Re: Guess the game!!
Posted on 2016-06-16, 17:46
Ha 😀 Ok, one more screenshot, this time of the subtitular main character's titular vehicle: Filename ls.png File size 26.58 KiB Views 1261 views
Re: Guess the game!!
Posted on 2016-06-11, 20:46
Nice! Points for clueless' Space Station Odyssey as well though, that is what it's called. Ok; here's my (first) contribution. I don't have that many obscure games, but here goes: Filename 6.png File size 46.61 KiB Views 1354 views
Re: Guess the game!!
Posted on 2016-06-10, 21:09
Re: Bought these games today
Posted on 2016-04-30, 19:24
Is that the actual game disc showing through the window? I remember the US version being in a jewel case with inserts.
Re: What are the best Sound Canvas games?
Posted on 2016-04-20, 11:08
I really enjoyed: Touché (but read this: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46344 ) Conquests of the Longbow (but get the MIDI patch: http://sierrahelp.com/Utilities/SoundUtilities.html ) edit: also really liked Frontier: First Encounters (the Dave Lowe stuff), Azrael's Tear and of course Duke …
Re: Guess the game by a phrase
Posted on 2016-04-04, 23:33
I have a strong suspicion of the game series, but I wouldn't know which title...
Re: B.A.T. II (Koshan Conspiracy) music: CD vs. floppy version
Posted on 2016-04-02, 11:21
TheDosPlace wrote: By the looks of it, there is only one data track: http://redump.org/disc/2889/ Thanks!
B.A.T. II (Koshan Conspiracy) music: CD vs. floppy version
Posted on 2016-04-02, 00:44
Does anyone know if the CD version of B.A.T. II is supposed to have music? I have the floppy version (which plays a couple of MOD tracks) and out of curiosity / for a potential purchase decided to try a download(*) of the CD version. It appears to have added voice, but only very minimal ambient …
Re: Guess the game by a phrase
Posted on 2016-03-31, 21:22
F2bnp wrote: Indeed! Here's a new one. That's a convincing George Stobbart, from Broken Sword 😀 I'm not currently set up to record audio, so I'm skipping my turn (might join in at a later date though). Having fun guessing though!
Re: Bought these games today
Posted on 2016-03-14, 18:27
You must have the CD from the Enhanced version in your original box. That's what I figured at first as well, but the disc contains only the original VGA & EGA Battle Chess (and is dated 1990, pre-enhanced version). Strangely enough Future Wars is on there as well, could be a demo, but looks like …
Re: Bought these games today
Posted on 2016-03-13, 18:00
Just bought this Battle Chess set off eBay. Anyone familiar with this specific version? It has the EGA & VGA versions of the game on 3.5" & CD-ROM, and a voucher for 5.25" disks. The sticker (red, while most I found had green) does list the included 3.5" disks and 5.25" offer, but no mention of the …
Re: Technology that fascinated you, but ultimately flopped
Posted on 2016-02-23, 09:40
CD-i anyone? No? Ok then! 😉 Actually purchased one fairly recently, with video cartridge, and still made me happy to see The 7th Guest and Lost Eden run that smoothly on a big TV and have an intro movie to Litil Divil. And the Zelda games are a thing to behold 😉
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2016-02-22, 10:50
Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries - never finished it back in the day, decided to give it another go after completing all of MW2 & GBL again. Still like it less :) Conquests of Camelot (and probably Conquests of the Longbow after it) Civilization: Beyond Earth Trackmania United Forever - got to have al …
Re: Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P
Posted on 2016-01-30, 10:15
On the Hardware side: - A (boxed) Covox-brand Speech Thing - I have a Sound Source, but dislike the proprietary speaker (and it's not 100% compatible). - The Creative 3DO Blaster / drive bundle - Turns your PC into a 3DO! Always wanted to mess around with one of these. - An MT-32 without cracked …
Re: Do you play games off of their CDs?
Posted on 2016-01-25, 09:59
While I still derive actual fun from using cartridge-based media (even though I have heaps of ROMs emulated excellently and ready-to-go on PC) I have grown to dislike using optical media: it's slow, noisy, that cumbersome drawer (slot-loaders should go die in a fire though), spin-up time and every …
Re: (Sound?) stutters if not using fixed cycles?
Posted on 2016-01-21, 09:48
That's the strange thing, many games: Mechwarrior 2 @ 1024 (demanding) or Dune 2 (not demanding). This is on an Intel i7 @ 3.4GHz. It's also not really stuttering per se (I know the crackling at too high a cycle rate), it's an intermittent hiccup here or there, like the game speed is slightly uneven …
(Sound?) stutters if not using fixed cycles?
Posted on 2016-01-20, 23:22
This is a minor issue I have been having with DOSBox (0.74 and later SVN builds) I've never been able to solve: if cycles=max or auto, many, maybe all games occasionally have very slight 'hitches' or 'stutters' in the audio, most noticeable in background music. Setting an appropriate fixed cycles …
Re: Most memorable games you've played
Posted on 2016-01-19, 10:10
The 7th Guest - Lots of fond memories, one of the first games I played intensively with my dad. Loved the story and George Sanger's soundtrack. Mechwarrior 2 (original flat-shaded version) - Truly felt like piloting a 'Mech; much more sim-like and immersive than later installments. GREAT atmosphere …
Re: Touché: Stuck note on SC-55
Posted on 2016-01-18, 23:39
Thank you *very* much good sir, this worked a treat! Very happy to finally have a fix for this; that little music bug annoyed me to no end!
Re: Touché: Stuck note on SC-55
Posted on 2016-01-15, 22:35
Wow, awesome! That's some extensive testing, thanks! So it seems the x-fi on-board MIDI not hanging is the exception. If I would be able to 'fix' the MIDI file with editing software, would there be a way to re-pack it into TOUCHE.DAT? (Was also using a UM-ONE (v.1) by the way)
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