Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?

Posted on 2021-01-25, 01:34

by

by newtmonkey

in DOS

in DOS

No one did better 256 color art than Westwood imo! Kyrandia 1&2 and Lands of Lore are some of the best looking games of all time. I definitely prefer the clean backgrounds in Kyrandia to, for example, the scanned artwork of the VGA Sierra games.

---

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-21, 06:37

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

Cheers, it's good to hear a candid overview of the situation from someone who was there, and still is. Myself, I played a lot up until about 1995, then (for various reasons, none good) simply stopped using computers until the new millennium. After which, I've dabbled with CRPG's but never fully …

---

Re: Blood DOS Game works with sound effects but not MIDI

Posted on 2021-01-19, 02:30

by

by newtmonkey

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I do have Blood running fine on my Pentium 133 playing music with a SC-55mkii, so I know it is (somehow) possible to get it working. I just wish I remembered the exact steps I took. I am 99% certain it involved applying the patch mentioned above. Edit: It appears that not every song is working on …

---

Re: Blood DOS Game works with sound effects but not MIDI

Posted on 2021-01-18, 02:05

by

by newtmonkey

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

It will be interesting to see if that helps. I am wondering if it's a problem with One Unit Whole Blood (which is what the GOG version is based on), as from what I recall the installer only works in Windows so most people probably ran it in DOS mode within Win95 or whatever... there may be some …

---

Re: Blood DOS Game works with sound effects but not MIDI

Posted on 2021-01-18, 01:30

by

by newtmonkey

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I had nearly the same problem (MIDI plays fine in setup, but barely if at all plays during the game), and I can't remember 100% how I resolved this, but the following steps were involved: - Using either the GOG install or a fresh install from the CD, can't remember which - Applying the MIDI patch …

---

Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-01-15, 11:07

by

by newtmonkey

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I swapped my standard Compact Flash card out for an "industrial" model on my DOS gaming PC. I was getting read errors now and then when installing larger games on the old card, and had read somewhere that the industrial models were better suited for this. So far so good, but we'll see!

---

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-12, 09:03

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

Slowly getting into the rhythm of Pool Of Radiance (1986). It's been over 20 years since I played a Gold Box game, and even then I started with the Krynn series where you at least could auto-heal/memorize during rest. Having to constantly manually heal/memorize each time was turning me off, but I …

---

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-06, 17:53

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

Work has been busy since the end of 2020, but I've been plugging away at... Stranger of Sword City I had played this for something like 10-15 hours a year or two ago, and then stopped for some reason. During this initial attempt, I had created multiple parties to fill up the roster, so that I could …

---

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-12-26, 15:06

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

Stranger of Sword City (WIN) What a dumb name for a game! This is one I've had in my library for some time, and I had even got around 10 hours into it, but got sidetracked with other games. After completing Stygian (and playing some console games) I was in the mood for a "blobber" so I restarted …

---

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-12-08, 09:34

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

I completed Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones just now. Overall, I liked it! It took just under 15 hours to complete, and I am fine with that. Not every RPG has to be a 60-hour epic. Although the world sometimes feels like a Lovecraft theme park (some of the quests are taken 100% from individual …

---

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-12-06, 06:06

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

It took me many, many tries to get into Planescape Torment. Even so, it's not really what I look for in an RPG at all (combat, exploration, character development [i.e. character abilities and skills]). I really don't care about the characters, but the thing that finally hooked me was exploring the …

---

Re: Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P

Posted on 2020-11-20, 16:53

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

I'm not much of a hardware collector, I've got a single dedicated DOS machine that plays pretty much any DOS game I'd want to play, so I'm happy with that. I've got a very small software collection, mostly RPGs and flight sims because these games had such awesome packaging back in the DOS days. …

---

Re: What are the *unmissable* MT-32 experiences?

Posted on 2020-11-20, 16:44

by

by newtmonkey

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Dominus wrote on 2020-11-20, 16:24: Ultima Underworld is one of the rare cases that is even better with a CM32 (or CM64) as it makes use of some water sfx that the Mt32 does not have. But that has nothing to do with the music 😀 I do like the CM32/64 sound effects 😀

---

Re: What are the *unmissable* MT-32 experiences?

Posted on 2020-11-20, 15:58

by

by newtmonkey

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Ultima Underworld is one of my go-to games for showing the MT-32 off, even though it doesn't use any custom patches. The difference between OPL and MT-32 is like night and day.

---

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-11-20, 14:45

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

Wasn't much in the mood to do anything that requires reading or thinking, so played... Dungeon Siege It was sitting in my Steam library and I had barely ever played it, so decided to give it a go. I'm really not sure what to think yet, a few hours in. It's interesting that you have an entire party …

---

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-11-20, 12:03

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

1. Maniac Mansion is a much better game than its sequel, Day of the Tentacle . It's more fun to play than Day of the Tentacle but it's really hard. Agree 100%. Other than graphics and sound, it seemed like a step back to me from MM back in the day. I also much prefer the corny horror setting of MM …

---

Re: 8-Bit Guy video's are becoming a chore!

Posted on 2020-11-20, 11:05

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

I'll still watch a new 8-Bit Guy video when it pops up, but he definitely seems to be rushing videos over the last few months. I think I noticed a change with him after he put up (and then took down) that ridiculous AI video... I know he got a LOT of grief over that and I wonder if it might have …

---

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-11-18, 02:27

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

I managed to finish up work much much earlier than expected (several hours) and my wife was visiting her parents, so it was the perfect time to get some gaming done: Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones The more I play this, the more I like it. It really does feel like the successor to Fallout 1 I wanted …

---

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-11-16, 14:11

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

I'm very interested in how CyberMage goes. I remember playing a demo included with PC Gamer magazine back in the day, and not understanding it at all 🤣. I do believe that it was designed by D.W. Bradley of Wizardry V-VII fame!

---

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-11-16, 02:10

by

by newtmonkey

in Milliways

in Milliways

Well, after 31 hours I think I'm going to DNF Betrayal at Krondor. I'll keep my save and maybe return to it sometime, but probably not for a long while. The pacing is too slow for me. I prefer a little more exploration and combat and a little less story. There's a lot of reading and a lot to …

---