Couldn't get that to work either, but I did some searching around and after changing my Catalyst drivers to older ones (from 5.3 to 5.1) it works fine!
August 05, 2005 • 2:05 pm
by IBSmiester
Martian Memorandum crashing with DOSBox
I downloaded MS and MM off abandonware sites and got Mean Streets working in DOSBox fine, but I can't get MM to work. After loading it in DOSBox, I just get a black screen. Funny thing is, it works without DOSBox, but I get no MIDI sound of course.
August 05, 2005 • 11:53 am
by IBSmiester
After disabling DirectDraw, I went back into Overseer and it was in software mode, and wouldn't even show the option of Hardware or Software. It seems that with DirectDraw off, the game runs fine in software mode, but it sucks of course, not to mention the effect on my other games.
August 05, 2005 • 11:50 am
by IBSmiester
Great to hear this stuff!
August 05, 2005 • 12:02 am
by IBSmiester
Now that I've gotten UAKM and PD running on my machine (with XP SP2) for the first time with DOSBox (what an awesome program!!) I got the itch to get Overseer running again. I had never had problems with Overseer (CD-ROM, my DVD drive has it's own problems) before I got, well, we got a "real&qu...
August 05, 2005 • 12:01 am
by IBSmiester
re: Predicting the Future! Today!
The Xbox 360 will be nice, but sorry, the PS3 will be nicer. Where the Xbox 360 is DVD based (like the original Xbox and PS2), the PS3 is based on Sony's new Blu-Ray Disc format (around 10x larger than DVD) and theoretically, vastly superior. Providing that real, Tex experience.
August 04, 2005 • 11:30 pm
by IBSmiester
re: Best scene in Tex Murphy Series ...
Hey all, this is my first post (I posted a few times as Overlord at the old site a year or two ago). I just finished playing through Pandora Directive (my favourite game of all time) for the first time in I think over 4 years! DOSBox is a beautiful thing!! I'm half-way through UAKM too, again the fi...
August 04, 2005 • 11:26 pm
by IBSmiester