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Re: Abandonware and Dosbox

Posted on 2007-03-18, 03:57

The original statement in this topic, though, was a suggestion that all those people wanting help getting their downloaded games to run should go to the forums provided by whatever abandonware site they downloaded the game from in the first place.... Whew, talk about a long sentence. Basically, I …

Re: Your favorite game music?

Posted on 2007-03-15, 18:10

Personally, I loved the Ultima music. My favorite among those is "Stones". My all time favorite game music, though, is the music at the main menu on the C64 game Moebius. Can't find any SID file conversions of it, though, and don't know the first thing about ripping it myself :( I also love the …

Re: Which Operating System(s)?

Posted on 2007-03-09, 07:17

2. %SOUND%\AWEUTIL /S /EM:GM What does /S do? What does /EM:GM do? /S = set up board but don't remain in memory. /EM:GM = Emulate MIDI as General MIDI I have, in some cases, discovered games that will not use the wavetable on the card without having AWEUTIL actually resident in memory. But most of …

Re: Which Operating System(s)?

Posted on 2007-02-27, 02:56

IF %CONFIG% == WIN Goto WIN IF %CONFIG% == DOS Goto DOS IF %CONFIG% == NCD Goto NCD IF %CONFIG% == UL7 Goto UL7 IF %CONFIG% == UL8 Goto UL8 These won't be needed on DOS 7.x, it's already done automatically :wink: I've never noticed anything automatic happening :( Of course, I've never given it the …

Re: Which Operating System(s)?

Posted on 2007-02-26, 23:58

First, when you install the SB Drivers for Win98 that Creative Labs provides, it gives you the option to install the MS-DOS drivers as well. This will place everything you need in the install directory (Usually "C:\Program Files\Creative\CTSND".) While it isn't necessary to install the Windows …

Re: List the PC games that you have beaten

Posted on 2007-02-21, 19:40

The PC games I have beaten: 7th Guest Alone in the Dark 1 Bard's Tale 1 - Tales of the Unknown Bard's Tale 2 - Destiny Knight Battlezone Betrayal at Krondor Command & Conquer Command & Conquer Red Alert Companions of Xanth Daedelus Project Dark Forces Descent Diablo Duke Nukem 3D Dune 2 Eye of the …

Apple compatability question.

Posted on 2007-02-18, 06:39

Being a big fan of Ultima, and following the advice of others, I decided I wanted to play the originals on the original machine (Apple II,) they were created for. However, I'm running into a problem. I've managed, so far, to track down & buy Ultima 3-5 for Apple :) I've also tracked down a ROM for …

Re: Ultima VI intro running too fast

Posted on 2007-02-17, 17:15

Now that you mention it, I'm not sure I've actually tested U6 with any recent DOSBox. I set everything up back with 0.5? (not sure which exact version it was,) then started playing them all from the beginning. I'm only about half way through U4 now. Yes, I'm going fairly slow, not playing as much as …

Re: Ultima VI intro running too fast

Posted on 2007-02-17, 08:41

I have no idea, mine works just fine. The fade-in/fade-out transition is a little slow, but I'm used to that (it's like that in every game I have, that I can think of off hand.) Are you sure the rest of the game is at the correct speed? I based mine on the speaker sounds (do they sound close to what …

Re: Why did sierra use 0.63

Posted on 2007-02-17, 08:37

I've never gotten a response from Sierra for anything whatsoever. Even when I've sent them timed & delivery confirmed notices that I plan to get ahold of a copy of one of their games, I get no response. Most companies are usually very fast about responding to those :( Every game I want from them, …

Re: GPL Violations Detected

Posted on 2007-02-09, 08:18

Actually, someone gave a mostly complete reason for wanting to run an emulator inside another emulator, but it got moved with the topic split. UAE (and WinUAE,) are designed so that if you do it right, you can built a PC that boots straight into the emulation without direct access to the underlying …

Re: Ultima I - IV Series CD-ROM

Posted on 2007-02-09, 04:18

Actually, I've played it on Vice without much trouble. Other than that, everyone is right. There was just the one version of U5 that had a lot of extra features when played on a C128 through auto-load booting. Also, I never had a 1571 back in the day, it worked just fine with a 1541 drive. From …

Re: Ultima I - IV Series CD-ROM

Posted on 2007-02-08, 08:21

As for purism, that would really require running the games on an Apple II, wouldn't it? Thats the system they were written on, after all. And no self-respecting gentleman should run U1 in the remake version anyway. ;-) Well, for U0 (Akalabeth,) through U5 that is certainly true. U6+ were all …

Re: GPL Violations Detected

Posted on 2007-02-07, 12:30

Actually the PPC line of processors are based on the 68k line. It is the processor line that MAC computers moved too when they moved away from the 68k line themselves. I'm not a tech, but I understand that the processor commands are very simular. Sort of like a grandchild to the 68000 chip. Not …

Amiga hardware - old and new

Posted on 2007-02-06, 19:37

Moderator note: Split off from an GPL license discussion . ------------------ It's also the slowest platform where the fastest CPU is a 50mhz 68060. Porting DOSBox to such platform doesn't really make much sense. Unless you enjoy a lot of stuttering, of course. With a PPC excelerator card, Amiga's …

Re: Ultima I - IV Series CD-ROM

Posted on 2007-02-05, 04:40

Is there not a shiny VGA stand-alone version of Ultima IV that is freely available? The closest is XU4 - an engine remake that uses the original files. Also, several years ago Origin Systems officially released Ultima 4 to the public domain for the Ultima Dragons. So, I guess, it's perfectly all …

Re: Ultima I - IV Series CD-ROM

Posted on 2007-02-04, 08:54

With the U1-6 CD and DOSBox, it is rather simple. Just copy the Ultima1 (or 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or all of them) folder directly to where you want them installed. You may (ok probably will,) need to then remove the Read Only attribute from the folder & all the included files. Then just run them in DOSBox …

Legally getting older games.

Posted on 2006-12-22, 09:42

I've seen many posts mentioning Abandonware software. I, personally, consider it the same as piracy. I may not agree with, but I do understand, the arguments against this point of view, and I try not to judge. For informational purposes, I have put together a list of solutions to the legal issues …

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