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Lemmings Chronicles - EMS driver? Wha?

Posted on 2014-03-11, 19:30

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Okay, so in this video I rant mostly about my Sidewinder (subject of a recent topic here), but near the end I also talk about an issue I've had running the game "The Lemmings Chronicles." After making that video, I tried using Dosbox to run it, and the game does work there, but it runs very choppily …

Re: Commander Keen problem!

Posted on 2014-03-09, 18:53

LCD monitors are simply not good for older games. I have one and it occasionally wigs out for no reason, including issues like what you described. Ususally all I have to do to fix it is turn it off then back on while the game is running, but I'm not sure if that'll work in your case. Bottom line, …

Re: Weird error with a PC I just built.

Posted on 2013-07-23, 18:26

rgart -- Actually I had already disabled the onboard and was using an ISA Sound Blaster 16. I had actually considered removing that and just going with the onboard sound. Turned out there was no need. The distorted sounds only happened with windows sounds--never with games, and now they don't even …

Re: Weird error with a PC I just built.

Posted on 2013-07-21, 15:23

GUYS, I THINK I DONE GOT IT FIXED!!! All right, here's what happened. I had completely removed all the components (video card, sound card, hard drive, CD-ROM and floppy) and put them back in my old AMD K6 where they came from in the first place. This allowed me to confirm (among other things) that …

Re: Weird error with a PC I just built.

Posted on 2013-07-21, 11:37

I first heard about the Epox 8KTA from this website so I would assume that's from 2000. According to Wikipedia, the Voodoo 3 line of cards is from 1999--just a year earlier. This is the first I've heard of age making a difference though. I always thought "if it fits in the slot, it'll work" ( …

Re: Weird error with a PC I just built.

Posted on 2013-07-21, 11:21

I just placed an order for some new IDE cables and a 40GB Seagate hard drive. Once they arrive I'll test them and tell you how things go. I really hope the problem is just the drive or the cable... I'd hate for the Motherboard to be the problem. As for the PCI slot... to be honest, for some reason …

Re: Weird error with a PC I just built.

Posted on 2013-07-21, 09:54

Yes I adjusted the jumpers on both the hard drive and the CD-ROM. I also changed the boot order back to the way I like it in the BIOS. Making a new boot disc is easy enough, but this one was personalized and not one of the generic ones made by 98's install, which is why it bums me out. Still, if it …

Re: Weird error with a PC I just built.

Posted on 2013-07-21, 09:27

All right, here's the results. The BIOS actually had two sets of "Defaults"--one was called Fail-Safe and the other was called Optimized. I tried them both. "Optimized" gave me a different error message altogether--now Windows was saying it couldn't find some file or other. So I figured "now I have …

Re: Weird error with a PC I just built.

Posted on 2013-07-21, 07:20

On two of my Super Socket 7 boards I got read errors on the primary IDE channel. Used the secondary instead. But now I have an even better solution and use a PCI SATA controller card which fixes all these headaches. Old hardware I tell you they surely steak away your time :) Quoted for truth! Okay, …

Re: Weird error with a PC I just built.

Posted on 2013-07-21, 06:43

When I was first putting it together I was using a standard old-skool IDE cable and it gave me an error because it wasn't the 80 conductor variety. The Hard Drive still failed, and I assumed it was because of the cable. Then I talked to my dad (who has a bunch of old computer parts laying around) …

Weird error with a PC I just built.

Posted on 2013-07-21, 06:03

All righty guys, here's the lowdown. I ordered this motherboard , this power supply and this case . My video card is a Voodoo 3 2000 (PCI slot) and my sound card is a Soundblaster 16 (ISA slot). Pretty much from the moment I got all the parts and built this beast, I had problems, as documented …

Re: Most disappointing games?

Posted on 2011-02-23, 01:12

Indeed, stuff like that is why I consider System Shock 2 more overrated than Final Fantasy VII FF7 at least has a large and vocal number of detractors, but it seems like everybody who played SS2 is playing this absolutely golden game that descended from Heaven in a gold-plated chariot to lead us all …

Re: Most disappointing games?

Posted on 2011-02-21, 06:45

I'm probably going to get burned at the stake for some of my opinions, but: Dark Seed Played this just the other day and it reminded me of why I hate adventure games. I clicked everything, did everything I thought I could do and even wrote down extensive notes but couldn't solve the game. Finally I …

Re: Weird System Shock issues

Posted on 2010-10-07, 08:17

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Okay, so now the game crashes even when the CPU Cache is disabled. So I guess it really isn't the speed (though on low speeds the game will usually run for hours). I developed a theory that maybe the problem was related to my sound card settings, and tested this by having it set to no sound card …

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