City Beneath the Surface

Posted on 2019-03-06, 19:10

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I just discovered a formerly shareware turned freeware Finnish DOS RPG of the first-person party based dungeon crawling variety (also known as "blobber" as far as I know), with the original shareware available here and freeware version here . The game launches in DOSBox (I'm using v0.74, but not the …

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Re: Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri

Posted on 2019-01-03, 18:04

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There are two playable demo versions to get acquainted with the game. I played one a while ago a bit, the game is neat but I wasn't too impressed.

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Re: Good free antivirus solutions?

Posted on 2019-01-03, 17:57

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Thanks for the suggestions guys!

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Good free antivirus solutions?

Posted on 2019-01-01, 15:30

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I've been using Avast Antivirus Free for I think about a decade or so, but recently it has started to show symptoms of feature creep, and now on top of that wants bank account details to renew the free license. I started looking at possible alternatives, Bitdefender seems like something people …

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Re: Recommend Games that have downloadable demos

Posted on 2018-12-05, 13:02

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Almoststew1990 , you should totally check out: Classic PC Games Collection at archive.org dosgames.com DOS Games archive RGB Classic Games Gamesmania Demo Depot (Wayback Machine copy) http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/ http://www.gamers.org/pub/archives/uwp-uml/ http://www.gamers.org/pub/ …

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Re: Browser versions of old games (not DOSBox-based)

Posted on 2018-12-05, 12:28

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Someone did a browser version of Duke Nukem 3D based on EDuke32: https://gawen.me/webduke/

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Re: DOSBox settings for Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994)

Posted on 2018-12-01, 11:08

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A while ago I came to the conclusion that using a fixed cycles value may not be the best option. As suggested by the DOSBox wiki, I started using the limit cycles option instead: cycles=auto 70% limit 26800 DOSBox developers please correct me if I'm wrong on this, but from my experience this …

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Re: Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert Remasters are being made.

Posted on 2018-11-24, 17:01

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There are a few ways to get the Windows version to run in correct aspect ratio or close to it too. The higher resolution monitor you have the better the results will be. I'm not aware of this, please tell more. Generally, is there a way to force 4:3 aspect ratio on a widescreen display if for …

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Re: Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert Remasters are being made.

Posted on 2018-11-24, 11:57

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Similarly for C&C. Unlike Warcraft II the first two C&C games use low-res VGA graphics that do not translate well onto modern screens due to the aspect ratio issue. The official Windows versions simply ignore this problem, as does OpenRA as far as I can tell, so the graphics are only rendered …

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Re: Warcraft film

Posted on 2018-10-28, 09:28

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Much of which is possibly inevitable when you're driven by profit, and they are only games, but there was a time I took Blizzard stuff seriously, and it pissed me off when I realised they didn't. Yes, I can totally relate to that. I still believe that the best piece of Warcraft fiction outside the …

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Re: Best version of a game to play

Posted on 2018-10-06, 11:09

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Yes, I'm quite interested in this problem as well but I not aware of a centralised resource that would contains this kind of information across many games. It's probably not feasible because there may be lots of differences between released versions of a game, that may have a varying impact on …

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Re: Help Star Control I/II creators vs. Stardock lawsuit

Posted on 2018-09-22, 16:18

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Some more analysis at http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/Stardock_Systems_Inc._v._Paul_Reiche_III_and_Robert_Frederick_Ford Haven't read much of it yet, so I'm not sure how impartial it is, but it seems well-sourced at least. I've been kinda following this story, thanks for the link, this article is indeed …

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Re: The best game ever

Posted on 2018-08-08, 09:30

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robertmo wrote: this one is done by a 7yo girl: https://store.steampowered.com/app/425770/Ans … r_The_Question/ I'm guessing this one is incredibly addictive? one more turn syndrome?

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Re: Warcraft 2 not that fun anymore?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 09:29

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Still, I would love to see Warcraft I with Warcraft II's higher resolution and updated interface (rightclick action, better group select options). This would at least make the single-player campaign as fun and playable as that of the second game. What do you think about the Mac version graphics? …

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Re: Warcraft 2 not that fun anymore?

Posted on 2018-08-05, 18:17

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I remember reading this article (or a similar one), and what exactly is said there is: We had some dedicated folks that were passionate about the idea, dig up the Warcraft 1 assets and code. They got it working and they got it running in a window. And I played it. Warcraft: Orcs & Humans was awesome …

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Re: Open source DOS games

Posted on 2018-08-05, 18:09

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Recently a friend suggested an interesting looking game called WetSpot 2 which was written in QBasic and the source code is available: DOS binary: w2exe.zip BAS version: wetspot2.zip DOS editor binary: wowexe.zip BAS editor version: wow.zip Apparently someone is working on a source port: https:// …

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Re: REKKR (Ultimate Doom TC) has been released

Posted on 2018-07-24, 20:49

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Following community feedback and some fixing, there's been a couple of updates to this, and also now there's a stand-alone version that doesn't require a separate IWAD (download link here). Also, here's a nice and detailed review of the game.

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REKKR (Ultimate Doom TC) has been released

Posted on 2018-07-14, 10:53

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I've been kinda-sorta following this Doom TC project called REKKR for a while, and a few days ago it was finally released. REKKR is set in a Norse-esque medieval fantasy world and features completely new, well, everything, from maps and textures to weapons, monsters, interface, music and sounds. …

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2018-07-07, 11:41

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now time for a legendarily bad shareware "game" hint: the game does not legally involve ralph bakshi in any way (cool world wasn't the only bakshi work ripped off) and the game is a bad game and it uses strange modex video modes and it has the worst sound effects and amazingly it's not made in …

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Re: PNG compression: GIMP vs Krita

Posted on 2018-04-25, 15:27

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Thanks for the tip, PNGOUT gives a slightly better result than Krita. UPD: However I noticed that PNGOUTWin reduces the ppi resolution of compressed images while Krita keeps the same ppi as the source file.

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