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Re: A couple of retros I'm working on.

Posted on 2024-10-17, 15:12

tomdegerth wrote on 2024-08-11, 16:47: Hi all, I also wanted to get the noise level down on my T3200's, so just got 2pcs of this fan from Ali. I haven't got around to install them yet, so I'll do that as soon as I get home from this oilrig. I'll report back then with a db measurement before and …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2024-07-19, 13:53

I looked at your photo in detail. I seem to be able to identify the pixel grid. It looks like the 160*144 gameboy image is placed in a 320*200 frame, and displayed on a 640*400 plasma panel. This perfectly fits the specification of the T5100 display. The T3100 only had two shades. I wonder how they …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2024-07-19, 13:45

Okay, now that you mention it, something unclogged in my memory. So I used to play CGA games on T5100 with EGA, because it had four shades of orange intensity on the screen (as opposed to only two on T3100's screen). Similarly, I played EGA games on my T3200SX with VGA screen, but with sixteen …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2024-07-17, 10:42

Have you published the source code somewhere or (if not) have you considered doing so? Is it a purely interpreting emulator or does it incorporate dynamic binary translation, too, where applicable? No, it's a misunderstanding - I only played GB emulator on one of my Toshiba luggables with plasma …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2024-01-02, 10:20

Now on Nec 71vm instead of Nec 1970nxp...slighlty more problematic (last lines are always doubled) but hercules is no nice...to me better then CGA. The first game in that post is Leisure Suit Larry, but what is the second one? Looks like a conversion of some long-forgotten Japanese classic. Pray, …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2023-12-11, 13:39

You guys might be interested to hear that I've added a feature to DOSBox Staging that allows simulating the horiz/vert size monitor controls (among many other things). More details about the feature here: https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/3124 So now you can stretch Hercules …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2023-10-17, 09:16

A few more. Prince of Persia title screen (to compare with the green one in Rincewind42's post): Filename 20180528_185538.jpg File size 1.42 MiB Views 3007 views File license Public domain Electro Body title screen: Filename 20180530_211511.jpg File size 1.56 MiB Views 3007 views File license …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2023-10-17, 09:05

As promised, a bunch of various photos of Hercules monitor displaying things. Text mode: 20180528_184546.jpg Drakken game (note flat yellow areas, might be just poor photo quality, not sure): 20181010_195223.jpg Targhan game (loved it back then, still have a soft spot for it now - look how the sky …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2023-10-17, 08:53

Everyone, thanks a lot for contributing, this is fascinating! (for me, at least) I have to say I stand corrected in the face of Viler arguments, namely that 86Box rendering is neither representative of the original look of the games. As for arguments raised by Rincewind42, I reluctantly agree in …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2023-10-16, 20:44

Thank you very much, your input is indeed spot-on! As for your tool, I have bumped into it quite some time ago and watched various retro flavours with awe. You even got plasma right! Now, the real question is how difficult is it to use? Also, FFMPEG suggests to me application for movies, not still …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2023-10-16, 08:23

Hey Rincewind42, First of all, kudos for the nickname - I'm a huge Terry Pratchett fan myself - and thanks for taking time to contribute to this thread, both in writing and by providing screenshots - much appreciated! Secondly, you are correct in everything around aspect ratio and lazy port(s) on …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2023-10-14, 13:57

You are supposed to use the monitor's hardwired vertical stretch knob to scale the game to the correct aspect ratio. I can get you a better photo if you want; I just happened to already have this one. Hi copper, I was asking more about emulation screenshot, as it is what they usually use. But if …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2023-10-13, 16:14

Hey folks, sorry for resurrecting this old topic, but I need some help. I have written an article on various graphics cards, including Hercules for a certain retro mag in my home country. The trouble is, I can't get proper screenshots from Hercules and they seem to use the ones from the internet, …

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