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Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:11 pm
by rhester72
jamesfmackenzie wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:10 pm Anyone able to get sound/music working in Secret of Monkey Island? The game is supposed to auto-detect (no way to configure sound settings). I get no sound at all
Haven't tried that game, but is the BLASTER environment variable set properly?

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:11 pm
by jamesfmackenzie
rhester72 wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:11 pm
jamesfmackenzie wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:10 pm Anyone able to get sound/music working in Secret of Monkey Island? The game is supposed to auto-detect (no way to configure sound settings). I get no sound at all
Haven't tried that game, but is the BLASTER environment variable set properly?
Yes - first thing I tried. Unfortunately makes no difference for me

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:14 am
by NightShadowPT
kathleen wrote: Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:47 pm @NightShadowPT, I'd be interested and really appreciate also to know your autoexec.bat and config.sys that you used for pinball dreams 2 because I've just tried on my side with different settings and I always end with a black screen once I select a table. I for sure have something wrong configured but I do not know what.
Here are the Autoexec.bat and config.sys I use to run Pinball Dreams 2 in MS-DOS 6.22.2220

Config.sys

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device=c:\tools\qemm\dosdata.sys
SET LOADHIDATA=C:\TOOLS\QEMM\LOADHI.RF
device=c:\tools\qemm\qemm386.sys aram=b000-b7ff st:f ram aram=d000-dfff rf
device=c:\tools\qemm\dos-up.sys @c:\tools\qemm\dos-up.dat
DEVICE=C:\TOOLS\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /RF C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS
DEVICE=C:\TOOLS\QEMM\LOADHI.SYS /RF C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=40
FCBS=1,0
BUFFERS=10,0
LASTDRIVE=E
SHELL=C:\TOOLS\QEMM\LOADHI.COM /RF C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\  /p
Autoexec.bat

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@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $E[s$E[1;1H$E[0;1;37;44m$E[K$E[1;29H NightShadow's Magic DOS$E[37;40m$E[u$P$G$E[37m
C:\TOOLS\QEMM\LOADHI /RF C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE 2048 /L /X
C:\TOOLS\QEMM\LOADHI /RF C:\DOS\DOSKEY.COM
C:\TOOLS\QEMM\LOADHI /RF C:\DRIVERS\CTMOUSE.EXE /R2
rem C:\TOOLS\QEMM\LOADHI /RF C:\TOOLS\SOFTMPU\SOFTMPU.EXE /MPU:330 /OUTPUT:COM1
SET TEMP=C:\DOS
SET SOUND=C:\SBPRO
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1
SET DIRCMD=/A
C:\SBPRO\SBP-SET /M:12 /VOC:12 /CD:12 /FM:12 /LINE:12
PATH C:\TOOLS\SOFTMPU;C:\TOOLS\QEMM;C:\DOS;C:\Tools;C:\Tools\XTG;C:\Tools\ARJ;C:\Tools\PKZIP;C:\Tools\RAR;C:\Tools\Shortcts

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:17 am
by NightShadowPT
Added the following to the Compatibility list:
  • Zaxxon
    Xenon
    Xenon 2
    Wrath of the Demon
    Wolfenstein 3D
    Wizkid
    Wings of Fury
    Where Time Stood Still
    War of the Lance
    Veil of Darkness
    Vette
    Utopia
    Ugh
    Tau Ceti
    Test Drive
    Test Drive 3
    Thexder
    Thexder 2: Firehawk
    Times of Lore
    Titus the Fox
    TMNT
    TMNT Arcade Game
    Turbo Outrun
    Tyrian.
I also added a new column called "Added by" so that people know who did the test and can ask questions here.

