interesting software for PC CGA machine? - Page 2

Jgames · 17 August 2009, 15:09

some cga games had a digital music, i remember "Bad cat" by rainbow software had it. The music is said to be done by chris huelsbeck.

Nostalgeek · 17 August 2009, 15:32

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My favorite brickbreaker ever!
Funny to note that this is one of Frédéric Raynal's first games, he later gave us Alone in the Dark and Little Big Adventure amongst others!

s2325 · 17 August 2009, 16:42

I have forced vacation for 10 days so now I have time for testing.

s2325 · 17 August 2009, 23:54

CGA Targhan looks almost like VGA game and have clear, digital sfx through PC Speaker but diagonal jumps with keyboard are not possible, I don't know why.

s2325 · 21 September 2009, 22:46

Is there any game similar to Wolfenstein 3D for CGA?

alexh · 21 September 2009, 23:54

If you have CGA, you should try the composite out on your TV. Lots of games were written with very garish colour schemes guaranteed to cause epilepsy which look very odd on an RGB monitor but look perfect on TV.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_G...color_monitors

john4p · 23 September 2009, 11:48

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Originally Posted by s2325

CGA Targhan looks almost like VGA game and have clear, digital sfx through PC Speaker but diagonal jumps with keyboard are not possible, I don't know why.

Can't you use '7' and '9' on the numblock to jump (with numlock off of course)?

s2325 · 23 September 2009, 15:30

ok, I will try

s2325 · 02 October 2009, 14:06

Is there any site with DOS games in text mode? (but I'm not searching for adventure games)

s2325 · 02 October 2009, 14:43

I found GEOS http://hotud.org/component/content/a...lication/20142 but download is not available :/

DamienD · 04 October 2009, 01:21

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Originally Posted by s2325

I found GEOS http://hotud.org/component/content/a...lication/20142 but download is not available :/

I've put "geos.rar" in The Zone! for you, hopefully it's what you're after

Photon · 04 October 2009, 02:46

Oh god, CGA...

Alleykat is good, there's Robotron and some other game by the same company. Maybe that pinball game from Apple II got ported. Then it ends.

Instead of looking for good stuff for this 'platform', make something good yourself! Would earn you mucho respect

Anything on PC before Soundblaster/Adlib and VGA is not worth wasting time on. It's on the level of Apple II from 1977...

I mean, come on. Worse audio and video, and on top of that, no fucking way to sync properly=all gameplay fucked. What do you want from a game for Christ's sake!!? It's not the programmers' fault the games all sucked... "LET GO, LUKE..." (c) Obi-Wan.

GEOWORKS is fine (used it myself at work back then) - but on CGA!? Get something worthy for this fine development from an entirely different beast, the 8-bit GEOS (which beats TOS any day of the week already...)

Edit: It's strange that Wikipedia calls GeoWorks "GEOS" adding a "16-bit version" at the end... developed by a different team and had Windows beat on many many points. Totally different (and good!)

s2325 · 04 October 2009, 08:09

Thank you, DamienD.

cosmicfrog · 04 October 2009, 21:28

me 2 Thanks DamienD
spent a few hours the other night lookin for geos for pc

s2325 · 04 October 2009, 21:50

Could you tell me what should I do with all these files inside archive? And why this OS is so big?

prowler · 04 October 2009, 22:02

Start by creating a directory in the root of your hard disk called GEOS.

Then change to that directory and unzip the XGEOS20.ZIP archive into it using the provided PKUNZIP.EXE.

The READ.ME and XGEOS20.DOC files will tell you how to proceed from here.

The reason it's so big is that it is a GUI which runs on top of DOS, in much the same way as GEM or Windows.

s2325 · 04 October 2009, 22:07

thank you for help

prowler · 04 October 2009, 22:16

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Originally Posted by s2325

thank you for help

You're welcome.

Incidentally, you will find that many of the other archives which contain various components of the GUI have separate readme files.

I have several versions of GEM, some of which will run on a CGA PC. I can upload one of those for you if you'd like to try it. It comes on floppy disks and has an installer to remove some of the guesswork.

s2325 · 04 October 2009, 22:20

Is it possible to run some of them without installing on harddrive?

prowler · 04 October 2009, 22:28

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Originally Posted by s2325

Is it possible to run some of them without installing on harddrive?

I'm not sure. GEOS is not like DOSSHELL, it is a full graphical interface, and many of the bundled applications require the display drivers. It depends whether there are any plain text applications included.

GEOS is perfectly capable of running plain text DOS applications, of course, as are GEM and Windows.

Edit: GDIR should work from the DOS prompt, and you may get part of Geoworks Publisher working without a full installation.

04 October 2009, 02:46	#32
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,604	Oh god, CGA... Alleykat is good, there's Robotron and some other game by the same company. Maybe that pinball game from Apple II got ported. Then it ends. Instead of looking for good stuff for this 'platform', make something good yourself! Would earn you mucho respect Anything on PC before Soundblaster/Adlib and VGA is not worth wasting time on. It's on the level of Apple II from 1977... I mean, come on. Worse audio and video, and on top of that, no fucking way to sync properly=all gameplay fucked. What do you want from a game for Christ's sake!!? It's not the programmers' fault the games all sucked... "LET GO, LUKE..." (c) Obi-Wan. GEOWORKS is fine (used it myself at work back then) - but on CGA!? Get something worthy for this fine development from an entirely different beast, the 8-bit GEOS (which beats TOS any day of the week already...) Edit: It's strange that Wikipedia calls GeoWorks "GEOS" adding a "16-bit version" at the end... developed by a different team and had Windows beat on many many points. Totally different (and good!) Last edited by Photon; 04 October 2009 at 02:54.

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17 August 2009, 15:09	#21
Jgames Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK Posts: 457	some cga games had a digital music, i remember "Bad cat" by rainbow software had it. The music is said to be done by chris huelsbeck.

17 August 2009, 16:42	#23
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	I have forced vacation for 10 days so now I have time for testing.

17 August 2009, 23:54	#24
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	CGA Targhan looks almost like VGA game and have clear, digital sfx through PC Speaker but diagonal jumps with keyboard are not possible, I don't know why.

21 September 2009, 22:46	#25
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Is there any game similar to Wolfenstein 3D for CGA?

21 September 2009, 23:54	#26
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,354	If you have CGA, you should try the composite out on your TV. Lots of games were written with very garish colour schemes guaranteed to cause epilepsy which look very odd on an RGB monitor but look perfect on TV. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_G...color_monitors

23 September 2009, 15:30	#28
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	ok, I will try

02 October 2009, 14:06	#29
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Is there any site with DOS games in text mode? (but I'm not searching for adventure games)

02 October 2009, 14:43	#30
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	I found GEOS http://hotud.org/component/content/a...lication/20142 but download is not available :/

04 October 2009, 08:09	#33
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Thank you, DamienD.

04 October 2009, 21:28	#34
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	me 2 Thanks DamienD spent a few hours the other night lookin for geos for pc

04 October 2009, 21:50	#35
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Could you tell me what should I do with all these files inside archive? And why this OS is so big?

04 October 2009, 22:02	#36
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Start by creating a directory in the root of your hard disk called GEOS. Then change to that directory and unzip the XGEOS20.ZIP archive into it using the provided PKUNZIP.EXE. The READ.ME and XGEOS20.DOC files will tell you how to proceed from here. The reason it's so big is that it is a GUI which runs on top of DOS, in much the same way as GEM or Windows.

04 October 2009, 22:07	#37
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	thank you for help

04 October 2009, 22:20	#39
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Is it possible to run some of them without installing on harddrive?

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