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by Collector
Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:29 pm
Forum: The Quest for Glory Series
Topic: Running QFG1 VGA for the first time or not.
Replies: 9
Views: 5541

Re: Running QFG1 VGA for the first time or not.

Tawm, no, the ".P*" resource files are found on the SCI1+ installation disks and need to be concatenated into one large .000 file. This is the point that the games are no longer playable from the diskettes. The installer expects those files to create the one large resource. The size of the resulting...
by Collector
Sat Aug 31, 2019 10:06 pm
Forum: The Quest for Glory Series
Topic: Running QFG1 VGA for the first time or not.
Replies: 9
Views: 5541

Re: Running QFG1 VGA for the first time or not.

I am not seeing anything missing. What is the size of the "RESOURCE.000"?
by Collector
Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: The Quest for Glory Series
Topic: Running QFG1 VGA for the first time or not.
Replies: 9
Views: 5541

Re: Running QFG1 VGA for the first time or not.

It sounds like the game is hanging on start. Run the diagnostic and attach the log in this thread.
by Collector
Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:49 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Chatter
Topic: For D&D fans
Replies: 2
Views: 4095

For D&D fans

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by Collector
Thu Aug 15, 2019 8:54 pm
Forum: Community Games
Topic: The Failed Sierra Adventure Games!
Replies: 76
Views: 37582

Re: The Failed Sierra Adventure Games!

Tawmis wrote:
Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:54 pm
More like their first game. Ever. By Roberta and Ken.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_House
Not just their first game, but THE very first graphical adventure ever. It is the game that founded Sierra. A bit surprising that a Sierra fan does not know of it.
by Collector
Fri Aug 02, 2019 10:51 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Chatter
Topic: What are you playing now?
Replies: 1261
Views: 288803

Re: What are you playing now?

I have a couple of Tandy diskette games that I have never been able to access. I would love to be able to at least extract the files from the disks. From trying to image them I just get messages that they are in a Tandy format.
by Collector
Fri Aug 02, 2019 10:27 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Chatter
Topic: What are you playing now?
Replies: 1261
Views: 288803

Re: What are you playing now?

So the information about I, Robot was doubly wrong if not more. This is the problem when looking for the first release of some feature. I have seen similar claims about the first VGA game that were provably wrong, for example. Again Dynamix and Damon Slye is among the contenders.
by Collector
Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:48 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Chatter
Topic: What are you playing now?
Replies: 1261
Views: 288803

Re: What are you playing now?

Tawmis wrote:
Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:37 pm
From what I found, I, Robot has the credit as the first "polygon using game" - for the Atari.
"Stellar 7" was released in '83 while I, Robot was released in '84. Then again, "Stellar 7" was only for the Apple II and C64. That quote says "for the Atari".
by Collector
Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:39 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Chatter
Topic: What are you playing now?
Replies: 1261
Views: 288803

Re: What are you playing now?

You are missing even earlier games. Damon Slye's 1983 "Stellar 7" used 3space, one of the very first 3-D game engines. It predates "Another World" by nearly a decade. Dynamix used that engine right up to the VGA era and beyond. It was the engine used for all of the Red Baron games, BaK, MoE, etc.
by Collector
Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:15 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Chatter
Topic: Sierra QA Files.
Replies: 10
Views: 4047

Re: Sierra QA Files.

Remember that this came from a Peanut. You have to match machine types between the conf and the CFG.
by Collector
Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:50 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Chatter
Topic: Sierra QA Files.
Replies: 10
Views: 4047

Re: Sierra QA Files.

It was no big deal to get it to run.
by Collector
Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:39 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Chatter
Topic: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Replies: 256
Views: 95359

Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)

I remember that "All Good Things" scene with Picard and Q very well. It becomes even more significant when you realize that the entire series is bracketed by the Q. This at the end and from the start with an exchange between Q and Riker in season one's "Hide and Q" that explains the continuum's obse...
by Collector
Wed Jul 24, 2019 3:04 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Chatter
Topic: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Replies: 256
Views: 95359

Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)

Of the new ones you are not far off. Then again, they don't know how to write for real Trek.
by Collector
Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:49 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Chatter
Topic: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)
Replies: 256
Views: 95359

Re: Star Wars / Star Trek Discussion (SciFi In General)

I am with you. I am cautiously optimistic, but I will have to see it first.