First post, by zerker
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So I have a (admittedly minor) issue that's been bothering me since I first picked up this game back in the 90s. The setup menu contains an option for MCGA/VGA graphics, but I've NEVER, EVER gotten this to work.
No matter what machine I am on (my original 386 and 486 machines back in the day, DosBox, the current Celeron retro machine), the game simply refuses to start and just switches to a completely blank, black screen and stays like that forever.
So, is this a known issue with this game? Were there some bad versions released to retail at some point? I noticed on MobyGames that there are VGA screenshots, so at least SOMEONE got it working. My version came with both 3.5" and 5.25" floppy disks, but I remember getting the same result no matter which I tried.
Here is the directory listing of my SPOT install folder, for reference:
Volume in drive C is RHO
Volume Serial Number is 4852-8512
Directory of C:\GAMES\SPOT
. <DIR> 03-02-16 4:30p
.. <DIR> 03-02-16 4:30p
0 LZD 11405 05-05-07 12:44a
1 LZD 11820 05-05-07 12:44a
2 LZD 8662 05-05-07 12:44a
3 LZD 8138 05-05-07 12:44a
4 LZD 7956 05-05-07 12:44a
5 LZD 8827 05-05-07 12:44a
6 LZD 10014 05-05-07 12:44a
7 LZD 33827 05-05-07 12:44a
8 LZD 8255 05-05-07 12:44a
9 LZD 8258 05-05-07 12:44a
A LZD 8586 05-05-07 12:44a
ADLIB DVR 7840 05-05-07 12:44a
B LZD 7627 05-05-07 12:44a
C LZD 10278 05-05-07 12:44a
CMS DVR 12450 05-05-07 12:44a
CONFIG VM 3 03-02-16 5:23p
COVOX DVR 6208 05-05-07 12:44a
IBM DVR 3027 05-05-07 12:44a
MUSICDVR 8 03-02-16 5:23p
NULL DVR 188 05-05-07 12:44a
ROL DVR 1468 05-05-07 12:44a
SETUP EXE 16283 05-05-07 12:44a
SPOT EXE 343451 05-05-07 12:44a
TANDY DVR 3584 05-05-07 12:44a
26 file(s) 538163 bytes
183500800 bytes free
And yes, the game is not particularly graphically intense and runs fine in EGA mode, but it's been bothering me for entirely too long 😀