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First post, by Shed

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hello again....i make this graphic, ....

how does it look? Sorry, i make it, without explicit permission, this is not an oficial DOSBox graphic....only one of my test-graphics

hope you like it

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Reply 3 of 48, by Qbix

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you might want to use less screenshots of adventures.
Else a lot of people will recomend scummvm 😀

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Reply 5 of 48, by maYO

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Just some of my thougts about it:

  • I would recommend using the same sizes for the screenshots. It looks a bit messy like it is now.
  • The font for the feature text is very blurry and quite hard to read. Try using a crisper anti-aliasing on them.
  • Also the big texts on the bottom of the graphic are a bit thin and have very low contrast in comparison with the grey background. But they have a nice nostalgic touch to them 😀

But I like the approach of some kind of promotional graphics!

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Reply 6 of 48, by eL_PuSHeR

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Qbix wrote:

you might want to use less screenshots of adventures.
Else a lot of people will recomend scummvm 😀

You should use some Hercules/CGA/EGA/Tandy screenshot too.

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Reply 7 of 48, by DosFreak

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Could cheat and use some HQ2X screenshots....but since it's not in CVS that would be cheating. Advmame2x would work tho.

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Reply 8 of 48, by Shed

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thanks, for the constructive criticysm....i'll take note about size on captures and oldiest greater hits of CGA games for it....also the Font fixes for made more readable....i'll update this thread soon 😉

oks, let's go again....new promo gfx...

banner_with_captures2_DOSBox_0_65.png

Reply 9 of 48, by avatar_58

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That one looks much better, how about another one outlining features rather than bug fixes? Things like:

*Video Capture
*Scaling CPU speeds
*Support for classic sound cards such as Sound Blaster, Adlib and Roland MT-32

Something along those lines.

Reply 10 of 48, by maYO

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That's much better !
Only thing giving me a small headache is the bluish background gradient.
But I guess that's up to individual taste...

And I agree with Dosfreak and avatar_58. Lining out DOSBox's real features rather than the bugfixes would make more sense.
(Who needs bugfixes when there are features which are working fine 😉 )

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Reply 11 of 48, by avatar_58

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maYO wrote:
That's much better ! Only thing giving me a small headache is the bluish background gradient. But I guess that's up to individua […]
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That's much better !
Only thing giving me a small headache is the bluish background gradient.
But I guess that's up to individual taste...

And I agree with Dosfreak and avatar_58. Lining out DOSBox's real features rather than the bugfixes would make more sense.
(Who needs bugfixes when there are features which are working fine 😉 )

I only suggest it because everyone is so hellbent on what DOSbox can't do or has trouble with, rather than the great features and things it CAN do. I try to stick up for the damn thing at every chance on the other forums I visit, and for good reason. DOSBox to me IS the future of dos games, whether some people care to admit it or not.

Reply 12 of 48, by DosFreak

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Mabye the title of each game below the picture for those not familiar with those games? (Sadly I can name them all).

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Reply 14 of 48, by herecomethej2000

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In it you show a picture of Wing Commander Prophacy. This is a relitivly new game and I think it would be way too high end for dosbox to be needed, as is Command and Conqure I think. Prophacy definatly works fine on a normal computor. I beleive you were thinking of the Original Wing Commander which is a popular dos game

here is a pic i found with google

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Reply 16 of 48, by Shed

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yes sorry....i missed a bit with that image (that said wing commander...really it's prophecy?? sorry for that...i'll change it by your post one.... 😀

changed!

Yes i'll try C&C on my machine and runs in DOSBox of course....

Reply 18 of 48, by Kippesoep

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I notice the EGA version of Gauntlet in there. I haven't got the game, so I can't test it, but I seem to recall reading that the EGA version crashes after selecting a character and that only the CGA version is playable. Has this changed?

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