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First post, by Procyon

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The cd-rom doesn't even want to install.
Tried copying the files directly to the harddrive but a10sim.exe or shell.exe don't do anything, tried DxWnd and dgVoodoo 2 but no cigar.
Probably need to try it in a VM or something. 😒

Reply 1 of 5, by feda

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I played through it a couple years ago.
The 16-bit installer runs via otvdm, but the game itself won't work well natively.
I think it ran briefly with dxwnd, but at like 500% speed.
It runs fine in PCem and Win98 installed in Dosbox-X (I think performance was better with the latter).

Reply 2 of 5, by Procyon

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Thanks gonna try installing it with otvdm and running it with DxWnd.
You know you can downclock cycles in DxWnd so it should be capable to set the right speed with some trial and error.

Reply 3 of 5, by feda

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Procyon wrote on 2023-12-06, 21:46:

You know you can downclock cycles in DxWnd

Uh...not exactly. I've tried the slowdown feature and have never seen good results.

Reply 4 of 5, by Procyon

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Okay, so far I managed to install the game with otvdm but when I start the game in DxWnd I get an error message "New GFXsurface failed".
Tried a couple of settings but it won't get past it. 🙁

Reply 5 of 5, by BEEN_Nath_58

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Procyon wrote on 2023-12-10, 11:10:

Okay, so far I managed to install the game with otvdm but when I start the game in DxWnd I get an error message "New GFXsurface failed".
Tried a couple of settings but it won't get past it. 🙁

Try attaching dgVoodoo2 to it. If it doesn't work you could write about in either of the forums.

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