Re: Software Rendered games running very fast

Posted on 2021-08-12, 23:38

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by kjliew

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in Windows

Recoil (1999) from Zipper Interactive works flawlessly on QEMU Win98 VM, in both Direct3D and Glide modes at max details. Direct3D only has 640x400 and 640x480 while Glide can do all the way up to 1024x768 but QEMU can scale up to anything. With V-Sync OFF, both Direct3D and Glide consistently …

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Re: Power PC Mac, Classic OS 9 compatibility thread..

Posted on 2021-08-12, 22:44

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by kjliew

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Extensions are a pain in the behind because the more different extensions there are installed the higher the chance of extensions being incompatible with each other. I would expected that extensions are not made by stupid people so they would be backwards compatible or there would be some fallback. …

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Re: Power PC Mac, Classic OS 9 compatibility thread..

Posted on 2021-08-12, 02:42

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by kjliew

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

From your list of the games, I could probably play the DOS/Windows x86 versions all of them on Apple M1 macOS Big Sur in QEMU TCG, very comfortably. I have doubts that PC game wiki listed Vampire Masquerade minimum requirement as Pentium II 233MHz. The game average about 45FPS on QEMU WHPX/KVM on …

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Re: Requiem Avenging Angel DirectX version check by-pass

Posted on 2021-08-10, 08:34

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by kjliew

in Windows

in Windows

Nice with Windows is that usually is someone eventually able to make old things working and even enhance them with new features.. only its taking time sometimes lots of years and especially for not major titles. With Windows are quite stable and once something is fixed for Windows 9x game to make …

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Re: StarForce Infected Games (Windows XP and Later; Major Warning Ahead)

Posted on 2021-08-10, 00:24

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by kjliew

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in Windows

StarForce claimed to be "un-crack-able" compared to SafeDisc/SecureROM, so any games which were infested would require the courtesy of publishers/studios to release patches/re-releases that endorsed the removal of DRMs. It claimed, but in practice, it was cracked just the same - for most StarForce …

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Re: StarForce Infected Games (Windows XP and Later; Major Warning Ahead)

Posted on 2021-08-09, 20:29

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by kjliew

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in Windows

I believe all forms of sophisticated disc based DRM schemes (SafeDisc/SecureROM/StarForce etc.) will have troubles with Wine. Unless they were replaced with online-based DRM or completely alleviated by later patches/re-releases or cracked non-legitimately by underworld fans/hackers, there is no way …

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Re: StarForce Infected Games (Windows XP and Later; Major Warning Ahead)

Posted on 2021-08-08, 22:41

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by kjliew

in Windows

in Windows

Use VM then 😉 I was able to run 2 StarForce infested game demos, GT Legends and Xpand Rally, on QEMU. The DRM does not seem to care about running on virtual machine. With snapshot capability on the OS image, the StarForce DRM drivers can't mess with the OS at all.

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Re: How do I locate the address of the linear framebuffer in my VGA card?

Posted on 2021-08-05, 19:04

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by kjliew

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in Marvin \ Video

Second, I don't believe Write-Combine would have made an impact if the bus is 2-hop away from the CPU. ISA is 2-hop for most PCI chipsets with PCI as north-south link or 3-hop for later PC chipsets that utilize propriety north-south link. For the later, even PCI will be 2-hop away from the CPU and …

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Re: How do I locate the address of the linear framebuffer in my VGA card?

Posted on 2021-08-05, 17:03

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by kjliew

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in Marvin \ Video

First, you need a better CPU that supports Write-Combine. It is only available in Pentium Pro+ (i686), K6-2+ and K6-3, Athlon+. Pentium (i586) is not one of them. Second, I don't believe Write-Combine would have made an impact if the bus is 2-hop away from the CPU. ISA is 2-hop for most PCI chipsets …

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Re: VME Broken on AMD Ryzen

Posted on 2021-08-01, 00:59

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by kjliew

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in PC Emulation

You can circumvent this issue on a Ryzen 1xxx following this guide: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.creopard.de%2F2020%2F05%2FVM-Windows-98-SE-mit-Ryzen-CPU-in-VMware-12.x-installieren.htm I don't use VMware, but I checked it out on QEMU WHPX/KVM on …

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Re: Are Voodoo graphics card THAT good ?

