Are you playing any classic games at the moment? - Page 3

CapTVK · January 15, 2004, 18:02

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Originally posted by Japher
I tried Dosbox. It worked, but very, very slow and only in a small window about the size of this post.

You can tweak various settings like (DPMI=off) to increase speed. Turning off the sound also helpes.

vmxa1 · January 15, 2004, 18:19

Sorry it is not working for you. I have run into a number of games that work for some, but not others. One last stab, here is my mom.exe settings.

General Ludd · January 15, 2004, 18:27

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Originally posted by CapTVK

You might take a look at DOSBOX it's a DOS emulator intended for games. It works on windows and Linux. Plus it even comes with a standard soundblaster emu so you won't have to fiddle with your soundcard settings at all. There might even be a MT-32 emu someday now that canadacow (creator MT-32 emualtor is onboard)

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

I've never gotten DOSbox to work. I've tried VDMsound (or whatever) but it did nothing for the memory problem.

Adagio · January 16, 2004, 06:45

I tried DosBox once... it managed to start a game, that normally doesn't work in WindowsXP, but it had a small side-effect:
When showing an animation, you have to click with the mouse to get to next frame... the keyboard didn't work, and this game was a keyboard-only game

Marid Audran · January 16, 2004, 07:16

Golden Oldies eh? Well in my mind 1998 is a still a tad too modern to be considered "classic," even with the prodigiously short half-life games have these days in the memory of the umbiqitous gamer. Circa 1998 has me thinking of Alpha Centauri, Baldur's Gate, Fallout 2, Thief: The Dark Project, and Wing Commander: Prophecy, and these don't really feel "dated" to me. In my mind 1995 is the cutoff date for the "good 'ol days," (if there was ever such a cultural mythology), since it seems from 1996 on (Civilization II, Tomb Raider, Daggerfall, Quake, C&C: Red Alert, Privateer: The Darkening) games started become more graphic intensive, complex, mass marketed, and fueled by hefty budgets in reputable dev-houses. Essentially, professionalism in gaming started seeping in en masse. 1996 was also the beginning of the console revolution in the Playstation and Sega Saturn.

Using that criterea (and not counting emulated arcade games) I still boot up Ultima VII: Parts 1/2 from time to time (made all the more easy these days, thanks to the U7WIN9X program. Still have nightmares about modifying config.sys and autoexec.bat files for DOS shortcuts). Betrayal at Krondor too; leagues better than its insipid "remake" Betrayal at Antara and equally disappointing sequel Return to Krondor. I also give Wing Commander III a spin now and then. I also play Tetris.

Other than that--none really. Most of these old games haven't aged terribly well. Even with chess, my ultimate favorite, the latest versions of Chessmaster and Fritz totally blow their quaint computer predecessors out of the water.

pg · January 20, 2004, 03:02

don't know if this will help but i got mom to run after memory errors in win98 se by editing my config.sys then restarting. this is all my config.sys contains...

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM I=B000-B7FF
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=20
BUFFERS=30
STACKS=0,0

make sure to make a backup of the original so you can restore it after you're done with mom.

Ljube · January 20, 2004, 11:55

civ 2

moo 1

diablo 2

VetLegion · January 20, 2004, 14:21

Japher,

The solution to the problem of DosBox having a small window is either pressing Alt+Enter to get into full screen mode, or changing your windows resolution settings to those of the game you play, or at least something smaller than what you currently use. I suggest the second way because it lets you keep your refresh rate.

unic · January 24, 2004, 18:42

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Dis · January 26, 2004, 00:46

I'm playing Planescape: Torment right now. That game is 4 years old- actually very close to 5 now. I think it's 2004. So 2004-1999= 5 I think.

Skanky Burns · January 26, 2004, 03:45

I was playing "Where in the world is Carmen Santiago" before.

child of Thor · January 27, 2004, 17:18

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Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I was playing "Where in the world is Carmen Santiago" before.

What's it like? I've been thinking of finding this title ever since reading good things about it on the 'site that cannot be named'

worth a tenner in your opinion?

I've been revisiting 'Lords of The realm' recently and trying to get into 'Imperialism'.

Alinestra Covelia · January 30, 2004, 12:21

I'm playing the reputedly most popular selling console game of all time - Super Mario Bros. 3.

Except that I'm playing it on my GameBoyAdvance. It is very good!

General Ludd · January 30, 2004, 12:38

I've been playing Aerobiz Supersonic and Harvest Moon on an emulator. Good ol' SNES.

lord of the mark · January 30, 2004, 13:09

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Originally posted by child of Thor

What's it like? I've been thinking of finding this title ever since reading good things about it on the 'site that cannot be named'

worth a tenner in your opinion?
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If its a joke spelling of "where in the world is Carmen San Diego" its definitely worth it if you have a nine year old interested in learning geography, facts about the world, etc. Otherwise, id say not quite worth $10 US.

Skanky Burns · January 31, 2004, 01:27

If you have children, yes. Otherwise no.
And for the record, I mis-spelt that because I was drunk at the time.