Re: How does Sierra's EGA640.DRV even work?
Posted on 2021-12-23, 16:16
Re: How does Sierra's EGA640.DRV even work?
Posted on 2021-12-23, 14:24
Peter Swinkels wrote on 2021-12-23, 13:23: @good_punk: I think it was the kq7 demo. Hm okay... I've downloaded a demo version of the game but when I set the driver to EGA640 and run with EGA in DosBox nothing is displayed... you only hear the voice. Might be a wrong version of the demo.
Re: How does Sierra's EGA640.DRV even work?
Posted on 2021-12-23, 13:05
llm wrote on 2021-12-23, 09:53: so there at least only 2 version in all your found drivers D:\Other\g\kq7\INN\EGA640.DRV 1-9-1992 18:57:50 There was an EGA version of King's Quest 7? I thought that game was SVGA only?
Re: How does Sierra's EGA640.DRV even work?
Posted on 2021-12-23, 07:05
I've found out that I could copy the EGA640.DRV from Space Quest 5 over to my Larry 5 and Police Quest 3 version that both didn't include it. The games run but unfortinaetly the mouse cursor is not showing anymore. So my guess would be that you need extra cursor images for EGA and those were only …
Re: How does Sierra's EGA640.DRV even work?
Posted on 2021-12-22, 09:57
Plasma wrote on 2021-12-22, 09:49: https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/ques … games/8707#8707 Oh great, that's very helpful, thanks. 😀
Re: How does Sierra's EGA640.DRV even work?
Posted on 2021-12-22, 09:46
FYI, some LucasArts adventure games offer the same kind of dithering with their "e" display option: Monkey Island 256-color, Monkey Island 2, Fate of Atlantis. Yes... I found that out by accident... I had set DosBox zu EGA machine and started MI2. :D (You don't need the display option then) Also …
Re: How does Sierra's EGA640.DRV even work?
Posted on 2021-12-22, 08:10
ripsaw8080 wrote on 2021-12-21, 17:34: Question about Sierra's EGA640.DRV dithering Thanks, that's definetly helpful. Would be interesting to understand the logic behind how the driver choses the colors and creates the dither patterns. But you would probably have to reverse engineer it.
Re: Force system mouse cursor to be visible
Posted on 2021-12-22, 07:32
Okay, I've found a way to display the system cursor but it doesn't align with the game's cursor position... so that's probably not going to work.
Force system mouse cursor to be visible
Posted on 2021-12-21, 15:42
Is it possible to prevent DosBox from hiding the Windows mouse cursor in games? I'm experimenting with a game that has a broken (invisible) mouse cursor and it would be great if I could just see the normal Windows cursor in the game to at least know where I click. 😁
How does Sierra's EGA640.DRV even work?
Posted on 2021-12-21, 13:16
I've recently stumbled over this driver and how it "emulates" VGA graphics on an EGA display. Has anybody here taken a closer look at it and can explain to me how this thing works? I'd be interested to create a youtube video on the topic and I would like to explain what that driver does and how it …
[AGE] Point and Click Adventure Engine for Unity
Posted on 2021-11-05, 15:12
I've just released the Unity "Adventure Game Engine" on itch: https://tim-rachor.itch.io/age With it you can create old school point and click adventures without having to worry about coding. On the other hand the engine is quite flexible so it's easy to extend with new features. (Note: requires a …
[Video] Presentation of my compact RetroPie Dos emulation setup
Posted on 2021-10-17, 06:37
Hi folks, I thought this might be of interest to some of you: I've created a small setup for a DOS emulation station that fits on a small table and is ready to play quite a lot of stuff. It's also quite portable and can be used with a TV as well. In the video I show how I did the setup and which …
Re: Performance issues and stuttering sound on Pi 4(00)
Posted on 2021-09-04, 16:38
Ok I figured it out... the RetroPie DosBox version is really running terribly slow on a Pi4... especially for 2D stuff. I've switched to DosBox Staging (in the experimental modules category) and the games run smoothly now. :D Only the sound is still a bit stuttery from time to time... but I think I …
Performance issues and stuttering sound on Pi 4(00)
Posted on 2021-09-03, 12:10
Hello, I'm running retropie stock DosBox on a Pi 400. I'm generally quite happy with the performance - even Duke3D and Need For Speed seem fine - but I have a lot of slow down and sound stuttering in other less demanding games. Jazz Jackrabbit's main menu runs so slow that it takes almos a second to …
Re: EGA aesthetics
Posted on 2021-06-28, 05:09
cde wrote on 2021-06-27, 18:49: Very cool! Bought a copy on Steam, will check it out 😀 Have fun! 😁
Re: EGA aesthetics
Posted on 2021-06-27, 11:03
Hezus wrote on 2021-06-27, 07:57: Looks like a fun game! And kudos for the EGA graphics (well.. kind of) 😀 Thanks! 😁
Re: EGA aesthetics
Posted on 2021-06-27, 11:03
mihai wrote on 2021-06-27, 07:59: I am quite fond of EGA esthetics, actually I believe the best version of Monkey Island / Loom are the EGA ones. Yes they at least have a very special charme.... makes me feel young again, bringing back good memories. 😅
Re: EGA aesthetics
Posted on 2021-06-27, 06:08
Yes I thought about that but that would have meant a loooot of learning to code in DOS and writing my own little engine or something. It would be cool though but being able to release the game for modern machines and on Steam obviously opens it up to a wider audience which is also a nice benefit. :) …
EGA aesthetics
Posted on 2021-06-26, 10:37
I always felt that EGA games using the original color palette had their very own charme. I'm not sure what it is but there's something about those bright colors that just makes me happy. <3 :D So at some point I wanted to give it a shot and try to recreate that look in one of my own games. …
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