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Force AGI Sierra Games to Tandy Sound

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First post, by gish

Posted on 2003-10-17, 05:11

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Hi all,

I'm trying to run all those old AGI games from Sierra (ie KQ1, KQ2, KQ3, SQ1, SQ2, etc ... ) and they work just fine with DosBox 0.60. But does anyone know how to run these games with the Tandy 3-voice enabled?

I'ved checked the .conf file and set tandy=true for sound. I"ve even tried disabling the speaker, but when the game runs, it still has the PC Tweeter as the main default sound .... Any sugestions?

BTW, 0.60 totally rocks!! Bill n Ted's Excellent Adventure now works in this version!! (One of my faves) Great work!!

.: gish :.

Reply 1 of 6, by gish

Posted on 2003-10-17, 05:16

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Oh yeah, is it possible to "trick" DosBox into thinking that it's running on a Tandy machine??

Reply 2 of 6, by Great Hierophant

Posted on 2003-10-17, 07:09

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There is a way to get Tandy sound in Sierra's AGI games without having to emulate a Tandy video mode. Run "sierra.com" with a "-t" after it in the game's directory. Here is an example:

C:\KQ1>sierra.com -t

Reply 3 of 6, by gish

Posted on 2003-10-18, 08:51

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Cool, thanks! The 'sierra -t' works great and I can finally hear all those old AGI games in all its 3 Channel Sound Glory!! Woohoo!

Reply 4 of 6, by DiabloDiab

Posted on 2003-10-20, 20:09

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Had any luck with Leisure Suit Larry 1 and Black Cauldron?

For some reason I can't get these two working with Tandy sound. It appears the AGI-version is slightly older on these two when compared to my other AGI games.

Do older AGI versions require a different parameter than -t?

Reply 5 of 6, by gish

Posted on 2003-10-22, 06:58

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I suspect not. I mean, KQ1 is the oldest AGI game I have and it seems to have the 3 voice sound working properly ...

Reply 6 of 6, by DiabloDiab

Posted on 2003-10-22, 07:23

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Yeah, but if you press ALT+D when playing the game and check the AGI-version then (on my KQ1) it is a higher version than LSL1 and Black Cauldron.

KQ1 was probably rereleased with a newer version of the interpreter and this is the version I have, I think.

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