CGA problem Tom & Jerry - Cat-astroph \ VOGONS

CGA problem Tom & Jerry - Cat-astroph

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First post, by dj_anubis

Posted on 2014-11-13, 09:53

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hello i am having little problem with Tom & Jerry - Cat-astrophe - Hi-Tech Expression (1990)
http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=2617&letter=T

i am able to run the game, BUT i want to play it with CGA mode like i used to back in the day
so i changed in the conf file

1machine=cga

the problem is when i load the game it just stuck on black screen with the text mode cursor blinking...looks like maybe cga files are missing or i dont know...anyone can help me?

I dlownloaded it from here
(Edit by Dominus: removed link to Abandonware site - we do not want this here)

uou can see cleadly on the boxart that the game suppose to run on cga

Reply 1 of 4, by Gamecollector

Posted on 2014-11-13, 09:57

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Have Abandonia ass-hands removed the CGA support? Then please go and bug Abandonia.

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Reply 2 of 4, by dj_anubis

Posted on 2014-11-13, 11:32

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i tried to download from other sites aswell, but i always get the same results...any ideas?

Reply 3 of 4, by dj_anubis

Posted on 2014-11-13, 11:47

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i found this file

1****************************************************************************
2* Optional Parameters:                                                     *
3*    <None>  -  Best available mode found                                  *
4*      C     -  Cga Version                                                *
5*      E     -  Ega Version                                                *
6*      T     -  Tga Version                                                *
7*      H     -  Hercules Version                                           *
8*      D     -  Dual Cga/Hercules Version                                  *
9*      S     -  Start With Sound Off                                       *
10*                                                                          *
11*  Ex:  enter                                                              *
12*              A>ROAD E X                                                  *
13*                                                                          *
14*     -- John --                                                           *
15*                                                                          *
16****************************************************************************
17
18MsDos

still cant load in cga mode i tried
TJ C
TJ -C
TJ -C X

still the same results

Reply 4 of 4, by Dominus

Posted on 2014-11-13, 12:06

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Abandonware is a big no no. Please report back when you have the game on original media

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