Re: Thunder Mountain - Jr Pac-Man & Super Pac-Man

Posted on 2005-11-12, 17:59

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by Great Hierophant

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This is another example of compilations being inferior to the originals. But I noticed the native resolution of these Monkey Island 2 in EGA screenshots is 640x400. I thought this odd because I thought Monkey Island 2 used a 640x350x16 for its dithered EGA graphics and the executable picked the …

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Re: Thunder Mountain - Jr Pac-Man & Super Pac-Man

Posted on 2005-11-12, 17:45

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Well, the patch seemed to work for me as well. I have version 5.2.28cd (9/6/1996). However, I did notice an odd behavior for the dialogue text of some characters during the game, and I wonder if this is intentional or not. See the posted screenshots, below.

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Re: Thunder Mountain - Jr Pac-Man & Super Pac-Man

Posted on 2005-11-12, 06:34

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Ultima I - The latest CVS I have access to is ykhwong's 11/03 build, and the problem is still present. Monkey Island 2 - That port is VGA-specific, right? So, the game is intentionally broken on VGA cards??? Monkey Island 2 only came out for VGA, there was no EGA version available (The Secret of …

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Re: Thunder Mountain - Jr Pac-Man & Super Pac-Man

Posted on 2005-11-11, 14:56

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I think you may be right about that. The other feature they broke is the support for the "easy mode", which you also selected before the main program began. I think the breaking of the feature transformed the game from using color Mode 10 to monochrome Mode F. It would look very much like a Hercules …

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Re: OT: MT 32 Blue Ridge EPROM

Posted on 2005-11-10, 17:17

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I beleive it is necessary to allow the battery backed RAM modification on that page otherwise the MT-32 would clear the RAM each time it is started up.

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Re: Thunder Mountain - Jr Pac-Man & Super Pac-Man

Posted on 2005-11-09, 21:41

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Two other games never seem to work correctly in VGA mode. Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness has a certain known bug in the color and drawing of text characters. Monkey Island 2's EGA mode doesn't display correctly on DOSBox, it shows a 640x350x2 instead of a 640x350x16 mode. These may be other …

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Re: Copy protection mechanisms, this is for CRC 2005

Posted on 2005-11-08, 00:02

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That is utter crap, unless its a massively multiplayer game which will eventually cease its existence. If the user doesn't want to play it on a connected computer and the game does not require an on-line connection, then he should not have to ever go online. Even Microsoft XP's Product Activation …

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Re: 40 Column Text Mode Issues

Posted on 2005-11-04, 15:06

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Oops, my mistake. I meant to say from software developer to developer, as some actually optimized their 320 graphics for color composite while others did not. As far as graphics using text modes games go, I only know of seven: Bricks/Wrecking Ball (Seem to be same game) ICON (ICON demo) Moon Bugs …

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Re: 40 Column Text Mode Issues

Posted on 2005-11-04, 04:12

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The Spellcaster games are really using high-resolution EGA modes, @ 640x350. That resolution isn't very suitable for integral scaling on modern displays. Even though letterboxing would result, DOSBox should extend its scalers to modes containing 640 and 720 horizontal pixels. Also, I would prefer to …

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Re: A Vision of a Perfect PC

Posted on 2005-11-03, 15:43

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Thanks for the tip. As much as I want a PC, I may be better off with an XT, first BIOS. There are six principal reasons for this. First, It has eight slots, enough for just about everything. Second, it has the power supply to power them all. Third, it is highly likely to come with a 10MB hard drive, …

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Re: 40 Column Text Mode Issues

Posted on 2005-11-01, 23:04

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The screenshot answered my border question. I can say in the 320 graphic modes, if you change the background color you change the border to the same color as well. In the 640 graphic modes, since you can't change the background color (its always black), the border will always be black too.

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Re: A Vision of a Perfect PC

Posted on 2005-11-01, 23:01

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I have a 32" TV for a composite monitor in the same room. IBM never put out a color composite monitor for the PC (they did have a composite amber screen in the Portable and a green screen for the Convertible.) 100% IBM is the theme of the system, so I would have to use an AppleColor IIe or IIc for a …

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Re: A Vision of a Perfect PC

Posted on 2005-10-31, 23:23

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The IBM printer I want is a dot matrix, Model 5152.

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Re: A Vision of a Perfect PC

Posted on 2005-10-31, 20:34

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The reason for the 720KB drive is to make file transfers from my main PC, where I have my booter images stored, to the IBM PC, which will be in the basement. I can't use a null-modem cable to transfer, especially considering the smallness of the drive. Also, I have some booter images that require a …

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A Vision of a Perfect PC

Posted on 2005-10-31, 15:51

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Never have I had so clear a vision of what my perfect PC will be. I see this PC and am struck in awe about its potential. It is so right, so perfect that all intelligent people will gush with praise about the system I built: I start with an IBM PC Model 5150. The motherboard will contain the 10/27/ …

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Re: 40 Column Text Mode Issues

Posted on 2005-10-30, 14:59

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Not to get off the subject, but I have a question. CGA monitors generally underscanned the image, leaving black borders on the sides of the image. In text modes, the CGA allowed the programer to change the border color, but I have never seen a provision in the graphics modes, at least for IBM's card …

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Re: ... An Idea ...

Posted on 2005-10-28, 16:53

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Proper floppy drive emulation and a robust imaging standard will solve almost any disk based copy protection. The people at the Software Preservation Society have been successfully dealing with Amgia copy protected disks. Many of those disks have protection far beyond any PC Booter. Also, once we …

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Re: 40 Column Text Mode Issues

Posted on 2005-10-28, 14:02

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It is slightly unclear from the wikipedia article which version of SCI Jones in the Fast Lane uses. If the 16-Color Disk Version uses SCI0, does the 256-Color Disk Version use SCI1 or a SCI hybrid? I would think that SCI1 interpreter does support the use of vector graphics drawing tecniques. Quest …

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Re: ... An Idea ...

Posted on 2005-10-27, 20:45

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When the Software Preservation Society (formerly CAPS) focuses its attention on PC Floppies and CDs, we will have what we need. Unfortunately, it may be toom late by then.

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Re: how to increase dosbox native refresh rate?

Posted on 2005-10-27, 17:06

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by Great Hierophant

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I really like the idea of using a 1280x1000 resolution for 320x200 material on my TFT. That would mean that every pixel is drawn four times on horizontally and five times vertically. While this isn't a 1:1 pixel ratio (its 1.28:1), remember that a 320x200 resolution has a natural pixel ratio of …

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