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First post, by AndyK

Posted on 2017-06-29, 07:10

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I'm new to using forums, so if this question is in the wrong area, I apologise.

I have a Dos game called Fatal Racing (Known as Whiplash in the USA) and it's an original CD-ROM version. What is bugging me is it doesn't display in the centre of the screen. There is a small black border down the right hand side, and the left hand side is cut off where it's not centered properly.
You can get the game to display properly by adjusting the monitor, but that's awkward to do everytime. So my question is, is there a fix for it (That doesn't involve manually adjusting the monitor)?

None of my other Dos games have this issue. I'm running the game in real Dos 6.22, so it's not running in an emulator or Dosbox.

I'm using a Voodoo 3000 AGP card, but as I said, nothing else has this issue.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Reply 1 of 7, by Davros

Posted on 2017-06-30, 21:13

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try changing the refresh rate
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/vbehz.zip

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Reply 2 of 7, by collector

Posted on 2017-07-01, 00:21

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AndyK wrote:
I'm new to using forums, so if this question is in the wrong area, I apologise.

Note that in the future if you are using old hardware you will want to ask in Marvin. Marvin, the Paranoid Android

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Reply 3 of 7, by AndyK

Posted on 2017-07-03, 08:23

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Thanks for your assistance, I tried changing the refresh rate as suggested using the 'vbehz' program but it made no difference. It's not a big deal, as it doesn't affect gameplay, so I'll live with it. It is very odd though.

Thanks again for your help.

Reply 4 of 7, by Osprey

Posted on 2017-07-29, 04:05

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Perhaps Scitech Display Doctor would help? I recall that helping run a few SVGA VESA games in DOS back in the day, and that seems to be your usage case. It wouldn't hurt to try, at least.

EDIT: I'm blind. That's obviously not your usage case, since you have a Voodoo and are talking about 3Dfx acceleration, not VESA.