Posted on 2021-07-30, 21:37

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by kjliew

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in Marvin \ Video

Rage 128 should have a honourable place as 32-bit enabler. I would place such honor to Matrox G400. The Matrox G400 MAX outperformed Riva TNT2 Ultra at 32-bit colors. For the short period of time, it was the highest performance 3D gamers' card money could buy for 32-bit colors. Matrox marketing …

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Re: Are Voodoo graphics card THAT good ?

Posted on 2021-07-30, 21:05

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by kjliew

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in Marvin \ Video

The relevance of 32-bit colors seems to sway the topic. ;) Voodoo1 was great, no doubt at its time of launch, even with all its crooks that it required a companion 2D card. The 3D quality & performance were unmatched at the gaming market that it addressed. The game industry responded overwhelmingly, …

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Re: flashback cd

Posted on 2021-07-24, 21:13

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by kjliew

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

By the title of this thread I thought it was going to be about the BIOS flashback feature of mainly newer ASUS motherboards which support flashing the BIOS via a specific USB port even if the board won't POST. It is not, it is another wonderful DOS game, a very good one, and I finished it with …

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Re: Requiem Avenging Angel DirectX version check by-pass

Posted on 2021-07-24, 00:53

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by kjliew

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in Windows

... still make sense to keep or retail releases, or their images, its quicker way. Oh yeah, you're absolutely right. It is always a great pleasure to be able to keep the retail releases, properly archive them and the big boxes put up for show on the shelves. Those physical media would never be …

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Re: Requiem Avenging Angel DirectX version check by-pass

Posted on 2021-07-23, 19:37

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by kjliew

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in Windows

The game is also available from GoG. Just pay them $9.99 or patiently wait for on-sale events. It is DRM-free and it says it supports Windows (7, 8, 10). https://www.gog.com/game/requiem_avenging_angel If the games are from GoG, perhaps they may also work with VMware 3D acceleration. So never shall …

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Re: Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business (3DFX) in pure DOS

Posted on 2021-07-23, 02:14

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by kjliew

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Specifically, is the GLIDE2X.OVL which will work with TR Unfinished Business the same file for Voodoo 1, 2, and 3000? No, you will have to source the OVL for each Voodoo flavors. It would be more challenging for Voodoo 3/Banshee due to their time of release and perhaps impossible for Voodoo4/5 …

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Re: Retro Development

Posted on 2021-07-22, 22:12

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by kjliew

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in Milliways

Perhaps one had wished more the world would be happy for the performance of Pentium II 233MHz with the "freaking fast" Voodoo3 emulation on Core i9 and Ryzen 5950X from the best PC emulation stuck with 32-bit WIN32 binary built from Mingw32 GCC 4.7.2 toolchain. 😁

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Re: PCem v17

Posted on 2021-07-22, 20:45

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by kjliew

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

digger wrote on 2021-07-22, 20:30: The file name actually said more than the screenshot. 😅 It's a prophecy of what just happened in the other universe -- "It's done. BOOM!"

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Re: Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business (3DFX) in pure DOS

Posted on 2021-07-22, 07:23

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by kjliew

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in DOS

You are having troubles with GLIDE2X.OVL. The version from the latest OEM or 3Dfx reference just don't support pure DOS but they work from Windows 98 DOS. Tomb Raider 1 base game worked because you must be using the earlier static link 3Dfx patch. If you had the later dynamic link Voodoo/Rush patch, …

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Re: DOSBox SVN for Apple M1 Core Dynrec - A simple hack

Posted on 2021-07-22, 00:24

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by kjliew

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in DOSBox Development

As DOSBox SVN fully loaded with CPU core dynrec, high CPU demand DOS4GW games such as LOLG 3Dfx Glide is fully playable. Unlike OpenGlide, Kekko's Voodoo chip emulation actually rendered the game well, I didn't notice any black squares artifacts. The 3Dfx Glide rendered of LOLG is indeed better …

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