Re: DOSBox, it's not an XP emulator

Posted on 2008-08-31, 02:07

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Maybe they use a screwdriver to drive a nail into a wooden board, too.... On the other hand, maybe it's a backhanded compliment to DOSBox, thinking it's all powerful, all knowing, all.......well, yeah, I guess not. 😉

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Re: Quest for Glory IV installation problems

Posted on 2008-08-29, 00:08

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You might find this page helpful: http://www.tawmis.com/collector/Patches-Updates/DOSBoxInstallers.html There is an installer for the Quest for Glory IV CD for DOSBox on this page (I don't know if the Anthology CD would change anything here). There's also advice there for Vista users saying not to …

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Re: Quest for Glory II Remake by AGDI is done!

Posted on 2008-08-26, 02:51

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I'm looking forward to this as well. Have you guys heard that Lori and Corey Cole are working on a text adventure Quest for Glory game? You can read about it here: http://www.theschoolforheroes.com/ This boggles my mind every bit as much as the NWN/Zork business that DosFreak posted about elsewhere. …

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Re: What game(s) are you playing right now?

Posted on 2008-08-22, 22:54

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It's not bad but it has not got the feeling of old nice point & click classical adventures. The movement between locations seems a little chaotic to me but, on the other hand, I have a very bad orientation sense. The story isn't bad. I do not like people graphics at all, but the backgrounds are …

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Re: What game(s) are you playing right now?

Posted on 2008-08-22, 00:23

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Dracula 3: The path of dragon (or trail of dragon. I have translated it literally from Spanish). How do you like it so far? This is on my to-buy list; it was just released in North America in the last day or so. I'm currently playing Dragonriders of Pern on Windows XP, Vampire Diaries in Virtual PC …

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Re: Front page sports football 97

Posted on 2008-08-19, 00:39

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I'd recommend looking on eBay for Windows 95/98; there are usually plenty of people there selling both.

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Re: 10.000.000

Posted on 2008-08-18, 06:58

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I had at least two hundred games that were good for nothing but collecting dust until DOSBox came along. You guys are my heroes. Congratulations DOSBox team!! 😀

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Re: Druid Daemons of the Mind in DOSBox

Posted on 2008-08-17, 23:58

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Thanks, retro. 😀 That's good to hear about Druid. I'm enjoying it, too; a nice combination of adventure/light RPG.

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Re: Atlantis: The lost tales

Posted on 2008-08-17, 17:01

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Thank you; I tried that, and it does help some. What really deters me from trying to play the game this way, though, is that if I recall correctly there is at least one timed puzzle that needs to be executed swiftly; I have a feeling that could prove to be quite problematic. I played this game when …

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Re: Atlantis: The lost tales

Posted on 2008-08-16, 21:39

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I upped the mouse sensitivity in the DOSBox configuration file to a higher value and that helped somewhat with this problem, but the game still ran somewhat slowly and it wasn't really playable. I then tried the game in Virtual PC and the game runs okay with that, but the character movement/ …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2008-08-16, 02:16

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I think you paid a good price for a real collectible game. Amazon Marketplace has two people selling this, boxed, one for around $200 and the other for around $600. The CD/jewel-case and manuals without boxes are going for around $100. I buy a lot of older/collectible games on eBay. I'm still …

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Re: Druid Daemons of the Mind in DOSBox

Posted on 2008-08-15, 22:56

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This isn't the first time you have helped me, and I thank you so very much for this information!! I can't BELIEVE I have been stuck on this ridiculous problem for so long when all I had to do was click the mouse!! Here I had been trying to hit enter, the space bar, escape, everything BUT clicking …

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Re: Toonstruck

Posted on 2008-08-12, 23:09

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Toonstruck is one of my favorites. It has Christopher Lloyd, full-motion video, fun puzzles, it's graphically pleasing, AND it runs in DOSBox 0.72; it doesn't get much better than that. 😀

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Re: AMBER Journeys Beyond

Posted on 2008-08-11, 19:23

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Wow, wow, and triple wow!! I will refrain from spreading this news as I know you are still working on this, but it sounds like the future of Amber on Windows XP/Vista is in your hands. The gaming world awaits for further developments. 😀

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Re: Story book weaver classic edition

Posted on 2008-08-06, 01:08

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I have a lot of DOS games, but I don't have this one, unfortunately, or else I would check it out myself. I noticed this here (assuming this is the same game we are talking about): http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=2567&letter=S&begaming_website_session=69f1b92d131c886c1eb5bcd1343d725f …

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Re: Win 3.1 in DOSBox/game-related Virtual Memory question

Posted on 2008-08-04, 18:01

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wd, I have made a note of everything that you said; it is much appreciated. I have learned so much from reading what you and the other experts have posted on this forum. Because of you, and some other special individuals, I am now able to play over two hundred DOS games that I had purchased long ago …

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Re: Win 3.1 in DOSBox/game-related Virtual Memory question

Posted on 2008-08-04, 15:26

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Good to know. 😀 I appreciate your time! I will keep it at memsize 16 and experiment with it some more.

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Re: Win 3.1 in DOSBox/game-related Virtual Memory question

Posted on 2008-08-04, 14:49

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Yes, I did try that; I tried a memsize of 32, as well (which may have been utterly pointless, but at least it sounds like I was on the right track in terms of my thought processes). It's great to hear from you, by the way, as your instructions are the ones I followed to install Windows 3.1. I won't …

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Win 3.1 in DOSBox/game-related Virtual Memory question

Posted on 2008-08-04, 04:46

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I'm running an old Windows 3.1 game in DOSBox 0.72 called James Burke's Connections (which is wonderful to be able to revisit after all these years!). Occasionally the game is freezing up on me. A look at the readme file for the game suggests that if you are playing in Windows 3.1 to go to 386 …

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Re: Story book weaver classic edition

Posted on 2008-08-02, 00:54

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Is this the game you are talking about it? If so, are you trying to run it in DOSBox? Because it would appear from this link that it is a Windows game: http://support.broderbund.com/faq_list.asp?id=483 There are some suggestions there about getting the game running properly, as well.

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