Re: U7DCP - Ultima VII DOS Cache Patch
Posted on 2021-11-06, 18:49
Thank you!
Re: U7DCP - Ultima VII DOS Cache Patch
Posted on 2021-11-02, 09:03
The link for the precompiled tool with instructions doesn't work. Is it available anywhere?
Re: Blade Warrior (1989)
Posted on 2021-09-20, 20:18
Both disks are OK. I tested it and copied all files on a hard disk without any problems. The installation program just immediately ends without any message. I looked at the executable file and its structure doesn't look like an executable file, only by its name. The 3.5" version was still sealed …
Blade Warrior (1989)
Posted on 2021-09-10, 07:52
I have two versions of Blade Warrior (Jason Kingsley / Image Works, 1989), one is on a 3.5" disk, one is on a CD-ROM. Both of them have "New version with Sound Blaster sound" written on the box, but the game installation program doesn't work at all, so I can't install or run the game. I found …
Re: David Wolf - AdLib sound
Posted on 2021-09-10, 07:13
Although there is the AdLib option written on the game box and in the installation program, it seems that there is no AdLib sound in the game. What a shame that Dynamix didn't really finish the game.
David Wolf - AdLib sound
Posted on 2021-09-03, 14:19
Is it possible to play music through AdLib in David Wolf: Secret Agent? The installation program can select AdLib as a sound option, but the game still uses PC speaker for its music. I tried it on several computers and emulators, I also tried to slow down the computer.
Re: Maupiti Island speech
Posted on 2021-08-25, 10:34
It seems that it works with Sound Blaster only on IRQ 7 on a real PC. When I set the sound card on IRQ 5, it freezes. When I set it on IRQ 7, it works. But when I test it in Dosbox, it works with both IRQs, which is strange. I tried to find a Sound Blaster initialization code in the game files, but …
Maupiti Island speech
Posted on 2021-08-14, 13:55
Is it possible to switch off the synthesized speech in Maupiti Island? It sounds ugly and moreover it freezes my PC when a character finishes its first sentence (all other games work without any problems on this computer). But I don't want to switch off the AdLib music. I didn't find any sound …
Re: Sound Driver Pack
Posted on 2021-05-18, 13:12
I don't know if it's considered to be a sound driver, but "Sound, Graphics & Aircraft Upgrade" for Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 requires SBTALKER.EXE and SBTALK.BAT from the Sound Blaster installation package to be able to speak.
Re: Why do some old games has no in-game music in it?
Posted on 2021-05-12, 06:36
I remember TFX, where its music started to be annoying after 20 minutes of repeating during flight, especially during dogfights, but fortunately it can be switched off. I think that some games don't need any music.
Re: Are there any SB-MIDI compatible games?
Posted on 2021-04-26, 22:10
Flashback.
Re: Is it possiblet to run the Last Express with an 8-bit Sound Blaster?
Posted on 2021-02-17, 07:49
It's strange. My original version of the game doesn't use any config file. It uses only one EXE file and four big HPF files.
Re: Is it possiblet to run the Last Express with an 8-bit Sound Blaster?
Posted on 2021-02-16, 19:42
So probably it would be necessary to create a configuration program to choose other 16-bit sound cards, which would then modify some game file. Concerning 8-bit cards, what about games which use 8-bit and 16-bit cards? Do they use 8-bit and 16-bit samples, or do they use 8-bit samples for both cards …
Is it possiblet to run the Last Express with an 8-bit Sound Blaster?
Posted on 2021-02-13, 21:53
The game Last Express requires Sound Blaster 16 to play its sound. Is it possible to modify it to use an 8-bit Sound Blaster?
Re: "LHX adlibsound" - is it possible to make it work at all?
Posted on 2021-02-09, 09:22
I have no problems with Prince of Persia 1.3 on a PC 486 DX/2 80. In the setup program, I can select Sound Blaster and the game uses it. So I have tried it in Dosbox. When cycles are below 10000, everything is OK. When it is above 10000, music is OK, but sound effects are synthesized through AdLib …
Re: How to increase the view distance in The Elder Scrolls: Arena
Posted on 2021-01-18, 23:32
I forgot to write that you open the unpacked A.EXE file in a hex editor in the fourth step, but probably it's clear. By the way, I think that the FF hex value increases the original maximal view distance about 10 times, so it is probably not very useful in the 320 x 200 pixels resolution and the …
Re: How to increase the view distance in The Elder Scrolls: Arena
Posted on 2021-01-18, 17:55
A little correction: The green Detail bar can be changed during gameplay between 00 and 19 hex.
How to increase the view distance in The Elder Scrolls: Arena
Posted on 2021-01-18, 11:44
I don't know if it was already discussed here, but I didn't found it anywhere. The view distance in The Elder Scrolls: Arena is controlled by the green Detail bar in the game. The game does not allow you to enlarge the green bar beyond the limits of the Detail yellow box, but you can do it this way: …
Re: Tandy 3-Voice Emulation for Sound Blaster or Windows Sound System?
Posted on 2021-01-11, 08:58
Here is the assembler source code of the small ZX Spectrum emulator with the Sound Blaster output: http://bacteria.speccy.org/de.htm It's the only example I found, but maybe it will help someone who would like to modify TEMU.
Re: Tandy 3-Voice Emulation for Sound Blaster or Windows Sound System?
Posted on 2021-01-10, 23:47
Yes, OPL2 or OPL3 could be useful in this case, too. I also saw some 8-bit computers emulators with this type of sound and although it wasn't perfect, it was useful and still much better than PC speaker. But I think that it would be much easier to modify the TEMU output from the Covox DAC to the …
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