Amigaz wrote:

A game from 1989 eh...you have a capable system to run it or do you plan to use DOSBox?

DOSBOX all the way 😀 Yes, I'm building a DOS-legacy system but it is for mid-90s DOS games that runs on 640x480 or above.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

Amigaz wrote:

A game from 1989 eh...you have a capable system to run it or do you plan to use DOSBox?

DOSBOX all the way 😀 Yes, I'm building a DOS-legacy system but it is for mid-90s DOS games that runs on 640x480 or above.

DOSBox? blasphemy! 😁

This should be run a real 286, Adlib soundcard alt. Sound Blaster 1.0 + MT32 combo 😎

Amigaz wrote:

This should be run a real 286, Adlib soundcard alt. Sound Blaster 1.0 + MT32 combo 😎

I have yet to obtain my MT32.... 🙁 So I think I use DOSBOX with munt instead. 😁

By the way, am I the only one to post my game acquisition here? Hello? Where are you guys? What game you just bought?

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

Amigaz wrote:

This should be run a real 286, Adlib soundcard alt. Sound Blaster 1.0 + MT32 combo 😎

I have yet to obtain my MT32.... 🙁 So I think I use DOSBOX with munt instead. 😁

By the way, am I the only one to post my game acquisition here? Hello? Where are you guys? What game you just bought?

I buy alot odf games too but I'm too lazy to take photos of them...or I'm rather too lazy to arrange them in a nice pose and then take a photo
😁

Amigaz wrote:

I buy alot odf games too but I'm too lazy to take photos of them...or I'm rather too lazy to arrange them in a nice pose and then take a photo
😁

Don't worry, I didn't take photos either --I just download those auction photos and put them on my image hosting account. 😁

None of my recent game purchases have been old games
but i'll post them anyway

edit to lazy to list them so most of them are in this pic
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I have been at it again 😊 Did not have time, nor inclination, to spend a lot of time looking at the older, boxed games, and instead bought a couple of newer ones:

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
• Myst IV: Revelation.
• Uru: Ages Beyond Myst.
• Space Colony

The Space Colony game was mostly bought because of the unique casing. The front has a plastic 3D-look, like the little 3D-images that you could sometimes find in cereal packets.

Ive just picked up a mint copy of the mighy Hardwar

I just won this game for US $108.49. Was it cheap or expensive?

I think you paid a good price for a real collectible game. Amazon Marketplace has two people selling this, boxed, one for around $200 and the other for around $600. The CD/jewel-case and manuals without boxes are going for around $100.

I buy a lot of older/collectible games on eBay. I'm still searching for Ultima Martian Dreams!

Today I got a nice boxed copy of Magic Carpet Plus 😀

Very good condition, but the advertised 3D-glasses is missing.

I do not keep a shopping list for games that I want to buy. It has always been a case of "Oh - this looks interesting" or cheap, or something. When I saw Magic Carpet it was both cheap (3 €), in good condition, and I thought I remembered seeing quite a few posts for help with getting the game running, so I figured it must be worth a look-see.

I might create a shopping list soon. Something I can keep on my phone, so I can check if it is game I want, or something I already have.

nice! I only have magic carpet 2.

Meh, nothing special. Just a copy of [url=ttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230284744860]Privateer 2: The Darkening[/url] for replacement.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

Meh, nothing special. Just a copy of [url=ttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230284744860]Privateer 2: The Darken […]
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Meh, nothing special. Just a copy of [url=ttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230284744860]Privateer 2: The Darkening[/url] for replacement.

Have that game too but my cover is completely different?

Is yours the Deluxe Edition?

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

Is yours the Deluxe Edition?

My cover looks like this:

Whoa. Frankly I've never seen that cover before --Deluxe Edition or otherwise. Why is it so different?

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

Whoa. Frankly I've never seen that cover before --Deluxe Edition or otherwise. Why is it so different?

Must be some european release, when I've seen it for sale before I bought my copy it has always been with this cover.
Dunno if the contents differ from your version...I can check if you want?

Amigaz wrote:

Dunno if the contents differ from your version...I can check if you want?

Well my game hasn't arrived yet, but according to item's description, I should get 3 game CDs, 2 reference cards, players manual, instruction manual, and catalogs/ads.

I have lost my original Privateer 2 game, but IIRC the contents is about the same. I remember having 2 manuals though: the large one, and the booklet-sized manual on CD1. There's also some reference cards of sort.

IMO, it just doesn’t get better than this (although they run in Windows)!...

The only item above that isn't in new condition is EF2000, which I also acquired recently...

And then I had the spines cut out of the books...
http://198.65.10.229/DID/DSCF1152.JPG

Having this done was a painful experience (those Strategy Guides are especially hard to find, almost impossible in that condition), but I wanted to scan them to PDF as the pages were beginning to yellow and sticken, also the print was fading.

But even more painful (and the reason I'm here) was doing the same with my MicroProse F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0 Manual! It had to be done as it was really starting to show its age. Although I haven't played the game in years, I still read the excellent manual so it’s occasionally handled.

I was tense until they returned my F-117 Manual undamaged (except in pieces 😀 ). With a PDF printout I can drop pizza, spill coffee, or let my Jack Russell terriers wrestle around it without worry. The original pages sit in Ziplock bags in a plastic container in a closet.

My reason for posting, with DOSBox I once again can play my all-time favorite game!!! I need to tweak the settings or something to make it smooth but it works (both sound and USB stick). Despite its age I'm enjoying this ultimate classic once again (stealth gameplay rules)!

Thanks DOSBox folks! 😁

For modding of some classic flight sims, go here...
http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm

Here's an example of a current project of mine for TAW...
http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb … 5608#Post705608

We're really just getting started. I also hope one day to recreate the magic of F-117 using Jane's Fighters Anthology (there's a Toolkit for modding).

Note that I'll be posting MicroPose F-117 Training AARs (After Action Reports) at SimHQ in the near future...
http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb … Board=71&page=1

Here's an example of an old sim AAR...
http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb … 245#Post2518245

...although I expect my F-117 AARs to have much more text.

The ability to take screenshots in DOSBox will be very handy for this purpose, also I've noticed a video feature, I'll look into this as well.

Thanks again DOSBox (I see Tornado and other classic DOS flight sims in my future). I need a collection like this (belongs to a SimHQ poster named Pretzel)...

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Mark