Jim Leonard wrote:
>Pedro Quaresma wrote:
>
> Speaking of hating a game :) Jim, have you received my mail about
Baldur's
> Gate 2?
>Yes, and you bring up some valid points, although many of the games you
mention
>(not Fallout) were "first" and could come up with new ideas. It's very
hard
>for a
(Yeah, boring subject line, but these are a bit varied.)
(1) Champions of Krynn
I thought getting the set of the nine standard AD&D Gold Box games would
be relatively straightforward (enough that I'd recommend it as a starting
point for collecting novices, though Pool of Radiance and Dark Queen
"Lee K. Seitz" wrote:
>
> Jim Leonard boldly stated:
> >
> >U6 definitely sounds
> >best on an MT-32 -- that's where the music was composed originally, and all
> >other versions (Adlib, Tandy, etc.) were derived from the MT-32 soundtrack.
>
> Speaking of using different sound cards with the same
Jim Leonard boldly stated:
>
>> Speaking of using different sound cards with the same game Has
>> anyone here ever gotten Monty Python's Flying Circus (a Nintendo-style
>> platformer/shooter from the early '90s) to work with a non-Adlib card?
>> When I first got this game, I tried it on my r
I don't have comments on all, but here are a few:
1) I don't have the IBM version, but for what it's worth, the Apple version
also has the poster. There is no mention of the poster on a sticker or the
box on either the Apple or C-64 versions I have.
2) I doubt it. I've only seen that version
Pedro Quaresma wrote:
>
> Not to mention Arcanum, the RPG where you can play either with the "magic"
> side or the technological" side (fireball vs sniper rifle! summon demon vs
> Tesla rod!)
This came out and I missed it? Or is it a new release?
> >BTW: I forwarded your message to some guys
"Stephen S. Lee" wrote:
>
> I'm one of those People Who Only Collects IBM Games. (The IBM PC is what
> I started with -- my father works at IBM, and he got one for home use
> shortly after the PC got introduced.) Eventually, I might branch out to
> non-IBM games and packages that flat-out don't
> Which reminds me of another interesting topic... why so many computer
games
> players these days prefer graphics to everything else? We weren't like
that
> in the old days, were we? And I barely had any text adventure.
I know it's almost going to sound like sacrilige, but back in the day I
reme
"Stephen S. Lee" wrote:
>
> I'm also wondering whether the price of Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga will
> ever come down to earth. With my Killer Retrogaming Rig, I don't need
> this to play, like many of the people who shell out big bucks for this do.
This statement, and Lee's questions about Ad
"Lee K. Seitz" wrote:
>
> >Now what happens on a faster machine? The detection routine whips through the
> >35 short JMPs much quicker than it is supposed to. When it tries to read the
> >ID byte, the Adlib isn't ready to supply it yet. So no byte is read, and no
> >Adlib card is detected.
>
Jim Leonard boldly stated:
>
>That explains exactly why it didn't work on your 286. Read on:
>
>> 286 20MHz, and I admit I don't remember if I tried the game without
>> turbo on. But still, the game's from 1991 and, IIRC, 386s were pretty
>> common then.
>
>..in America. In Europe in 1990, wher
"Lee K. Seitz" wrote:
>
> Ah! Okay, I'll buy that. What a difference a year and a few thousand
> miles makes. 8)
2 years, actually -- Up until about 1995, most of Europe was behind America and
Japan in terms of the "average desktop" by at least a generation (they had 386
while we had 486, etc.
On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Jim Leonard wrote:
[snip]
> This statement, and Lee's questions about Adlib support, have prompted
> me to start a new thread on oldschool gaming. :-) With more
> experience than I care admit, here are some random observations on
> getting old games to run in today's world:
Hugh was kind enough to respond to this too, so I'll keep his writing in
mind here ...
On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Jim Leonard wrote:
[snip]
> > There is a poster that comes with the game, but I was under the impression
> > that it only came with the Commodore versions (both C64 and Amiga). Now
> > I'
>(1) Champions of Krynn
>I've heard of an IBM version that also comes with it, and mentions the
>presence of the poster via a sticker on the box. How easy is this one to
>come by?
I've never seen one, but then, I rarely pick these up since I'm not very
into fantasy RPGs and these haven't proven
On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, C.E. Forman wrote:
> >(1) Champions of Krynn
> >I've heard of an IBM version that also comes with it, and mentions the
> >presence of the poster via a sticker on the box. How easy is this one to
> >come by?
>
> I've never seen one, but then, I rarely pick these up since I'm
My Death Knights of Krynn (C-64) has no poster.
Hugh
-Original Message-
From: Stephen S. Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 3:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Some questions
Hugh was kind enough to respond to this too, so I'll keep his wr
This is a nice intro to something I've been considering lately:
Jim's oldskool.org is a good resource for suggestions on getting old games
to run on modern PCs, but wouldn't it be great if there were also a database
somewhere with solutions for problems with specific games (for people who
don't h
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