Re: Raptor - Call of the Shadows clone Baller 3 and recommendations
Posted on 2025-04-22, 08:15
starlord wrote on 2025-04-21, 20:30: @mombarak: would you happen to be in Germany by any chance? Yes I am. Let me know how I can help.
Re: DOS games with where a patch fixed a showstopper or changed the game a lot
Posted on 2025-04-20, 14:16
My first thoughts were Dune II and Battlecruiser 3000. In non-patches, there's also some localizations that are updates that do improve gameplay, like the not-currently-digitally-distributed US version of Realms of the Haunting adding difficulty options. What is broken in Dune 2 or do you mean the …
DOS games with where a patch fixed a showstopper or changed the game a lot
Posted on 2025-04-20, 13:56
Have you ever encountered a DOS game where a patch either had to fix a bug that would bock the progression of the game or that improved the game so significantly that it was a different playing experience afterwards? I am playing my bucket list of DOS games at the moment and I try to update the …
Re: Hi-Octane + General MIDI = crash?
Posted on 2025-04-13, 12:51
There is a bug in the main executable causing it to react badly to the relatively small size of the MPU401.MDI driver. A low-tech fix is to pad the driver with zero bytes so it's as large as the other MIDI drivers. I've attached an archive with the padded driver for convenience; it avoids the bug …
Alcatraz DOS game not finding Soundblaster and defaults to speaker - all other games find the Soundblaster :/
Posted on 2025-04-08, 07:51
Hi, I am currently trying to run Alcatraz on my P90 with my Soundblaster 16. All other games work fine. This one automatically uses PC Speaker no matter if I select A220 I7 D1 or A220 I5 D1 which would be the standard sound configurations for DOS. I tried standard drivers and UNISOUND. If I take the …
Re: Recommendation for great over-ear headphones and speakers - what do you use?
Posted on 2025-03-28, 09:26
Can someone explain to me what the ohms in the description indicate or help with? I really have no clue what to look for but it seems the Beyerdynamic ones get more expensive the more ohms they advertise. AI spits out: typically around 16 to 32 ohms, require less power and are well-suited for …
Recommendation for great over-ear headphones and speakers - what do you use?
Posted on 2025-03-27, 08:45
I am currently using the Steelseries Siberia V2 headphones for my old computers with Soundblaster and MIDI cards and I love how they sound, but they are falling apart. Can anyone of you recommend new great sounding headphones which are fully covering the ears, use the 3.5 mm jack and have either no …
Re: No one lives forever - Are you opinionated?
Posted on 2025-03-16, 07:28
Shponglefan wrote on 2025-03-15, 21:49: Never played the original NOLF, but I did play NOLF 2. I do have a boxed copy of the original NOLF, so I should probably play it one of these days and then replay the sequel. If you liked NOLF2 there is a high chance that you will like NOLF1. NOLF2 is just a …
No one lives forever - Are you opinionated?
Posted on 2025-03-15, 20:31
As a big fan of good single player FPS games, I am trying to play the ones I have in good memory from time to time but also I am trying to find new ones which I have missed in the past. NOLF was one I had played when it came out and still have great memories of it. Because NOLF is constantly …
If you use a Slow-Down tool in DOS, can it affect how a game mechanics work?
Posted on 2025-03-14, 07:43
When playing Warcraft 2 a lot, I read that the AI if severely broken in many places. One example is if you save and load a game, the AI stops executing the scripted attacks or at least some of them or does not build anymore. The recommendation is to always restart the level before playing it. That …
Re: Cleaning up my attic and selling parts of my collection
Posted on 2025-03-12, 14:00
Trashbytes wrote on 2025-03-12, 13:46: Vogons doesn't allow selling or links to eBay, but perhaps the mods will simply remove the link and provide alternative suggestions for site that you can sell stuff through. Thanks a lot. I changed the topic so I do not upset someone.
Where can you buy and sell old hardware and games outside of ebay? Any recommendations?
Posted on 2025-03-12, 13:33
Hi, I am currently trying to sell my collection and old hardware but, other than ebay, I cannot find a good platform. I heard that Facebook has some kind of Marketplace but I am not on Facebook and done plan to. I also read some recommendation in a different thread about "gametz" but it looks like …
Re: Adventure Soundfont recommendation
Posted on 2025-02-19, 11:05
Thanks for the information. Will try Deemster. Since I use the MT-32 PI, I will check which Soundfonts I can find.
Adventure Soundfont recommendation
Posted on 2025-02-15, 09:24
Most of the Soundfont discussions are around FPS comparisons like Doom or Duke Nukem. Is there information out there which General Midi fonts are the best for point and click adventures? I mean you wight not want to have so much boom in the sound. I found one relatively big one from Fatboy which is …
Re: Games that uses the CM-32L specific sound effects
Posted on 2025-02-15, 08:23
Is there a list aside from the Vogons MT-32 games compatibility list which has details about if a game only offers music and no sound effects or if it also has sound effects? I just got my McCake and tried some games and I learned that some games simply offer music. I think Civilization, Monkey …
WP32 McCake - 3.5" panel - display sound font names
Posted on 2025-02-15, 08:13
I switched from a Wavetable X16GS to a McCake from Serdashop and its great. For the first time in my life, I can select a MT-32 sound option on my old P90. This is great. Now, with everything running, I have started to upload soundfonts (sf2) to the McCake to modify how the General Midi games sound. …
Re: Unreal 1 - What is your opinion about it?
Posted on 2025-02-13, 11:11
I managed to finish Unreal now. I loved the Mothership from a graphical perspective. Impressive. Then boss fight however was not so impressive. I ended up using the jump boots and staying on the high plateau in the middle because it would only beam back and forth. Whenever I stayed on the ground, it …
FPS hit boxes and game resolution
Posted on 2025-02-13, 11:07
I always wondered if hit boxes and resolution in old games stand in a relationship. Lets ignore the first FPS games like Doom, Duke Nukem 3D and Blood where practically have to aim at a different zip code area to not hit the enemy with the pistol... My question aims towards the end of 90s-2000s …
Re: Monkey Island 4 - wow ... I need a break ...
Posted on 2025-02-09, 20:48
Thats true on a very bizarre level. But you would have to consider Return to Monkey Island (5) as Monkey Island 3 because it has Gilberts "handwriting". . .. ... .... ..... Leisure Suit Larry 4... cough
Re: Monkey Island 4 - wow ... I need a break ...
Posted on 2025-02-09, 20:22
PS - a bit of topic: Has anyone tried Verschollen auf Lost Island / Missing on Lost Island? I bought it because I am a P&C Adventure fan but never got far. Link: https://www.mobygames.com/game/22052/missing-on-lost-island/
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