Actually I have the completely opposite memories: that the game was not playable on a Hercules, no matter what you tried (SIMCGA and similar).
I'm not aware also of a Hercules-capable version but I strongly doubt it ever existed.

It existed.
I remember it needs a special version of SIMCGA.

Try this ...

Wow, it does start with the simcga you posted! It doesn't "work" though, as with HGCIBM there are so many problems that it's unplayable
Any more info on it? Where it originates from, who made it... The "original" simcga weights a couple of KBs, so it's not a modified version of that one, is it?

konc wrote:

Wow, it does start with the simcga you posted! It doesn't "work" though, as with HGCIBM there are so many problems that it's unplayable

It works/playable here. Do you use DOSBox ?
In fact, this game is keydisk copy protected. You can only use Teledisk to dump diskimages and run it using PCE without crack.
If you can crack this game by yourself and run it under DOSBox. I suggest setting "cycles = fixed 1000" and using the lastest SVN build.
Also note that this game will heavily lag running on a real 486 or higher machine due to it's bug.

konc wrote:

Any more info on it? Where it originates from, who made it... The "original" simcga weights a couple of KBs, so it's not a modified version of that one, is it?

I don't know who made it. This program attached in this game's first disk sold in my country. Maybe by the reseller.

I checked it on real hardware, an XT with a Hercules clone. For convenience I took the following screenshots in dosbox which behaves the same:
-all written text is missing
-very often the game becomes unplayable because the enemies never drop, or drop and get stuck in places they shouldn't be and stuff like that. I mean like 1/3 times.
I am aware of the bug in fast computers, despite being an awful conversion it's one my all-time favorites because of... memories and childhood.

I do own the original game btw (one of the very first games I ever bought, hence the memories thing) and it doesn't contain anything like this file. Are you referring to an original/retail copy of the game? If so, as you said, it might've been a decision of the local reseller (which country?). Also maybe it's my Hercules clone to blame and it does work on the real thing, I can't tell, but the identical behavior when using my card & dosbox leads me to believe that this isn't the case.

I don't know anything about your Hercules card. But your problem seems caused by the OS you used (and/or timer on your motherboard).
Anyway, as I said, just try "PCE" or the lastest "DOSBox_SVN".

Yeah!!! coolhaken!.. i test on real hardware and it works!!

With HGCIBM or SIMCGA 4.2 i have the problemas described in the thread, but with this PARTICULAR SIMCGA works perfectly... Yes, the text is missing..

I don't remember the text, but i remember the image streched vertically like the screenshot... with HGCIBM is not streched and use "full" screen

Thank you very much!!!

Konc
I'm using real hardware: AT286 8-12Mhz + Hercules Clone Card

If you add R parameter to the command line it resets the config and you can select different options.. can you try that... i forced CGA mode

Just leaving a big thank you for this special SimCGA version! Works with some titles that could not be emulated on Hercules otherwise.

fede2222 wrote on 2016-06-27, 04:14:

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Yeah!!! coolhaken!.. i test on real hardware and it works!!

With HGCIBM or SIMCGA 4.2 i have the problemas described in the thread, but with this PARTICULAR SIMCGA works perfectly... Yes, the text is missing..
I don't remember the text, but i remember the image streched vertically like the screenshot... with HGCIBM is not streched and use "full" screen

Thank you very much!!!

Konc
I'm using real hardware: AT286 8-12Mhz + Hercules Clone Card

If you add R parameter to the command line it resets the config and you can select different options.. can you try that... i forced CGA mode

I downloaded the "BBSIMCGA.COM" file and, indeed was the ONLY CGA emulator capable of running Bubble Bobble on my computer (I tried several few).
I have a 386DX at 40 MhZ with a Winbond Hercules Graphic Card and Monochrome Monitor.

The problem is that the framerate is broken in my case; at first will start running too fast and then too slow, unplayable.
But indeed was the only emulator capable of launching the game.

I tried the BBSIMCGA emulator for other titles that I have (Stunts, Spectrum Holobyte's Tetris, Sokoban) and it works PERFECTLY!!!
Although I'm not sure how to use the "r" parameter that you mention to reset the emulation.

In my case, the emulation will always be on until I restart the computer.

Can you tell me how do you reset the emulation?

Thanks!!!

solraeck wrote on 2021-08-23, 20:42:

Can you tell me how do you reset the emulation?

Running "bubble r" will go through the configuration of the game again, it's not about the cga simulation program.

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