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Megarace 286 loader

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First post, by theelf

Posted on 2026-08-09, 13:54

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Hi, beside early megarace version have an 286 option in setup, sadly the programmers forget a 386 instruction in car loading screen, then the game hangs in 286 PCs

I did a debug and realize was a MOVSD instruction, i made a small TSR in assembly to intercet this instruction and emulate with MOVSW

game work perfect in 286 now, and the TSR can be unloaded after game finish, /u , anyways is less than just 1kb

Enjoy!

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Reply 1 of 2, by Jo22

Posted on Yesterday, 21:50

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As another 286 user I'd like to thank you! ^^

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Reply 2 of 2, by mwdmeyer

Posted on Yesterday, 22:24

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This is awesomee! 286's are great and megarace was a fun game. Nice work!

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