Re: Let's talk about our hated trends

Posted on 2021-01-26, 21:01

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by BardBun

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I hate how slowly CDs and Diskettes as well as some DVDs and other old media are starting to die due to deterioration. And how you gotta create image files of them to keep them preserved but then get cucked by the copy protection x.x

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Re: How do i properly configure a DOS emulator to use mt-32 and/or record the midi instructions + music?

Posted on 2021-01-26, 16:54

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by BardBun

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but i don't know how to configure dosbox to use munt 1. Install MUNT. (latest Version is 2.0.4) 2. Get the Roland MT-32 "ROM-files" from somewhere and put them into the MUNT directory. Start MUNT and choose the proper ROM files. https://i.imgur.com/hVJsfgr.png 3. Start DOSBox and enter "mixer / …

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Re: How do i properly configure a DOS emulator to use mt-32 and/or record the midi instructions + music?

Posted on 2021-01-26, 13:56

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by BardBun

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You have to have MUNT open before you start DOSBox, then you can click either of the "Record" buttons while a music track is playing: https://i.imgur.com/TGymX2Z.png The upper one will record a .midi file and the lower one will record a .wav file, however most of the time the start of a track might …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-01-25, 15:24

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by BardBun

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I don't get the fascination with "midi". It's not music, it's just a load of silly beeps and squeaks! Boooo, Midi, if done correctly, is amazing. (Prince of Persia 2 with SoundBlaster 16 or Dune 2 with AdLib and Roland MT-32) Even the PS2 had games that used Midi-Sequencers for high quality music …

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Re: Looking for childhood game

Posted on 2021-01-22, 14:49

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by BardBun

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We should create a "What's this old game called?" megathread, where people can ask about games they remember but forgot the names about. The only game that comes to my mind would be "Halloween Harry / Alien Carnage", but that one has no jungle scenery and your weapon is usually a flamethrower.

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Re: GM games that sound better on MT-32

Posted on 2021-01-22, 14:41

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by BardBun

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Many games put bass on the first channel and by default, MT32 etc. do not listen to that channel. There's certainly some setup needed prior to such a stunt, channels can be remapped with sysexes, and I imagine game specific things would be necessary too to get most out of it. Most games and Windows …

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Re: Ruined memory of an old game by playing it!

Posted on 2021-01-22, 14:23

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by BardBun

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Not really ruined, but on some games I was kinda confused when my memory differed heavily from what the game actually is like.

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Re: Dos games

Posted on 2021-01-17, 14:06

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by BardBun

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If you are using .img files instead of diskettes, you have to mount them manually to be able to install Windows 3.1, sort of like this: (d:\ is already taken by the CD drive, otherwise you gotta use "d" too, you cannot skip letters) Spoiler #imgmount a c:\Games\DOSBox\Games\winimg\disk1.img -t …

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Re: Pixel Perfect 1280 x 1000 resolution?

Posted on 2021-01-14, 10:53

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by BardBun

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output=openglnb aspect=false Pixel perfect resolutions are: Native game resolution: 320x200 Then: 640x400 \ 1280x800 \ 1600x1000 \ 1920x1200 \ 2240x1400 \ 2560x1600 \ 3200x2000 \ 3840x2400 Native game resolution: 320x240 or 640x480 Then: 1280x960 \ 1920x1440 \ 2560x1920 \ 3200x2400 \ 3840x2880 To …

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Re: Which old game would you like to see a remastered version of?

Posted on 2021-01-13, 11:46

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by BardBun

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None to be honest, every HD/Remaster usually ends up being horrendously bad and to me nothing but a rape and quick cash grab. What they could do is just re-release them but with the game working on modern Windows versions flawlessly, not changing anything about the game.

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-13, 10:16

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by BardBun

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You have to wait for proper tests and independent reviews. Intel is known to manipulate things in their favour like boxed cooler vs high-end cooler or a hidden chiller backstage, bad configurations (like slow RAM/unrealistc amount of RAM with bad timings...), etc. They lost all credibility when it …

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Re: scaling 320x200 to 1600x1200 on a 1920x1200 display with hq3x

Posted on 2021-01-10, 07:42

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by BardBun

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I think that's mainly because of how DOSBox changed to using the appdata folder for the config file, this makes it less portable as you'd always have to re-do your config on a new PC.

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Re: Looking for Elvira 2 Disk 3 image

Posted on 2021-01-08, 17:32

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by BardBun

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If you haven't already, you should start creating image files of all of your diskettes before they all start becoming faulty.

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Re: scaling 320x200 to 1600x1200 on a 1920x1200 display with hq3x

Posted on 2021-01-08, 05:20

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by BardBun

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aspect=false output=openglnb fullresolution=1920x1200 (this should then be 1600x1200 in fullscreen) scaler=none please do not use those scaler filters, why would you want to rape the pixel graphics, why?

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2021-01-03, 06:37

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by BardBun

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Fansite (officially approved by Developers) Q-POP (Windows 3.1) https://i.imgur.com/Q8Tji47.png https://i.imgur.com/SefkrU0.png https://www.frunit.de/qpop/download.php Manuals: https://www.frunit.de/qpop/manual/manual_en.html https://www.frunit.de/qpop/manual/manual_de.html Q-POP is a rather obscure …

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Re: Let's talk about our hated trends

Posted on 2020-12-18, 20:18

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by BardBun

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The console-y-ness of every modern game, where all the controls feel and act like they're mainly designed to be played only with a controller.

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Re: Let's talk about our hated trends

Posted on 2020-12-17, 14:01

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by BardBun

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- Retro console/pc releases which are nothing but a hunk of plastic with a shitty emulator in them along with a very selective library of games and no support for original copies of the games.

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Re: Let's talk about our hated trends

Posted on 2020-12-16, 15:24

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by BardBun

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- The disregard for backwards compatibility for both consoles and computers. - No more Demos of games, everything now is done through "influencer" Let's Players, who of course will only say nice things about the game to continue getting free early access to them. - Fake pixel graphics. Every "modern …

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Re: Let's talk about our hated trends

Posted on 2020-12-14, 13:58

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by BardBun

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The removal of masculinity in every male character in all new games and cartoons, just to go with the SJW narrative of "men are bad" along with the over the top perfect zero flaws strong female protagonist.

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2020-12-11, 08:08

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by BardBun

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Developers Website (Archived) Cyberdogs (DOS) https://i.imgur.com/sQm0t8c.png https://web.archive.org/web/20050212133444/http://www.orcsoftware.com/~ronny/Cyberdogs.html Always free Cyberdogs 2: C-Dogs (DOS) https://i.imgur.com/3le0reQ.png https://web.archive.org/web/20050305054405/http://www. …

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