dr_st wrote: 8000 cycles worked well for me on a 2GHz Core 2 Duo. On your system it may be different. I have stopped decreasing at 13k cycles (going down from 20k). The game was running bit faster than ideal speed, but in larger battles i think it could have just the right speed 😀.

Yes, the DOS port has its issues. It's very speed-sensitive, and this affects AI as well. When the game is slow, the AI is stupid and can be defeated with repetitive motions; when it's fast, the AI can be unbeatable - get hit once, and you can be destroyed without getting a single hit in. However, …

I also found another one topic (sry I didnt find it earlier, before posting my own - but really i have tried)... https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26218 ... which is trying to solve the same problem. It looks that in the end it is not possible to completely eliminate this issue in Golden Axe ( …

I have tried shifting cycles a bit by CTRL-F11, CTRL-F12, but havent feel too much difference (felt like game was faster overally, but enemy appearance then make even more significant slow-down), so I have focused on other settings. I think i have also tried some DOSBox config from other one of old …

Hello, I would like to discuss the DOSbox settings (config) for Golden Axe game (classic PC MS-DOS version). Yesterday I have tried to run the game on actual latest DOSbox build 0.74-2 and Iam having some issues for which i could not find solution. My spec: Win 10 Home Intel Core i5-9400F (2.9GHz, …