Cheers,

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:54 am
by kathleen
Thank you @NightShadowPT, very kind to you. I'll compare this evening the differences with my set up, I fell, seeing your autoexec that it is a matter of QEMM wrong configured on my side, I've also just noticed, thanks to the compatibility list, that for this game there is a comment saying : "boot1_opensource.rom (black screen otherwise)", maybe I do not have the right boot1 for this game, this is another point that I did not think about. Anyway, 'll keep you posted

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:18 am
by NightShadowPT
kathleen wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:54 am Thank you @NightShadowPT, very kind to you. I'll compare this evening the differences with my set up, I fell, seeing your autoexec that it is a matter of QEMM wrong configured on my side, I've also just noticed, thanks to the compatibility list, that for this game there is a comment saying : "boot1_opensource.rom (black screen otherwise)", maybe I do not have the right boot1 for this game, this is another point that I did not think about. Anyway, 'll keep you posted
Yes, I just added a second comment. I'm running the regular Boot1 rom, not the opensource one and it works.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:04 am
by NightShadowPT
Added:

Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Robocop
Riders of Rohan
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Road Fighter
Risky Woods
Renegade
Red Baron
Realms
Rampart
Rampage
Railroad Tycoon
Raiden
Planet X3
Protostar
Prophecy I, The Viking Child
Prehistorik
Prehistorik 2
Power Monger
Populous

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:16 am
by Chris23235
Caldor wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:48 pm But there is a big difference between these games and the games that clearly seem to want FPU or can only run in VESA. Unless Settlers 2 is running VESA in game, and I do not think it is, then that is the only VESA game that seems to run well on this core.
Terminal Velocity runs okay in SVGA, not as smooth as VGA, but very playable.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:06 am
by NightShadowPT
Added:

Popcorn
Prince of Persia 2
Prince of Persia
Pole Position 2
Pirates!
Pipedreams
Paratrooper
Paperboy
Pango
Pang
Pac in Time
Outrun
One Step Behind
1 on 1
Omnicron Conspiracy
Oh No More Lemmings!
Obitus
Ninja Rabbits
Nova 9

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:45 pm
by NightShadowPT
Added 49 new games

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 5:15 pm
by kathleen
NightShadowPT wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2020 4:18 am
kathleen wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:54 am Thank you @NightShadowPT, very kind to you. I'll compare this evening the differences with my set up, I fell, seeing your autoexec that it is a matter of QEMM wrong configured on my side, I've also just noticed, thanks to the compatibility list, that for this game there is a comment saying : "boot1_opensource.rom (black screen otherwise)", maybe I do not have the right boot1 for this game, this is another point that I did not think about. Anyway, 'll keep you posted
Yes, I just added a second comment. I'm running the regular Boot1 rom, not the opensource one and it works.
I've just tried PD2 by changing my setup in order to stick with your config.sys and autoexec.bat and this doesn't work. I then changed the boot1 by the opensource version and also went back to my previous set up and bingo, the game worked as it should. Well, this does not answer to my question, I still do not know what causes the problem if I use the "normal" boot1.rom (last version).

Anyway, thank you for your help and also to have reminded me that the opensource version of the boot1 was existing.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:19 am
by NightShadowPT
kathleen wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2020 5:15 pm Anyway, thank you for your help and also to have reminded me that the opensource version of the boot1 was existing.
Happy to see you got that sorted out! Enjoy the game...

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:31 am
by rhester72
Things I've learned about Pinball Dreams 1/2:

