Re: Convert PC Booter to EXE [MULE]
Posted on 2021-09-28, 22:24
My DOS conversion of M.U.L.E. is included in the latest (v19, August 2021) release of TDC.
Re: Bruce Lee Booter not loading on IBM 5160
Posted on 2021-05-19, 14:32
The mere fact that an XT-IDE interface is installed in the computer has in the past been found to prevent some games from working even if they are running off a floppy disk. Edit: Another reason why Bruce Lee might fail is that Datasoft copy-protected its disks with a weak bits protection scheme …
Re: DOSBox ECE (for Windows & Linux)
Posted on 2021-05-09, 07:37
Yesterplay80 wrote on 2021-05-05, 21:31: I commented out the two lines you mentioned before building r4452, so please give that version a try. Yes, all tracks now play correctly. Thank you.
Re: DOSBox ECE (for Windows & Linux)
Posted on 2021-05-04, 15:57
I would like to request the conditional removal of a sanity check. ;) In dos/cdrom_image.cpp, it says in line 393: // The maximum storage achieved on a CDROM was ~900MB or just under 100 minutes // with overburning, so use this threshold to sanity-check the start sector. else if (start > 450000) LOG …
Re: Is this a fake Lemmings disk?
Posted on 2021-03-07, 08:44
I dispute that "the real" 3.5" version supposedly wants the keydisk every time. VGALEMMI on 5.25" and 3.5" disk is the same file, so it must behave the same. It's possible that the poster had a different VGALEMMI.EXE on his 3.5" disk, possibly earlier than 1991-07-19, that was stricter in this …
Re: Is this a fake Lemmings disk?
Posted on 2021-03-06, 20:41
Use PKZIP for DOS. "PKZIP test.zip a:vgalemmi.exe" to create a zip file, then "PKZIP -v test.zip" to view the CRC.
Re: Is this a fake Lemmings disk?
Posted on 2021-03-06, 09:43
I don't know anything about copy-protection or Lemmings, but this is what I tried: When I do a fresh install of the game there is no RUSSELL.DAT file and the game insists that I insert the disk for it to start. Then if I put the disk in it will load the game and create a (hidden) RUSSELL.DAT file …
Re: Is this a fake Lemmings disk?
Posted on 2021-03-05, 23:07
Is the keydisk's copy-protected track intact? Meaning, does an unmodified copy of the game, installed to hard disk, recognize this disk as an original disk when you run the game (and no RUSSELL.DAT file is present in the hard disk's Lemmings directory)?
Re: What causes this Basica illegal function call in Friendlyware?
Posted on 2021-02-17, 09:46
I also notice that a common download of this game uses BASIC.EXE from Tandy DOS, which will have no sound at all on a non-Tandy computer, and which most certainly is not the originally-intended interpreter version. Using non-Tandy GWBASIC.EXE v3.23 also solves the illegal function call issue.
Re: What causes this Basica illegal function call in Friendlyware?
Posted on 2021-02-17, 08:17
It is a speed-related issue. I can reproduce the error when running DOSBox at the default "cycles" setting of 3000. When I set the "cycles" setting to 320 before running the game, no error is produced.
Re: Which "old-type" Roland MT-32 to get for DOS games?
Posted on 2021-02-12, 19:36
OP is asking about two versions of "old-type" MT-32 (ASSY 7937731000 vs. ASSY 793741000), not about "old-type" vs. "new-type" (ASSY 7937731001) MT-32. All that the later "old-type" MT-32 changes is to consolidate the circuit board design by changing the package type of the LA32 chip and by replacing …
Re: Cycles settings for "RoboCop" and "Test Drive III"?
Posted on 2021-01-03, 21:01
If you have not already done so, be sure to obtain the version 2.0 of the game Test Drive III, which allows you to select the sensitivity of the steering wheel by pressing F3. I have found that helps a lot at making the game at least somewhat enjoyable.
Re: Cycles settings for "RoboCop" and "Test Drive III"?
Posted on 2021-01-03, 19:27
The problem is that with DOSBox not directly emulating bottlenecks such as the slowness of video memory, there is no direct translation of release year/MHz to DOSBox cycles. Finding a good cycle value has to be done empirically; there is no MHz-to-cycles formula that is "accurate". I remember back …
Re: Is there a list of games composed on MT-32 (OLD vs new), or a list of which synths were used for which DOS games?
Posted on 2020-12-24, 01:29
The patch to combine the audio tracks of both Star Trail CDs into one oversize CD and make the game work with it? I better post that to a separate thread, after Christmas when I have the time to test it against the current popular DOSBox builds, as I made it in 2016 when SVN Daum was still the most …
Re: Is there a list of games composed on MT-32 (OLD vs new), or a list of which synths were used for which DOS games?
Posted on 2020-12-22, 13:57
Obviously, the answer to "will you let me?" is "No!". Another round, then. These (underlined passages) are rude comments that added nothing to the discussion. They weren't necessary, and can only be interpreted to start an argument or show your dominance. You were searching for and have now found …
Re: Is there a list of games composed on MT-32 (OLD vs new), or a list of which synths were used for which DOS games?
Posted on 2020-12-22, 09:41
No one cares about this but you. The amount of text you write attacking me contradicts your claim that you do not care. You care a lot, excessively, obsessively. You derailed this thread by trying to hold me accountable for all the bad things I supposedly said and how arrogant and petulant and " …
Re: Is there a list of games composed on MT-32 (OLD vs new), or a list of which synths were used for which DOS games?
Posted on 2020-12-22, 08:04
I think you at least owe me an apology for the ScummVM "blacklist" cheap-shot. Shreddoc is not part of the pile-on because he was not out of line as you were. Like Shreddoc said, it's friggin' video games, man. I did not choose to derail this thread by trying to put me on trial, so to speak, you ( …
Re: Is there a list of games composed on MT-32 (OLD vs new), or a list of which synths were used for which DOS games?
Posted on 2020-12-22, 07:47
You know fully well what the blacklist was actually for: a false claim that my SQ4 CD-ROM improvement patch was supposedly a "crack" because it removed a copy-protection check that never existed (in that version) in the first place. After that was pointed out to them, they changed their tune to …
Re: Is there a list of games composed on MT-32 (OLD vs new), or a list of which synths were used for which DOS games?
Posted on 2020-12-20, 15:49
So what do you want, now? First I'm the bad guy for offering a patch that I must have made within twenty minutes just to "save face" in a forum thread -- as ridiculous as that sounds already --, then I am even worse for withdrawing the offer to which you objected in the first place? Like I said, …
Re: Is there a list of games composed on MT-32 (OLD vs new), or a list of which synths were used for which DOS games?
Posted on 2020-12-20, 15:16
That is correct. To my knowledge, all English-language versions lack the audio tracks and only support music via MIDI, and the German-language CD version was later re-released on just one CD, and that one truly misses many of the songs as Redbook audio. The sequel to this game, Shadows over Riva, …
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