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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, …

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, 14:53

All right, you two clowns, I have withdrawn the patch offer per your wishes. You know exactly what he meant - the track doesn't play during the natural course of playing the game itself. That is not what he meant. He meant that the CD version does not have all the material of the floppy disk version …

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, 13:31

That music is on the second CD, track 12. The CD version is missing nothing, and nothing has been cut-down. Nothing whatsoever. If you think something has been cut, then you just have not looked properly. It only plays the Character Creation music if you have the first CD in the drive. The game only …

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 2020-12-17, 00:08

I listened to the YouTube recording you linked to, so I could evaluate the claim about shorter Red Book audio versions more thoroughly. It is true that the MIDI versions of some pieces have in-song loops that are not present in the Red Book audio versions. Examining the MIDI files, these in-song …

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 2020-12-16, 09:17

Realms of Arkania: Star Trail: Redbook audio or Roland SC-55? Redbook audio. The Redbook audio recordings use Roland SC-55, Proteus-1 samples and an unknown drum kit. I don't know what version people use who say that the Redbook audio versions are shorter, because they are not, they are longer. The …

Re: About Roland Virtual Sound Canvas 3

Posted on 2020-11-27, 22:12

@all, i am very sad 🙁, the adress line decryption looks good for SC55 ROM 's, i am shure, that data line decryption is also good. Loaded the dectypted 3 files stored as one file is now clearly listable - instruments are now recognizeable - and i can hear, that adress-lines are fine. But useing the …

Re: About Roland Virtual Sound Canvas 3

Posted on 2020-11-25, 23:21

We have already finished decrypting and decompressing the SC-55 wave ROM data, and are now in the process of interpreting the instrument parameters from the control ROM and translating them into corresponding SoundFont generators. At least to the extent that this is possible -- the SoundFont …

Re: About Roland Virtual Sound Canvas 3

Posted on 2020-11-23, 17:56

The SC-55 wave ROM uses 8.25 bits per sample: 8 bits of mantissa for every sample, plus 4 bits of base 2 exponent (i.e. left-shift count) for every 16 samples. The encountered maximum shift count is ten, making the decompressed wave ROM samples 18 bits wide, even in the original SC-55. Mantissa and …

Re: About Roland Virtual Sound Canvas 3

Posted on 2020-10-28, 19:31

kitrinx and I made some substantial progress on the SC-55 wave ROM front. We have successfully understood the process of address scrambling . kitrinx connected a logic analyzer to log the address fetch patterns when playing a single piano note. It looked like this (identation mine): 60455 70B20 …

Re: Temple of Apshai Trilogy

Posted on 2020-10-22, 21:22

in DOS
Is there any chance the game executable is looking for something on the disk (weak bits, half tracks, etc.) and running differently if it doesn't find them? No. When I say that the keydisk protection scheme "wraps" the program file, I mean that the keydisk checking routine replaces the protected …

Re: Temple of Apshai Trilogy

Posted on 2020-10-22, 15:45

in DOS
The 5.25" disk's content is identical to the 3.5" disk's, except for the fact that TRILOGY.COM is wrapped with the Formaster Copylock keydisk checking routine. So, no long-lost version with correct gameplay. 🙁

Re: Temple of Apshai Trilogy

Posted on 2020-10-21, 18:47

in DOS
I have asked on TDC for anybody to contribute an image of the 360 KiB version. Let's see what happens. The 360 KiB version is listed as having some kind of key disk copy protection scheme in a list of copy-protected games by Moebius, of The Good Old Days. Since the commonly-available version does …

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