nmlss2006 wrote:Syndicate, not syndicate wars. I remember actually playing it at 1024x768, it was the only way to actually get through the reactor mission IIRC. And I think I managed to get it at that resolution even on an emulator, more recently.
- nmlss
Forgive the necro-posting.
The individual quoted above was confusing the IBM VGA only SYNDICATE (Bullfrog 1993) release with the IBM VGA/VESA v1.2 release(s) of SYSTEM SHOCK (Origin-1994) as there was no "reactor mission" in any of the SYNDICATE, AMERICAN REVOLT or SYNDICATE WARS releases. Given the SYNDICATE sprite construction was optimised for the IBM VGA mode 12h (640x480x4bpp) and that there is no evidence that any VESA v1.2 modes were supported in the dis-assembled MAIN.EXE game program file of either SYNDICATE or the AMERICAN REVOLT expansion - just have to chalk it up to bad memory on the part of the poster.
However, there is a "Reactor Mission" in SYSTEM SHOCK, which is capable of being patched to restore support for a VESA mode 105h (1024x768x8bpp) resolution (removed before game shipped) instead of the VESA mode 101h (640x480x8bpp) which was the highest standard resolution supported on the CD-ROM vF1.6C release.
Just wanted to clear that up... 😁
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