tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post8217163961902801818..comments2024-03-27T17:21:43.202+00:00Comments on The Collection Chamber: 9: THE LAST RESORTBiffman 101http://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-71686327834932126902021-03-03T13:42:56.763+00:002021-03-03T13:42:56.763+00:00Hello. Read the info in the FAQ. All the files nee...Hello. Read the info in the FAQ. All the files need to be downloaded and in the same folder before you run the installer. Enjoy!Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-46424722680735413872021-03-03T05:01:34.791+00:002021-03-03T05:01:34.791+00:00Hey, having problems installing. It says that file...Hey, having problems installing. It says that file CD\9LR.bin is corrupt. Any tips?ETnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-15397718665941560042021-01-25T00:53:09.295+00:002021-01-25T00:53:09.295+00:00I think it may be my monitor then, I will test it ...I think it may be my monitor then, I will test it on a different monitor later and see if it helps. Thanks.Drops Mega-Megahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371491241988627845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-4774852649133489952021-01-22T12:18:31.145+00:002021-01-22T12:18:31.145+00:00Old games weren't really programmed with v-syn...Old games weren't really programmed with v-sync in mind, even though all versions of DOSBox itself have it. That's why tearing may differ between machines. With 9, I've just done a test and I'm not getting any screen tearing so the likelyhood could be with your graphics card or monitor set up. The only internal DOSBox configuration that may help would be setting fulldouble to true in the dosbox.conf. Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-70079176748653811002021-01-21T23:17:53.195+00:002021-01-21T23:17:53.195+00:00I want to play this, but dosbox frame tearing is a...I want to play this, but dosbox frame tearing is awful and I have 0 knowledge on how to make one of these custom dosbox(that support vsync, like svn daum or X) load the games and I am not sure they can fix the frame tearing problem in the first place, as PCEm vsync isn't perfect.Drops Mega-Megahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371491241988627845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-90736969916930280292020-10-31T16:02:07.691+00:002020-10-31T16:02:07.691+00:00It's not crashing,it's unpacking a large f...It's not crashing,it's unpacking a large file. Read the FAQ for more info.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-72284081847639276262020-10-31T13:33:30.452+00:002020-10-31T13:33:30.452+00:00Hey, the installer is getting to 73% and always cr...Hey, the installer is getting to 73% and always crashing :(Miguel_Branquinhonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-38629603224493783012017-08-28T14:42:23.825+01:002017-08-28T14:42:23.825+01:00I have them and really want to add them. I played ...I have them and really want to add them. I played Zero Critical back in the day, but I've not attempted them since.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-863683140509394122017-08-28T11:12:37.804+01:002017-08-28T11:12:37.804+01:00Thanks!
By the way, is it possible to add earlier...Thanks!<br /><br />By the way, is it possible to add earlier Istvan Pely adventures to your library? Majestic Part I: Alien Encounter, Symbiocom and Zero Critical.realavthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693772044573128591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-71894901131331076432017-08-27T15:37:11.123+01:002017-08-27T15:37:11.123+01:00For sure I do respect your adequate explanation, d...For sure I do respect your adequate explanation, dear Biff, but nonetheless I'd like to tell you a different story I came upon not long time ago...<br /><br />And thus it happened one day that I wanted to find out how well the PC version of Philip's FMV Cyberpunk Action Adventure <i>Burn: Cycle</i> would actually hold up these days (for me not as much as I had hoped for), so I was slightly altering two of your DOSBox Installations that both make good use of Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, to use each of them for the game. The result was that the DOSBox using Windows 95 handled <i>Burn: Cycle</i> more efficiently by providing a smoother presentation of its video graphics engine most parts of the game are based on; which then again ensured a better mouse control in comparison to the Win 3.1 setup as well. All in all, the Win 95 interface felt to me like an overall more powerful experience.<br /><br />By the way, is it actually not the case that DOSBox capacities are more limited to their own program code, rather than to those of your computer, if you've got - like me - at least a Dual Core machine? I'm just wondering. :-)<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />ThomasThomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-12083259664693174292017-08-27T14:03:16.298+01:002017-08-27T14:03:16.298+01:00If it's compatable and runs well, I will choos...If it's compatable and runs well, I will choose Windows 3.1 over 95. Partly because it's easier, partly because it takes a lot less space but mostly because it's a lot stabler and doesn't require as high system requirements. Win 3.1 is supported by the official DOSBox where Win 95 isn't.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-49204202427984341982017-08-26T20:26:37.075+01:002017-08-26T20:26:37.075+01:00I took my first steps within the game, and up to n...I took my first steps within the game, and up to now I'm rather fascinated how weirdly well everything works together after all (given that you're still a fan of the Myst genre). The environments (providing a slightly eerie funfair meets abandoned mansion setting), the overall voice acting (James Belushi as "flying ace" Salty, for instance, is so gloriously over the top, you can't help yourself but laughing out loud!), combined with all those funny and at the same time cool details the developers put into this little gem (among others, I love the stylish rock guitars and the several crazy music awards hanging on various walls - even though I'm still wondering if all of that actually makes sense, haha, but that's part of the <i>9: The Last Resort</i> fascination, I guess), this game has my sympathy for sure. Plus, it's got Aerosmith in it! Well, in a broader sense. :-)<br /><br />Moreover, I have a technical question for you, Biff: What exactly was/were the reason(s) you chose Windows 3.1 over Windows 95 as the preferred OS to get the game running? Although it works well under your Win 3.1 interface, maybe it would do even better with Win 95(?). Hmm, I don't know precisely, so that's why I'm asking.<br /><br />Shame On Me #1: It was of course Midway Games - and not Konami, as I mistakenly said before -, which released the one of a kind Rail Shooter <i>CarnEvil</i> in the video arcades back in 1998. (And to be found also here at Biff's Marvelous Collection Chamber).<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />ThomasThomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-49321373895432818192017-08-26T10:16:24.864+01:002017-08-26T10:16:24.864+01:00Cheers Thomas! This certainly is a weird one.Cheers Thomas! This certainly is a weird one.Biffman 101https://www.blogger.com/profile/10163763573158975266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423256436225847966.post-31829724435329851022017-08-25T20:21:24.880+01:002017-08-25T20:21:24.880+01:00I really think that I would have given this bizarr...I really think that I would have given this bizarrely beautiful creation its well-deserved chance back in 1996, but my PC (486-33, in combination with a rather weak SVGA graphics card) was, yeah, way too old and besides, I already heavily flirted with game consoles of that time, like Sega Saturn and Sony PSX (followed by N64, Dreamcast and PS2 later), which then again had been my 100% player's choice for more than 10 years in total, my personally golden age of gaming.<br /><br />But thanks to your brandnew entry, Biff, I'm finally able now going back to the roots, so to speak, with my Dual Core PC (since 2009), taking my chance better late than never with the ceremoniously presented <i>9: The Last Resort</i> that temptingly combines some persons, art and game mechanics I heartily appreciate. May it be the illustrious guard of well-known, established actors and music stars (including Aerosmith's Steven "Revolution X" Tyler), the game's matured dark n' creepy comic graphics style (which feels to me a bit as if Konami's <i>CarnEvil</i> had a baby), or the "Myst-ic" gameplay of which mechanism I'm still a fan. Eventually, <i>9: The Last Resort</i> seems to have a lot of appeal and whose world makes me really curious to experience it in full detail. <br /><br />So, it's due to you once more, Biff, who's recalling a pretty past again by celebrating a now no longer forgotten charming piece of game software. Thanks so much!<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />ThomasThomasnoreply@blogger.com