Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors
Posted on 2024-03-22, 22:51
Philips 14C
Re: Which games are better on a Macintosh?
Posted on 2024-01-01, 08:42
Thank you all 😀 I am expecting these days a Philips CD-I console with Digital Video Cartridge installed. Unfortunately due to lot of workload this period of the transportation companies, I couldn't have it after Christmas and before 2024. Probably I will have it one of the next days 😀
Re: Which games are better on a Macintosh?
Posted on 2023-12-21, 15:05
@Dimitris1980’s some of my stuff in action https://youtu.be/DAh57K8N_p8 Now this is paradise ❣️. A real computer or console has greater feeling than an emulator. If there's availability of various different computers and consoles, then it's nice to see the differences and the style of each system. …
Re: Which games are better on a Macintosh?
Posted on 2023-11-15, 11:03
Recently, I went to a Greek Museum regarding old computers, consoles, mobiles, etc. I saw there a Macintosh Classic with a game running. I can say that I loved the quality of the black-and-white picture. I also asked them to turn on the Atari 1040 STF because I wanted to see the quality of the Atari …
Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi
Posted on 2023-11-15, 10:59
You can also check this: https://macintoshgarden.org/games/sierra-patch Personally, I have solved the problem with the date by choosing one before 1993 from the Macintosh system options 😀
Re: List of Macintosh games that support Roland / General Midi
Posted on 2023-11-15, 10:56
I recently acquired a Macman and a Roland UM-ONE (unfortunately a mk1 since I though the mk1 looked very different) and connected everything between my Quadra 840AV (running 8.1) and my Windows PC which is running Munt. I copied the Apple Midi Driver and Midi Manager that came with Gabriel Knight …
Re: The Adventures of Willy Beamish CD
Posted on 2023-11-13, 10:11
This is great! I have to test the patch. The floppy version has much better music with the Roland MT-32. Also the Sega Mega CD version 😀
Re: Which "old-type" Roland MT-32 to get for DOS games?
Posted on 2023-10-03, 07:13
You are better with an MT-32 instead of none. Just get one and play with it. People recommend the old one as a standard. Just a personal opinion - when you deal with sound, there is no perfect choice. I agree. Sometimes we go deeply into details and we confuse our minds. A great combination is an …
Re: Which games are better on a Macintosh?
Posted on 2023-07-19, 06:47
Skip to 1:55:x~ for an interview of Aaron Giles who ported games to the mac, an upscaler + smoothing algorithms was used for much of the mac games, like all the current emulation scalers/smoothers, rather than native: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhbZCqhnfa4 It is a very interesting interview. …
Re: Which games are better on a Macintosh?
Posted on 2023-07-19, 06:20
I don't remember if we or I have mentioned here, another great Mac version is Dark Forces from Lucas arts. I played the first two levels on PC and on Power Macintosh G3 Minitower using the same Sony Trinitron 15 inches crt monitor via a VGA switch. Mac supports bigger resolution and the PC only VGA …
Re: Which games are better on a Macintosh?
Posted on 2023-07-17, 18:55
Interesting I can say. I didn't know about that. But it seems that it's something that was released some years before . Like the Ultimate Talkie versions of Monkey Island 1 & 2 or Simon the Sorcerer 2 including subtitles :). For newer machines I guess or dosbox. I don't know if I can use this on my …
Re: Which games are better on a Macintosh?
Posted on 2023-07-17, 09:16
I don't remember if we or I have mentioned here, another great Mac version is Dark Forces from Lucas arts. I played the first two levels on PC and on Power Macintosh G3 Minitower using the same Sony Trinitron 15 inches crt monitor via a VGA switch. Mac supports bigger resolution and the PC only VGA …
Re: Which games are better on a Macintosh?
Posted on 2023-07-17, 09:07
upps I forgot of this : Alone in the dark 3 another game which the Mac 68k version is far better , it runs in high res 640x480 compared to the buggy PC version DOS/WIndows which run in low res ,the difference is very noticeable I really recommend this game but only if you played before ALone in the …
Re: Which games are better on a Macintosh?
Posted on 2023-07-16, 13:31
robertmo wrote on 2023-07-15, 14:58: Dimitris1980 wrote on 2023-07-14, 19:32: only on Mac version you can see they eyes on the characters. |-) Haha 😂 Today I went to the house I grew up and I transported some retro stuff. Here's a picture of Flashback on my Macintosh LC475 :
Re: Which games are better on a Macintosh?
Posted on 2023-07-14, 19:32
I agree with Flashback. It is fantastic on Mac. I started once playing the game from the start on my Macintosh Performa 6116CD and on my Cyrix Dos/W95 PC. I played only the first level of the PC version and a little in the beginning of the 2nd level and then I abandoned it. The reason was the …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2023-06-01, 20:03
Tonight a little of Leisure Suit Larry 5 on Macintosh with Roland MT-32.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2023-05-21, 05:46
Yesterday I played and finished Leisure Suit Larry 1 Apple IIGS version via ScummVM, the same game but the enhanced version on original Macintosh computer with Roland MT32 and I started also Police Quest 1 Apple IIGS version via ScummVM.
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2023-05-18, 06:43
This is right now the playroom on the house i grew up. From the left: Atari 1040STF, Amiga 1200, Macintosh LC475. i like the seating - one for each machine and 2 as a 'waiting room' for those eagerly awaiting their turn :) :) :) :) There's more but it is not in the picture. On the right next to the …
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2023-05-17, 06:44
appiah4 wrote on 2023-05-17, 06:41: No Monkey Island on the Amiga? 🙁 I didn't have the Amiga turned on 😀 . WHDLOAD with lot of games is installed including Monkey Island 1 & 2 😀
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2023-05-16, 16:43
This is right now the playroom on the house i grew up. From the left: Atari 1040STF, Amiga 1200, Macintosh LC475.
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