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New guys that needs some help with some old SEGA PC games...

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First post, by Tanukitsune

Posted on 2006-01-05, 11:24

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Hi there, I'm a long time lurker, first time poster here...

I usually manage to run my old games myself, but not this time... 😅

I included my PC specs hoping it might help...

-The first game that is giving me problems is Three Dirty Dwarves, I manage to see the intro and all, but when I hit "Start Game", I just get a black screen, it doesn't crash, but it doesn't seem to load either...

-Sonic & Knuckles Collection works, but it's just too darn fast! Is there anything like MoSlo for windows game?

-Games like Sega Smash Pack and Puzzle pack have this annoying flicker, I can play them, but the flicker is driving me crazy!

-Garfield: Caught in the Act, has the same problem as Dirty Dwarves, excpet I don't even get the intro...

-Sonic CD gave me trouble from the start I had to install some drivers manually but now it's giving me a "Can't find MCI" error and crashes...

Reply 1 of 16, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2006-01-05, 11:34

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The only thing that I suggest is that you enable VSYNC in drivers. Thus, game will probably run at 60HZ maximum.

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Reply 2 of 16, by Dr. Riptide

Posted on 2006-01-05, 14:15

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CPU Kill may help with your speed problems. Sonic CD will not work in anything higher than Win98 (it may work in WinME, but I don't count that) due to video driver issues; don't even try it without a virtual machine program.

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Reply 3 of 16, by DosFreak

Posted on 2006-01-05, 15:05

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There's a speed patch for S&K @ patches scrolls.

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Reply 4 of 16, by Tanukitsune

Posted on 2006-01-05, 16:55

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Thanks, the patch worked! 😁

It's a shame about Sonic CD, thank God I have the Mega CD version! 😜

I still have to get Garfield and Three Dirty Dwarves working...

And the flickering in Sega Smash Pack too...

Reply 5 of 16, by Tanukitsune

Posted on 2006-01-06, 17:18

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Yes! Some guy made a patch that makes Sonic CD work on XP and it WORKS!

Link here!

But why does the music sound so different from the Sega CD version?

I'm still working oh how to get Three Dirty Dwarves and Garfield caught in the Act to work on XO... 🙁

Reply 6 of 16, by Dr. Riptide

Posted on 2006-01-06, 18:54

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I was unaware of that patch. Nifty.

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Reply 7 of 16, by VirtuaIceMan

Posted on 2006-01-08, 03:25

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I think the music maybe because there are two (or more?) different soundtracks for Sonic CD (at least on the Mega-CD) - the Japanese and the US versions... not sure which the European version or the PC version uses, but they're probably using different versions.

I downloaded the US and Japanese Mega-CD versions and they do have very different music...

Reply 8 of 16, by Tanukitsune

Posted on 2006-01-11, 12:15

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Any hints on what to do with Garfield caught in the act or Three Dirty Dwarves?

Something tells me that the solution will be similar or the same... 😐

Reply 9 of 16, by Neville

Posted on 2006-03-31, 15:13

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Maybe you sohuld try playing the original versions (Sega Genesis or Sega CD) using emulators like Fusion or Gens32. Chances are they are easier to configure and the gaming experience is far better. Sega PC ports never had a great reputation.

Reply 10 of 16, by Dr. Riptide

Posted on 2006-03-31, 15:22

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Yes, but this would require finding ROMs, which tends to become extremely problematic.

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Reply 11 of 16, by Tanukitsune

Posted on 2006-03-31, 15:22

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Oddly enough, they started working...

Three Dirty Dwarves looks wrong, but that doesn't matter since I have a Sega Saturn and the game too...

Reply 12 of 16, by Dr. Riptide

Posted on 2006-03-31, 15:27

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Yeah, these things just work themselves out sometimes. Cool.

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Reply 13 of 16, by Neville

Posted on 2006-03-31, 15:35

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DO NOT POST LINKS TO ILLEGAL SOFTWARE OR YOU WILL BE BANNED.

Reply 14 of 16, by VirtuaIceMan

Posted on 2006-04-05, 23:59

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I saw the Sonic Mega Collection Plus is now out on PC too, so that's another method of getting a lot of the Sonic games to work in XP easily!

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Reply 15 of 16, by Neville

Posted on 2006-04-06, 08:39

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Neville wrote:
DO NOT POST LINKS TO ILLEGAL SOFTWARE OR YOU WILL BE BANNED.

All right, all right, didn't know links to emulation / roms were not allowed in this board. I'll keep that in mind.

Reply 16 of 16, by Tanukitsune

Posted on 2006-04-06, 08:40

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Yeah, I have mine ordered and it's on the way, but you play the other one windowed at least....

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