First post, by Unregistered
Hi guys, I just stumbled on a 1996 game I wanted to have since ages ago: Stargunner, by Apogee Software.
I quickly found out it wouldn't run at all under XP.
I then found some info on the net about this nice little program that is VDMSound. I installed the latest version, the patch, and the launcher. I was able to make the game's sound setup work, but even in there, the sound is jerky, I mean, it lags a bit.
Then, I managed to start the program and get through the intro, now with sound, but when it gets to the point where the main menu should appear, it just stalls there. After a while (like 2-3 minutes), the game seems to bring me to the high scores (normal when the game is idle, if I remember from my old days), so there must be some activity there. The problem seems to be that the mouse and keyboard don't seem to respond.
I've got a Tyan MB with an Athlon 1.4 processor rigged there. My sound card is a SB live 5.1. My Video Card is a GeForce 2 mx400.
If anyone wants to try out this game, it can be downloaded from http://www.the-underdogs.org/ (please note I'm not making any advertisement there...). If anyone has an idea why it doesn't work or wants to give it a try, then tell me...I'm thinking right now of buying an old pentium to run this game, it's so good...it's like playing Gradius (you know that blastathon on NES and SNES?)