Comments on: Minions! Attack! http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: g-lock http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1081 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:43:55 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1081 Best solution I've found for old games is Virtual PC, which is a free download from Microsoft. Punch up a Win98SE image, and chop the CPU down to something reasonable, depending on the game you're playing at the time. Only issue I've had is the sound sometimes disappearing in Jagged Alliance. Oh, and re-learning how to configure hardware in DOS. And enjoying glorious 320x200 resolution. The good old days weren't always good... Best solution I’ve found for old games is Virtual PC, which is a free download from Microsoft. Punch up a Win98SE image, and chop the CPU down to something reasonable, depending on the game you’re playing at the time.

Only issue I’ve had is the sound sometimes disappearing in Jagged Alliance. Oh, and re-learning how to configure hardware in DOS. And enjoying glorious 320x200 resolution. The good old days weren’t always good…

]]> by: RichVR http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1080 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:00 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1080 Well, I'm running it off of a CD-RW using the D3D patch in Win 95 compatability mode. I don't use the original disk because whatever I did back then works fine. If I was going to actually play it again, I would just copy the whole folder off of the CD to a hard drive. That might actually make it run faster, which would be a bit too fast. Then I'd have to use DOSbox (as well as D-FEND to make things a bit simpler). Must... avoid... compulsion... to... play... Well, I’m running it off of a CD-RW using the D3D patch in Win 95 compatability mode. I don’t use the original disk because whatever I did back then works fine. If I was going to actually play it again, I would just copy the whole folder off of the CD to a hard drive. That might actually make it run faster, which would be a bit too fast. Then I’d have to use DOSbox (as well as D-FEND to make things a bit simpler). Must… avoid… compulsion… to… play…

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1079 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:47:56 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1079 Reading on through the above-linked <a href="http://www.dosgames.com/forum/about8129.html" rel="nofollow">thread</a>, someone mentions that you can solve the problem by downloading the easy-to-find torrent of the original DK CD, then just copying the missing files over to the right directory in the fully patched and polished 71Mb Underdogs edition. I <i>may</i> get around to doing that, but I think I'd also have to run the game under DOSbox or something, 'cos it's too fast on my computer. And <i>man</i>, but it's low resolution :-). Reading on through the above-linked thread, someone mentions that you can solve the problem by downloading the easy-to-find torrent of the original DK CD, then just copying the missing files over to the right directory in the fully patched and polished 71Mb Underdogs edition.

I may get around to doing that, but I think I’d also have to run the game under DOSbox or something, ‘cos it’s too fast on my computer. And man, but it’s low resolution :-).

]]> by: RichVR http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1078 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:40:36 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1078 The original Dungeon Keeper is still one of my favorite games. I have it and DK2 as well (which I didn't like as much. If you want I could send you the sound files, assuming that they aren't too large. Upon checking they seem to be 41.6 MB... Do you want them? The original Dungeon Keeper is still one of my favorite games. I have it and DK2 as well (which I didn’t like as much. If you want I could send you the sound files, assuming that they aren’t too large. Upon checking they seem to be 41.6 MB… Do you want them?

]]> by: omgror http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1077 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:55:37 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1077 Thinking of bad guy games, did you ever play Evil Genius? That was great fun. You play a Bond-style evil genius building a secret lair full of nefarious trap and doomsday devices. Well worth giving a try if you've not played it before. Thinking of bad guy games, did you ever play Evil Genius? That was great fun. You play a Bond-style evil genius building a secret lair full of nefarious trap and doomsday devices.
Well worth giving a try if you’ve not played it before.

]]> by: Lord Booga http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1076 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:33:41 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1076 The narrator/overlord guy in DK had the perfect match of evil and sarcasm, you wanted to see what he said about the next level (before and after you conquered it) The narrator/overlord guy in DK had the perfect match of evil and sarcasm, you wanted to see what he said about the next level (before and after you conquered it)

]]> by: rsynnott http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1075 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:51:54 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/06/13/minions-attack/#comment-1075 LucasArt's Afterlife was a good example of this; it was a sort of Simcity spoof where you had to build and manage heaven and hell. The advisors were great fun. Unfortunately, it's reluctant to run on modern computers, though the Mac version can be run reasonably stably on a modern-ish PowerPC Mac. LucasArt’s Afterlife was a good example of this; it was a sort of Simcity spoof where you had to build and manage heaven and hell. The advisors were great fun. Unfortunately, it’s reluctant to run on modern computers, though the Mac version can be run reasonably stably on a modern-ish PowerPC Mac.

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