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Freezing Issue: Monkey Island 2 'Ultimate Talkie Edition'

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First post, by C0deHunter

Posted on 2020-02-27, 09:35

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Dear all,
OK, I have used my GOG version of Monkey Island 2 and followed the instructions on this page:

http://gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies/monkey2.html

To create the 'Ultimate Talkie' for DOS (not ScummVM) version, with no error message.

The issue is this:

When I run this game under DOS, on my real retro machine, the game runs fine, but either in the intro, or at random places, it freezes the system, and I have to do a hard reset. (I can still hear the background music, while it is frozen)

I am using the game with the following parameters:

Monkey2 -r (for Roland MT-32)

My System specs:

-PIII-800E
-Abit BH-6
- Rage Pro 128 Video Card
-256MB SD-RAM PC100
-AWE64 Gold
-Sound Canvas 55 MKII
-Windows 98SE (but I am using PhilComputerLabs', *pure* DOS option to play and launch games from a DOS prompt)
-2X SanDisk (2004) 2GB CF as
-C:\ (Win98SE OS)
-D:\ (DOS Games)
-SoftMPU

I have even tried SetMUL L2D, L1D, and other combinations, thinking the CPU is too fast, but the issue still remains with either L2, or L1 disabled.

The Monkey Island 1 Ultimate Talkie version, however, runs absolutely flawless.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Last edited by C0deHunter on 2020-03-09, 20:50. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 1 of 6, by keropi

Posted on 2020-02-27, 11:44

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what mouse driver are you using? try with the stock MS mouse.com or another CTMOUSE version - I've had similar issues in the past with the Ultimate Talkie MI games and Space Quest 4 CD
version , see the link: Re: Freezing problem with both Monkey Island Ultimate talkie DOS

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Reply 2 of 6, by collector

Posted on 2020-02-27, 13:46

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Note that this should be in Marvin. Marvin, the Paranoid Android As per the description of this forum: "Getting old DOS games working on modern hardware."

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Reply 3 of 6, by root42

Posted on 2020-02-27, 14:25

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collector wrote on 2020-02-27, 13:46:

Note that this should be in Marvin. Marvin, the Paranoid Android As per the description of this forum: "Getting old DOS games working on modern hardware."

A P3 800 is modern? Arguably it’s at least a youngtimer.

Edit: I am stupid. Yes, this forum is for modern hardware.

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Reply 4 of 6, by C0deHunter

Posted on 2020-02-27, 17:22

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Did you move this thread then?
Can’t find it there!

Reply 5 of 6, by Stiletto

Posted on 2020-02-28, 06:21

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Moved to Marvin -> Software.

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Reply 6 of 6, by C0deHunter

Posted on 2020-03-16, 23:02

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collector wrote on 2020-02-27, 13:46:

Note that this should be in Marvin. Marvin, the Paranoid Android As per the description of this forum: "Getting old DOS games working on modern hardware."

This is how I got it work with my setup:

I am using MUNT to emulate MT32 music, so I usually have MUNT running in the background when my DOS gaming machine starts. Now the catch with this game is, that I have to *stop* MUNT before I run Monkey2.exe r1, otherwise the system freezes as usual.

So:

1) Stop MUNT before running the game (I am using Monkey2.exe r1 for MT32 emulation)

2) I downloaded and use CTMOUSE v2.0a4

3) SetMUL L2D

4) When the game start, after the main intro, and after meeting Largo LaGrande on the bridge, I press Start to run MUNT (I am running MUNT on a different machine, a laptop) and the game does not freeze!

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