Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-04, 21:35

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by badmojo

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

… games, especially ones that use scrolling such as good old Commander Keen! It has similar faults to what the ATI cards have … crap that 98 has? Absolutely crap? Nah. I know of the Keen issue but you could just play that on the other …

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Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-04, 13:41

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by wocko1

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in Marvin \ System Specs

… games, especially ones that use scrolling such as good old Commander Keen! It has similar faults to what the ATI cards have …

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Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-02, 23:55

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by wocko1

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

… 5 5500 @idspispopd You are right about the inbuilt ATI card, Commander Keen is unplayable with the tearing graphics. I might drop in a S3 …

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Re: Overscan border patch

Posted on 2013-11-04, 19:35

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by NY00123

in DOSBox Patches

in DOSBox Patches

… can check for testing (which I've tried today): Alley Cat, Commander Keen 1/4, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Duke Nukem 3D. Of course there are …

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2013-11-04, 15:14

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by ibm5155

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

… Madness: works Tomb Raider II:Works Tomb Raider III:Works Commander Keen 5: Works (but the scenary movment is not smooth) Alley Cat …

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D-Fend Reloaded and Windows 3.11/9x Games on Windows 7

Posted on 2013-11-01, 21:47

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by DarkTemplar

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in Windows

… my youth. Most of the DOSBOX are running perfect (e.g. Wing Commander 2, Doom, Commander Keen, Wacky Wheels) and I don't run into any problems. Though …

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Re: A gallery of strange sound devices

Posted on 2013-10-12, 23:26

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by keropi

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^ hm, this seems better than the ATI VGA Stereo/FX I was using with my bridgeboard A4000 setup... I actually did not use it much because the ATI vga part was kinda crappy, too much DOS stuff not working correctly like Commander Keen games... the Cirus on the other hand looks great

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Re: Want to use PC Speaker and not Sound Blaster in StarControl 1

Posted on 2013-10-05, 18:12

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by NY00123

in DOSBox Patches

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… games originally distributed by Apogee Software Ltd. and related, like Commander Keen 1-3 (also 4-6 up to some level) and Dangerous Dave; Oh and …

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Re: Best bugs in video games ever.

Posted on 2013-09-20, 13:23

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by jwt27

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… www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMjdhxmDaBM Here's another neat TAS, running Commander Keen 5 in 2:02: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0d7AU-Wn9Q Also …

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Re: how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-16, 01:21

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by Jorpho

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leileilol wrote: Could probably wait a few months from now on a proper SDL Keen 4 port now that the source was just recently discovered and recovered. Where did you hear that? EDIT: I see, http://forums.duke4.net/topic/6773-commander- … -finally-found/ .

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Re: how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-16, 00:29

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by leileilol

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in DOS

Jorpho wrote: Actually, Commander Genius might be the best way to go for Keen 4, but that's as far as it goes. Could probably wait a few months from now on a proper SDL Keen 4 port now that the source was just recently discovered and recovered.

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2013-09-14, 21:44

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by SKARDAVNELNATE

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A few things: The Doom / Wolfenstein / Commander Keen connection - Commander Keen (Billy Blaze)'s clones are being tortured as an act of …

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Re: how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-13, 16:00

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by Jorpho

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in DOS

… a Sound Blaster Ensoniq, evidently. Actually, Commander Genius might be the best way to go for Keen 4, but that's as far as it …

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Re: how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-12, 17:16

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by Zaxxon

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in DOS

… for midi instead,i the test song sounds like the awful commander keen one. here's what sbcfg.exe (sbinit just says "driver loaded …

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Re: how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-12, 14:54

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by Jorpho

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in DOS

… turning my pc on and trying out these new files,commander keen now works under win 98 with sound..though the sound …

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Re: how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-12, 14:22

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by Zaxxon

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in DOS

i installed those drivers just now,and the music in commander keen is still wrong..also im still unable to let Greed detect my sound card.i don't know the irq etc..i just went with the "classic"sb values,irq 5 dma 1 x220

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Re: how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-11, 19:24

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by Zaxxon

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… turning my pc on and trying out these new files,commander keen now works under win 98 with sound..though the sound …

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how enable ems in dos\win 98 + sb issues

Posted on 2013-09-11, 09:19

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by Zaxxon

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in DOS

… with dos games.i'll explain better: i'm trying to run commander effing keen 4,in windows,and it states that tehre's no enough … compatible in dos ,but alas they arent,as when i start commander keen with audio,the pc just crash and reboot by itself …

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Re: When did games start dropping support for XT systems?

Posted on 2013-08-27, 06:01

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by mr_bigmouth_502

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in Milliways

… . There were some efforts to maintain compatibility though... funnily enough Commander Keen 1-3 required EGA and a 286 (IIRC), but 4-6 were doable on an … and turbo on! I always found that funny too about the Commander Keen games. When they made the first one they made such …

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Re: When did games start dropping support for XT systems?

Posted on 2013-08-26, 15:41

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by VileR

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… . There were some efforts to maintain compatibility though... funnily enough Commander Keen 1-3 required EGA and a 286 (IIRC), but 4-6 were doable on an …

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