Please Help: Gizmos & Gadgets and VGA Graphics issues. \ VOGONS

Please Help: Gizmos & Gadgets and VGA Graphics issues.

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First post, by emynii

Posted on 2007-12-01, 19:56

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I understand about not starting new threads of previously answered questions, but I do need some help.

I've been perusing the forums for almost an hour now and tried several of the suggestions listed, none which work. I may be doing them incorrectly, as I'm not very advanced with this stuff.

I have gotten many Dos games to work on my computer, but it seems that Gizmos and Gadgets is determined not to run. Every time I try to open the game, it tells me that "A VGA Graphics Adapter Card is required to run Gizmos & Gadgets!"

I'm not sure what this means, and I'm not sure how to fix it. I run off of Windows XP and have a nividia graphics card. Is there anyone who can spell this out for non-programmers? Thanks so much.

Reply 1 of 9, by wd

Posted on 2007-12-01, 20:22

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What dosbox version are you using?

Reply 2 of 9, by emynii

Posted on 2007-12-01, 23:27

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It says DOSBox 0.72 when I open it up. I went to this site to download it:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

Reply 3 of 9, by MiniMax

Posted on 2007-12-01, 23:38

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It would help us a million times if you could copy/paste ALL the commands you use in DOSBox.

Reply 4 of 9, by emynii

Posted on 2007-12-01, 23:51

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I start with:

Z:\>mount c C:\bestoldgames
Z:\>c:
C:\>cd gizmo
C:\GIZMO>dir
C:\GIZMO>ssg.exe

and it gives me the error
A VGA graphics adaptor card is required to run Gizmos & Gadgets!

Reply 5 of 9, by MiniMax

Posted on 2007-12-02, 00:53

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Hmmm. Looks okay to me. If you give the command machine in DOSBox, what does it say? Should say vga.

Reply 6 of 9, by emynii

Posted on 2007-12-02, 06:36

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It says "vga" but still gives me the error.

Reply 7 of 9, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2007-12-02, 09:00

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From the DOSBox game compatibility list (always a good place to check):

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/comp_list.php?showID=3387

It seems the game is supported, but there is the suggestion of using command line parameters, most notably the -gv parameter, which I would guess relates to graphics.

Reply 8 of 9, by emynii

Posted on 2007-12-02, 20:00

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Thank you so much, using the command:

C:\GIZMO\>ssg -gv -sb

worked perfectly! thank you so much for your help.

Reply 9 of 9, by wd

Posted on 2007-12-02, 22:17

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Interesting, their vga check would fail on several bioses, including the
original ibm vga. Maybe it can be changed though so it works with dosbox.

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