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by Rwolf
Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:04 am
Forum: Find Old Games
Topic: Help me find this childhood memory!! Its driving me crazy!
Replies: 5
Views: 2295

Help me find this childhood memory!! Its driving me crazy!

Can you give 'old' a time frame? Did you use DOS, Windows 1x/2x/3x/9x or later on the PC?

Type of game would be a 2D graphics adventure I assume, since you mentioned Disney animation style?
by Rwolf
Thu Apr 16, 2020 3:02 pm
Forum: Game Help, Hints and Tips
Topic: Abuse (DOS game) - Level 17
Replies: 1
Views: 3995

Abuse (DOS game) - Level 17

I've not played the game, but there are some playthrough videos on youtube, you might find a solution there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_2ZGBZ0ZE
by Rwolf
Wed Apr 15, 2020 2:32 pm
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)
Replies: 18
Views: 14149

Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)

I've not used the specific brand 'sharpie', so I can't suggest other than googling for proper removal methods; However the 5 1/4 inch floppies are sensitive to handle, and I would not recommend rubbing hard on them, like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDlNc7-pTvk https://www.hunker.c...
by Rwolf
Sat Apr 11, 2020 3:37 pm
Forum: Find Old Games
Topic: Sniper game where aliens/robots hold up targets that look like frying pans - mid-to-late 90's
Replies: 1
Views: 889

Sniper game where aliens/robots hold up targets that look like frying pans - mid-to-late 90's

I remember MDK/MDK2 had something like this. Far off enemies sometimes could pop up & wave to you or tease you.
by Rwolf
Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:16 pm
Forum: Find Old Games
Topic: Old 90's educational PC game perhaps called "Factory"
Replies: 2
Views: 1152

Old 90's educational PC game perhaps called "Factory"

If noone remembers, it could have been a locally produced game, only used where you went to school, perhaps?
Check with old classmates, teachers?
by Rwolf
Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:18 pm
Forum: Find Old Games
Topic: game like goldeneye 007 (pc)
Replies: 7
Views: 4792

game like goldeneye 007 (pc)

IGI / IGI2 ? (I'm Going In)

https://www.mobygames.com/game/project-igi-im-going-in

or maybe one of the 'Splinter Cell' series games?

https://www.mobygames.com/game/tom-clan ... inter-cell
by Rwolf
Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:05 pm
Forum: Find Old Games
Topic: old shooter game
Replies: 2
Views: 1406

old shooter game

by Rwolf
Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:40 am
Forum: Find Old Games
Topic: Old logic text only game name Marooned
Replies: 4
Views: 2247

Old logic text only game name Marooned

The one game I remember playing that had remote controlled droids to play the game is Infocom's Suspended, but that was entirely taking part inside a enivironmental control station, not in spacehips as such involved. They had other i-f games on spaceships, but not with the 'Marooned' name. The 'Maro...
by Rwolf
Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:47 am
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)
Replies: 18
Views: 14149

Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)

Since the game works in Windows, examine the settings used by the soundblaster in that environment; it is possible the DOS variables BLASTER or MIDI settings could be wrong - e.g. not matching how the card is actually configured; note that the FATMAN game should also have these same settings somewhe...
by Rwolf
Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:17 pm
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)
Replies: 18
Views: 14149

Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)

The BUFFERS=15,0 and EMM386 d=32 are two separate items; they are similar looking but are applied to different things. BUFFERS determine the number of read-ahead disk sectors e.g. from the harddisk. However what I see in online docs, the DOS 5 version of Buffers should use 15,1 when you only have 51...
by Rwolf
Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:38 pm
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)
Replies: 18
Views: 14149

Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)

The windows buffers refers to what windows needs; but I did not see any error referring to the buffers in DOS, you only mentioned a freezing, so it may be a different problem altogether. The default EMM386 buffer size in DOS I think is either 16 or 32, so any change should be an increase if it is to...
by Rwolf
Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:56 pm
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)
Replies: 18
Views: 14149

Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)

I think the DMABUFFERSIZE parameter is applicable for Win3.x configuration only; I don't see it mentioned for the DOS5.0 version of EMM386.exe as a parameter. looking up some more webpages; this was long ago: ok - for DOS EMM386 the parameter should be D=<some buffer size>; e.g. 64 https://www.cubic...
by Rwolf
Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:38 pm
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)
Replies: 18
Views: 14149

Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)

Ok, if the guy you got the PC from had the SB16 installed with these programs for you, then I guess it matches the hardware inside the PC. (To know the model, you would have to open the PC to read the card model on the SB16, which is not required, if it works ok.) The thing I was after was to verify...
by Rwolf
Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:51 pm
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)
Replies: 18
Views: 14149

Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)

So, how does your free memory look when you are booted up? Maybe only run one of the mixers, if you load them as TSR:s. Not sure what the sb16 diagnostic program does, if it is indeed needed here? Test with different sound setups, no sound etc to pinpoint the issue. For the SB16, is it a software (p...
by Rwolf
Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:24 am
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)
Replies: 18
Views: 14149

Tongue of the Fatman is freezing - Running on real dos 5.0 old pc (not emulation)

Not GW related, but I just wonder if/why you need to run the sb16 diagnose and mixerset programs twice? (loading both low and high). I don't know anything about the GameWizard setup as I've never used it, but there was a thread on Vogons forum (many years old now) involving another game, maybe someo...
by Rwolf
Sat Mar 07, 2020 1:54 pm
Forum: General Off-Topic
Topic: Extremly hard to find demo games contest
Replies: 5
Views: 9049

Extremly hard to find demo games contest

It seems the initial post was also a single posting with no replies or explanation...an early spammer attempt too?
by Rwolf
Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:38 am
Forum: Find Old Games
Topic: Creepy Old Farming Game.
Replies: 2
Views: 2527

Creepy Old Farming Game.

I guess this is the Reddit discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatEvilFarmin ... wife_farm/

No idea abot this game; what I find is much later, still creepy though.