King's Bounty version 1.01 (unofficial):
1. Two more optimal CGA palette combinations have been added to the existing 8, and one has been replaced with a less optimal one.
2. When running in CGA mode on EGA/VGA/SVGA/MCGA, 4-color and 3-color palettes have been added, replacing palettes 6 and 7.
3. The skills, parameters, and costs of all creatures have been rebalanced.
4. Resettlement has been carried out according to morality groups.
5. Now only winged creatures can fly.
6. Castle troops are now found in roaming, joinable units.
7. All 17 villains now have themed and/or high-morale armies.
It runs on the version from the HoMM disc.

Wow, nice one. Didnt have a chance to try it out yet, but I love how there is still improvement work done on old games.

Will check it out for sure. 😀

After several months of development, a compatibility package for various graphics cards is set to be released:

┌───────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────────────┐
│    320x200    │ 640x200/400/480 │       720x348/350        │
├───────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
│ M - MCGA      │ W - SVGA         │ I - Hercules color      │
│ V - VGA       │ 4 - TMS34010     │ H - Hercules monochrome │
│ E - EGA       │ 8 - IBM 8514/A   │ R - Orchid monochrome   │
│ C - CGA       │ X - XGA          │ 3 - 3270 PC              │
│ T - Tandy     │ G - PGC          ├───────────────────────────┘
│ P - Colorplus │ S - Sigma        │
│ Q - Quadcolor │ A - PC1512       │
│ B - GP II     │ D - DEB          │
└───────────────┤ O - Olivetti     │
                │ Y - WY-700       │
                │ N - NGA          │
                └──────────────────┘

Great work, I wonder what other software supports Orchid

Color Graphics Adapter:

Enhanced Graphics Adapter:

Video Graphics Array:

Sigma Designs Color 400:

Professional Graphics Controller:

Didn't know they fixed PGC in 86Box

Amstrad PC1512:

Hercules Graphics Card:

IBM 3270 PC:

Olivetti M24:

Wyse WY-700:

Quadram Quadcolor:

The remaining graphic modes generate images identical to the existing ones.

Interesting as I still play this game from time to time. Can you give more details about "The skills, parameters, and costs of all creatures have been rebalanced"?
Nice that you want to add support for less known graphic cards. SVGA version to come - any reason to use it instead of VGA?

eM-!3 wrote on Today, 08:17:

Interesting as I still play this game from time to time.

Came across it completely by chance in late 1990 during a visit to the Palace of Pioneers in Kiev. From there, transferred it to the Young technicians' station. Played on black-and-white and four-color CGA monitors.

eM-!3 wrote on Today, 08:17:

Can you give more details about "The skills, parameters, and costs of all creatures have been rebalanced"?

Of course can, but will it be interesting to play? There are hints of changes in the text output by the patch itself.

eM-!3 wrote on Today, 08:17:

SVGA version to come - any reason to use it instead of VGA?

On a real monitor of that time, of course, but DOSBox can scale anyway. =)