Re: Possibility to write OPL3 sound driver for protected mode games
Posted on 2023-02-05, 23:06
… used by SBEMU ). It works flawless, so far ... I just tested Commander Keen 4, though. A tiny adjustment to the SBEMU source was also necessary …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-02-05, 03:36
… it tuned up, find the Logitech Wingman and play Wing Commander, Keens etc.. Option B: Sort out the PC300/330 (Hell I don't know … if 20Mhz bus with the caches turned off is Wing Commander speed too. Option C: Excavate the Compaq Deskpro 233MMX stick either …
Re: Theory of the lucky 3
Posted on 2023-02-05, 00:40
… 386 level speed to run properly. Or games like the Commander Keen series that need certain video cards to work properly. So … early 90s games. Funny thing about the oft-mentioned wing commander is that speed-sensitive games exist in windows 95 as …
Re: Theory of the lucky 3
Posted on 2023-02-05, 00:30
… 386 level speed to run properly. Or games like the Commander Keen series that need certain video cards to work properly. So … early 90s games. Funny thing about the oft-mentioned wing commander is that speed-sensitive games exist in windows 95 as …
Re: Theory of the lucky 3
Posted on 2023-02-04, 20:32
… 386 level speed to run properly. Or games like the Commander Keen series that need certain video cards to work properly. So … early 90s games. Funny thing about the oft-mentioned wing commander is that speed-sensitive games exist in windows 95 as …
Re: Theory of the lucky 3
Posted on 2023-02-04, 15:21
… 386 level speed to run properly. Or games like the Commander Keen series that need certain video cards to work properly. So …
Re: Commander Keen 4 1.4 half screen rendering on Windows98
Posted on 2023-01-30, 06:17
DOS-based Windows messed up so many things. The serial port timings, the PIT, the waiting/idle loops in DOS programs, the video memory. Yes, this is especially with Windows versions prior 9x where many of these issues originated. At least Windows 9x made several improvements and even has some …
Re: Fastest ISA video card for Doom
Posted on 2023-01-26, 19:15
… that id's game engines and performance went something like this: Commander Keen (1990-1991): 286 or 386 were somewhat common for newer …
Re: Commander Keen 4 1.4 half screen rendering on Windows98
Posted on 2023-01-23, 13:53
No but as a solution I am perfectly fine with it, it was a rhetorical question. For now with the 3450 everything works fine and I have Windows 98 + DOS on a native HDMI port 😁
Re: Commander Keen 4 1.4 half screen rendering on Windows98
Posted on 2023-01-23, 13:02
DOS-based Windows messed up so many things. The serial port timings, the PIT, the waiting/idle loops in DOS programs, the video memory. Yes, this is especially with Windows versions prior 9x where many of these issues originated. At least Windows 9x made several improvements and even has some …
Re: Commander Keen 4 1.4 half screen rendering on Windows98
Posted on 2023-01-23, 08:06
Do you know how to solve it? Just do alt+tab to return to Windows and then reopen the DOS window from the taskbar. Mystery 😅
Re: Commander Keen 4 1.4 half screen rendering on Windows98
Posted on 2023-01-23, 05:58
… within Windows 9x, most of them works fine including the Commander Keen series. Seems to me that the problem is with the …
Re: Commander Keen 4 1.4 half screen rendering on Windows98
Posted on 2023-01-23, 03:37
… within Windows 9x, most of them works fine including the Commander Keen series. Seems to me that the problem is with the …
Re: Commander Keen 4 1.4 half screen rendering on Windows98
Posted on 2023-01-23, 02:48
Commander Keen uses EGA graphics with double-buffering (two video pages, "dual- … DOS for DOS games. Use MS-DOS Shell or Norton Commander, if the plain C:\> prompt is too crude. Windows never was …
Commander Keen 4 1.4 half screen rendering on Windows98
Posted on 2023-01-23, 01:48
Hi, first of all the game works correctly if I launch it from "pure" dos (i.e. if I boot Windows 98 in DOS mode) If instead I launch it from windows I get what you see in the picture, i.e. the game is rendered on the left side of the screen and on the right side the left side is repeated but in a …
Re: Planning to install SSD in my Windows 98 machine. Help, advice, suggestions, etc.?
Posted on 2023-01-22, 19:47
… : DOS games that use to work previously doesn´t work anymore. Commander Keens, Cosmos Cosmic Adventure, Prince Of Persia, Duke Nukem 1 & 2, etc. all …
Re: Planning to install SSD in my Windows 98 machine. Help, advice, suggestions, etc.?
Posted on 2023-01-22, 18:42
… : DOS games that use to work previously doesn´t work anymore. Commander Keens, Cosmos Cosmic Adventure, Prince Of Persia, Duke Nukem 1 & 2, etc. all …
Re: Advice for Getting Midi to Play in Sierra Games?
Posted on 2023-01-20, 10:33
… also been unable to get any sound out of commander keen 1-3 and duke 1- but keen 4 and duke 2 are fine- any insights are welcome … only, no music, and only play sounds via PC Speaker. Keen 4 and Duke 2 play music and sound via PC Speaker or …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-01-17, 16:32
… it, something that it isn't visible with LCD monitors. Wolfenstein 3-D, Commander Keen and Crystal Caves are good examples, the last one changing …
Advice for Getting Midi to Play in Sierra Games?
Posted on 2023-01-13, 21:29
… also been unable to get any sound out of commander keen 1-3 and duke 1- but keen 4 and duke 2 are fine- any insights are welcome …
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