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Help me identify game from screenshot... (found: Epic's Overkill)

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First post, by keropi

Posted on 2010-12-08, 13:41

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Hiya!

I was looking at random youtube DOS videos, when I saw a compilation of games that had this one:

I remember playing that lots back in the day on my 386sx BUT I cannot remember it's name anymore 😢
Anyone remembers it? I am almost certain it was a shareware game...
thanks! 😁

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Reply 1 of 17, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2010-12-08, 13:44

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Overkill

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Reply 2 of 17, by keropi

Posted on 2010-12-08, 13:53

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A-W-E-S-O-M-E !!!!!
thanks h-a-l-9000 !!!!!!!!!! an EPIC classic... how could I forget it 😵

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Reply 3 of 17, by leileilol

Posted on 2010-12-08, 15:24

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Ste Cork released it as freeware too

http://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Overkill.html

Personally I never liked it since I was already spoiled by VGA and Sound Blaster by 1992. I couldn't stand the PC speaker anymore for a while then 🙁

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Reply 4 of 17, by keropi

Posted on 2010-12-08, 15:34

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back then speaker was the only thing I knew LOOOL

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Reply 5 of 17, by Malik

Posted on 2010-12-08, 15:47

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This one reminds me of Galactix (w/VGA+SB support) :

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Reply 6 of 17, by HunterZ

Posted on 2010-12-08, 16:16

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leileilol wrote:
Ste Cork released it as freeware too

http://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Overkill.html

Personally I never liked it since I was already spoiled by VGA and Sound Blaster by 1992. I couldn't stand the PC speaker anymore for a while then 🙁

Cool, I always liked Overkill for some reason. I think it was slower paced than many shooters, so it wasn't as difficult for me 😀

Reply 7 of 17, by keropi

Posted on 2010-12-08, 18:05

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Just played it again after many years... music plays mono from my SB16 1740 😁

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Reply 8 of 17, by HunterZ

Posted on 2010-12-08, 18:23

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Yeah, I think it supports Adlib/OPL2 and MT-32/LAPC-I music.

Reply 9 of 17, by keropi

Posted on 2010-12-08, 19:36

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LAPC-Ι music? how? I did not see any option...

edit: readme says only sb/adlib... 😊

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Reply 10 of 17, by HunterZ

Posted on 2010-12-08, 19:38

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I think it autodetects somehow, but you can also use command-line parameters: http://wiki.classicdosgames.com/index.php?title=Overkill

Reply 11 of 17, by keropi

Posted on 2010-12-08, 19:42

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damn you are right! I was hearing LAPC-I mono music... forcing AdLib with /A gives stereo FM music...
the Roland track is not anything special, I thought it was FM.... 🤣

edit: I am such a &^%#^&%#* , the jack was plugged half-way in the LAPC-I , everything was mono 😲 😵 😜 😅

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Reply 12 of 17, by HunterZ

Posted on 2010-12-08, 19:55

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🤣 glad you got it sorted

Reply 13 of 17, by Malik

Posted on 2010-12-09, 06:45

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What? Overkill supports LAPC-I? Gotta download it right now!

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Reply 14 of 17, by keropi

Posted on 2010-12-09, 07:02

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yeah, if you have one it just works with it... mind you it is not that great, at first I thought this was OPL music... and OPL is even worse too 🤣

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Reply 15 of 17, by rfnagel

Posted on 2010-12-09, 09:04

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Hey, that "/R" is pretty cool for such an old Epic Megagames game 😀 Anyone know of any other Epic games of the era that supported that (IIRC, they were all Adlib)?

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