At 4:40 AM +0100 4/3/06, Jules Richardson wrote: Wow, I'd forgotten about that one! I should have the copy I bought when it came out, but who knows where on earth it is. IIRC, that was pretty impressive for 256 colour VGA. Commanche Attack Helicopter (I think that's the right name) comes to mind, it is the most impressive game I've ever seen running on a 486/33 with 640x480 256 colour. Of course the Eye of Beholder games were great fun. My all time favorite is "Master of Orion", though "Warlords II" is a close second. In both cases the Mac version is the best, as you can play the Mac version at greater than 640x480. "Master of Orion" will still run under Classic on Mac OS X, sadly it's been a long time since I played "Warlords II", I forget which version of Mac OS broke it, but it was a long time ago. I should try to find my PC disks, as I first bought both for the PC. Either that or I need to get something like "Basilisk II" running so I can run them under emulation. I usually manage at least a couple games of "Master of Orion" every year. Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

And further I found in the attic the following software (game and "serious"): (in brackets is the number of floppies). - StarTrek (EGA) - StarTrek 25th anniversary (4) - Alone in the dark (4) - Flight Sim 4 - Elite+ - Hardvard Graphics V2.12 (3) - Lotus 123 release 2 (2) - dBASE III Plus V1.1 (2) - DrawPerfect (3) - Microsoft Quick C (2) - Harrier (3) - Comanche (3) - F15 III (5) - Wing Commander 2 (7) - Wing Command 2 Digitized Speech (3) - Dynamics A10 - X Wing (5) - Wolfenstein 3D - Spear of Destiny (2) - Ultima Underworld (3) I don't know how well they would read ... - Henk. ________________________________ Van: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org namens Jules Richardson Verzonden: ma 03-04-2006 05:40 Aan: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Onderwerp: Ultima Underworld yeah yeah, it's a game and I don't normally do game posts :-) Does anyone happen to have a copy? I was watching the lad playing some 3D adventure game on the playstation 2 earlier and it brought back memories of playing Ultima back in the early 90's on my old 486 PC and just how darn good that game was. Other than the low screen res by modern standards, I reckon it should have stood the test of time pretty well. I've got a copy of the game (actually, I can't remember which of the two variants it is) on tape back in the UK, but won't be back there for a few months (plus I have no idea if the tape will still be readable) I've just installed DOSEMU / Freedos under Linux on the laptop that I have with me and it's happily playing an Ultima Underworld demo that I found on the 'net, so there's every chance the proper game would work. (I don't have sound going yet, but I don't have sound configured under Linux itself yet - I *think* DOSEMU's capable of providing soundblaster emulation for programs that it runs) cheers! Jules (off to look for more early 90's classics I think :-) This message and attachment(s) are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or agent thereof responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and with a "reply" message. Thank you for your cooperation.