started getting this error message: BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting floppy drive A media... INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER I can't POST or enter setup, after some work I was able to boot from a …

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Re: 10 year cpu challenge

Posted on 2020-07-15, 13:54

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That can't be right. The GTX 680 came out in spring 2012. Sorry, memory played a trick on me... what I meant was the GTX 480. Some years later I had a gaming laptop that had a GTX675M and that probably confused me. Thanks for pointing out

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Re: Having trouble with integrated ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP and OpenGL

Posted on 2020-07-13, 20:22

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I also have this card (onboard AGP 2X version) and it does have OpenGL and Direct3D support. You can get the driver from Phil's page (it's also for Windows 98 despite the name), the one from ATI never worked for me: https://www.philscomputerlab.com/uploads/3/7/2/3/37231621/wme-j5-30-1-b02.html It's …

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Re: 10 year cpu challenge

Posted on 2020-07-13, 14:44

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In 2010 I had: i7 950 6GB RAM Geforce GTX 6 480 Windows 7 Pro In 2020 this is still my main PC :D, although I upgraded the memory to 12GB and the videocard to a GTX 1050. Since I don't have much time nowadays to play video games (parenthood is tough sometimes), it would be a waste to build a nice PC …

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Re: Is there any reason to keep a Win9X machine around for gaming except for fun or nostalgia?

Posted on 2020-07-13, 14:13

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I'm launching a project on August 27th that will go a long way in answering the OP's question. I'm looking forward to it, then :) Thanks everyone for the answers, I guess a lot of users here go through that doubt. I really enjoy playing with old PCs, but the hardware part frustrates me too much …

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Is there any reason to keep a Win9X machine around for gaming except for fun or nostalgia?

Posted on 2020-07-08, 18:54

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Hi, Lately I was just thinking about that... is there any REAL reason (gaming related) to keep a Win9X machine? I know its just fun to build and run older games on the operating system they were designed for and that running them on newer computers doesn't have the same "feel". But if you just want …

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Re: Last Bronx PC - Patch to add FMVs back to the game

Posted on 2020-06-30, 17:51

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I believe I was able to resolve the speed issue on an overpowered win98 socket 775 system (pentium e5800) by just messing around with some game options but I forget what I did. I believe you changed the frame control to "None", for some reason that didn't work for me in Win98. Maybe it also depends …

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