Jo22 wrote on 2020-05-11, 19:45:
It's a classic really. 😀 Watched it first time about ten years ago, when YT still used Flash Video..
Come to think of it, I may actually have happened upon that video through a link shared by someone at Vogons at the time. Perhaps that was you. 😅
OldCat wrote on 2020-05-12, 08:56:
Yes, that video is dope. Really wish it was in higher resolution (and possibly amber... 😀 ).
Perhaps it's time for someone to record something like that on YouTube again. Get the fastest possible PC that still has a sufficiently compatible ISA slot, stick a Hercules Graphics Card (or a 100% compatible) clone in it and run some games on it in Hercules monochrome mode. This time with a higher resolution recording and showing more games.
I happen to have a Dell Pentium III downstairs in my bike shed, as well as an actual IBM 5151 monochrome monitor, albeit with the video cable cut off (not by me), and I'm not sure if even still works. But I don't have a Hercules card.
I do however have an ATI EGA Wonder 800 EGA card, which I specifically ordered to get EGA graphics to finally work on my Dad's Olivetti M24 and it's non-standard 640x400 monitor (a life-long mission). But that's on-hold, since the Olivetti didn't boot the last time I tried it, presumably because of a defective power supply that I hope to fix one day.
Doesn't the EGA Wonder 800 also support monochrome monitors? Perhaps even with Hercules compatibility? If so, I could try installing it in the Pentium III, fix a new cable on the monitor and hook it up.
It would be cool if I could get such a set-up working. Even more so if the EGA Wonder 800 would unlock some kind of EGA 16 color emulation in monochrome mode. If I can get such a contraption to display any video output at all, I'll gladly make a YouTube video of it. 😄
In other news, I have recalled that Gobliiins had Hercules graphics option, but not every copy available on the internet still does (similarly to Targhan, StarBlade, Electro Body, Heartlight PC etc.). I'll post a screenshot if I find the right copy of the file - I own the GOG copy, but I believe it is VGA only.
That must be amazing to see. I always assumed the Gobliiins series were VGA-only on PC.