- Choose Soundblaster. Not 2.0, not Pro, Soundblaster. Otherwise, you will hang when you try to select a table.
- 70Hz mode sucks. There's nothing I've been able to manage so far that doesn't judder like hell.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 3:51 pm
by Coldheat007
Not sure what happened to the contributor section. I still keep adding games that I am testing.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:29 am
by vanfanel
Does "Magic Carpet" really work in-game? I can see the nice intro, the menu, but when I click on the spinning planet sphere to start actual gameplay, the game stalls forever in the loading screen (showing the CD), never getting in game. There are even youtube videos of this game running on ao486, but I don't see it working with the current version... Using DOS 6.33 here.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:49 pm
by Chris23235
vanfanel wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:29 am Does "Magic Carpet" really work in-game? I can see the nice intro, the menu, but when I click on the spinning planet sphere to start actual gameplay, the game stalls forever in the loading screen (showing the CD), never getting in game. There are even youtube videos of this game running on ao486, but I don't see it working with the current version... Using DOS 6.33 here.
Didn't try the game myself, but there also was a floppy version and from what I read about the game running in Dos Box the CD caused sometimes problems where the floppy version worked.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:49 pm
by Coldheat007
I have not loaded that one yet myself. I will today and see if it works for me.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:44 pm
by NML32
Did the comments get out of sync? I noticed volfied comments are listed up a couple of rows up.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:27 am
by vanfanel
Chris23235 wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:49 pm
vanfanel wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:29 am Does "Magic Carpet" really work in-game? I can see the nice intro, the menu, but when I click on the spinning planet sphere to start actual gameplay, the game stalls forever in the loading screen (showing the CD), never getting in game. There are even youtube videos of this game running on ao486, but I don't see it working with the current version... Using DOS 6.33 here.
Didn't try the game myself, but there also was a floppy version and from what I read about the game running in Dos Box the CD caused sometimes problems where the floppy version worked.
I have tried the floppy version and does exactly the same thing, except it shows a floppy instead of a CD :lol:

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:10 am
by Chris23235
I tried the ExoDos version and it seemed to run fine (only played for a minute or so). Setup of this version is straight forward, just copy the MagCarp folder to your VHD and run carpet.exe.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:25 pm
by flynnsbit
Added VHD options section.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:14 pm
by vanfanel
Chris23235 wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:10 am I tried the ExoDos version and it seemed to run fine (only played for a minute or so). Setup of this version is straight forward, just copy the MagCarp folder to your VHD and run carpet.exe.
ExoDOS only seems to offer Magic Carpet PLUS and Magic Carpet 2, right?
Which one did you try?

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:41 pm
by Chris23235
Magic Carpet Plus, it is the original game plus the Add on.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:39 pm
by Chris23235
vanfanel wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:14 pm
Chris23235 wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:10 am I tried the ExoDos version and it seemed to run fine (only played for a minute or so). Setup of this version is straight forward, just copy the MagCarp folder to your VHD and run carpet.exe.
ExoDOS only seems to offer Magic Carpet PLUS and Magic Carpet 2, right?
Which one did you try?
Magic Carpet 2 also works, I added it the the compability list.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 3:43 pm
by vanfanel
Chris23235 wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:39 pm
vanfanel wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:14 pm
Chris23235 wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:10 am I tried the ExoDos version and it seemed to run fine (only played for a minute or so). Setup of this version is straight forward, just copy the MagCarp folder to your VHD and run carpet.exe.
ExoDOS only seems to offer Magic Carpet PLUS and Magic Carpet 2, right?
Which one did you try?
Magic Carpet 2 also works, I added it the the compability list.
Thanks! MC2 is very nice indeed. I like it better than the original, with the cave levels and all.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:17 am
by spicer
anyone able to get wing commander privateer working right?
every time i fire weapons the game slows down. i think its got something to do with sound

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:42 pm
by Coldheat007
Seems like the comments got shifted up about 3 rows. I used a downloaded copy I had and fixed all the comments.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:43 pm
by Chris23235
spicer wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:17 am anyone able to get wing commander privateer working right?
every time i fire weapons the game slows down. i think its got something to do with sound
I tried the CD version and it seemed to work. I just flew around for a few minutes and used the laser cannons, no problem here.

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:04 am
by spicer
Chris23235 wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:43 pm
spicer wrote: Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:17 am anyone able to get wing commander privateer working right?
every time i fire weapons the game slows down. i think its got something to do with sound
I tried the CD version and it seemed to work. I just flew around for a few minutes and used the laser cannons, no problem here.
thanks for that, working now. turns out it didnt like fat32 in my setup. works fine from a fat16 vhd

Re: AO486 Compatibility List

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:02 pm
by Chris23235
The CD-ROM support in today's core update fixed the problem with Wing Commander III crashing after a few seconds. Unfortunately I wasn't able to calibrate a joystick properly, did anyone had more luck?