Depricated.

[flynnsbit]

(Update 3/28/2024) Pack removed until updates and disk space problems can be addressed. It sounded like it was causing too many issue. Use 0mhz

[flynnsbit]

Putting this in maintenance mode until disk space and update challenges can be addressed.

[flynnsbit]

Manual Game fixes to this version if you want to get these working now before the update script is available:

Dune Launch options for CD (Option 4 and 5):
edit Run.bat and change the path at the end of the exe option from

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E:\games\dune\dunecd

to

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E:\games\dune1992\dune

Video example of the exact changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1nDHnZ ... e=youtu.be

PGA Tour Golf 486:
run 4_EDIT.BAT and change the last line to

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dos32a golfvmsx

instead of

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dos32a golfvm

Star Control 2 - Fix for the rainbow color pallet issue
add

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/g:BIOS

to E:\GAMES\STARCONB\STARCON2\RUN.BAT after

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STARCON2

and

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MELEE.EXE

BIOFORGE Fix:
Rerun setup and overwrite install.opt files in both sb16 and sc55 depending on what you configured.
Video example of fix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U4Cn5s ... e=youtu.be

Warcraft II Fix:
Looks like Warcraft II doesn't like my D: CD drive hack. Just change the drive letter in the configs to F:\ and it will work. Here is a video on the process and changes you need to make. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsm_Z25 ... e=youtu.be
Don't just change the war2.ini in the base directory or the run.bat will just overwrite it with the ones in either SB16 or SC55. Fix those and then run.bat will move it and fix the game for you.

[flynnsbit]

Known issues:
Prince of Persia crashes after level one. Seems to be a bug with the crack used in the game.

[twotone8]

Love this pack. Most games work right out of the gate.

Star Control 2 - Fix for the rainbow color pallet
add /g:BIOS to E:\GAMES\STARCONB\STARCON2\RUN.BAT after STARCON2 and MELEE.EXE

Star Wars: X-Wing - Needs EMM386. Could use that little warning I see in some of the modified bat files.

Wing Commander: Privateer also has some loud audio glitching during some sound effects. I'll see if messing with the IRQ settings smooths them out.
edit: Managed to get rid of the audio glitch by modifying the emm386 settings in c:\config.sys
Under the [EMM386] setting I changed
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE AUTO 32768 ...
to
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE AUTO 16384 ...
Temporary fix which may mess up compatibility for other games that use emm386. Flynn is exploring another option.
That fixed the audio glitches, but there's major stuttering during weapons fire that is pretty game breaking as of now. I'm hoping to find a solution, as I love this game.

Great work Flynn!

[tankjr]

Amazing work flynnsbit! I played a lot of DOS games as a kid but my uncle always ran the system for me. Your pack is a life saver. I’m naturally a tinkerer, so I’ll eventually learn DOS behind-the-scenes, but until then, I get to enjoy these games. Cheers.

[charmless]

Ok, so I'm feeling really stupid right now. I've downloaded the first 5 files from archive.org. But I can't even unzip them using 7zip, except for the first one. You're doing great work and I didn't even want to write this post, that's how stupid I feel. Maybe I am not even supposed to unzip the files

[hiddenbyleaves]

Ok, so I'm feeling really stupid right now. I've downloaded the first 5 files from archive.org. But I can't even unzip them using 7zip, except for the first one. You're doing great work and I didn't even want to write this post, that's how stupid I feel. Maybe I am not even supposed to unzip the files

You need to download all of the 7zip files and have them together in one folder. Then click the first one and it will extract everything.

[flynnsbit]

you need every file to unzip the pack. It's just broken up into multiple files because some people have download issues.

[charmless]

Thank you, sir

[ash2fpga]

Thanks for this!

Nit: King's Quest I (1990) was still EGA, although higher res than the original, unlike the other Sierra VGA remakes.

[AeroCity]

how does your system jump back to tdl, after you executed a program? i am configuring Relentless/LBA and after that, i get a flashing curser and that's it!

Also i can't get most of the games to work, sadly!

[AeroCity]

I also get the message"No CD OK." after the Adelin Logo. The cue file is being put to IDE 1-0, though. I tried to access the disc via f: and d:, but to no avail....

[flynnsbit]

I also get the message"No CD OK." after the Adelin Logo. The cue file is being put to IDE 1-0, though. I tried to access the disc via f: and d:, but to no avail....

You don't have your file structure setup correctly on the Mister side then. Can you go unmount that cue, remount it, and check to make sure you can DIR on F:?

Do you have hot swapping turned on for IDE 1-0?

[flynnsbit]

how does your system jump back to tdl, after you executed a program? i am configuring Relentless/LBA and after that, i get a flashing curser and that's it!

Also i can't get most of the games to work, sadly!

Try selecting different memory managers on boot. If you are trying to run back through the setup, and then you use the launch script, it is going to overwrite with ever you did in setup with the default exo cfg files unless you copy over those. Usually those sit in sub directories like SB16 SC55, etc

Plenty of people using it successfully, check your configs, check your mister CD path is right, check that you have the latest bios files, check that you have updated ao486 and main with the very latest. Things like that.

[flynnsbit]

for those having CD mounting issues. Please check that you are using this path to ALL of your AO486 folders: "/games/AO486/" and not "/ao486/". I've had 2 people using ao486 folder at the root and that doesn't seem to work with the auto mounting. If you move EVERYTHING (bios files, vhds, cd and floppy folder) into /games/ao486 it should work.

[AeroCity]

for those having CD mounting issues. Please check that you are using this path to ALL of your AO486 folders: "/games/AO486/" and not "/ao486/". I've had 2 people using ao486 folder at the root and that doesn't seem to work with the auto mounting. If you move EVERYTHING (bios files, vhds, cd and floppy folder) into /games/ao486 it should work.

After posting stupid questions, I read the entirety of your posting on archive.org and well....i just was missing the cd images.

I got stuff running now, adding the cd images manually. to use TDL, which order structure is needed? /games/ao486/cd/gamename/ ?

[flynnsbit]

correct

[Alkadian]

@ flynnsbit,
Many thanks for this awesome work! It's simply fantastic!
Just a couple of questions, if you don't mind.

1. When I get the Microsoft Windows 98 Start Menu, which the best option between the 5 listed on the screen?
2. If I wanted to add a new game say Alley Cat, would it be possible to do it?

Thanks a lot!

[flynnsbit]

@ flynnsbit,
Many thanks for this awesome work! It's simply fantastic!
Just a couple of questions, if you don't mind.

1. When I get the Microsoft Windows 98 Start Menu, which the best option between the 5 listed on the screen?
2. If I wanted to add a new game say Alley Cat, would it be possible to do it?

Thanks a lot!

1. HIRAM is the best option unless the game prompts you for a different one (usually EMM386). You will see it come up if it requires EMM386 when you launch the game.

2. Yes, install it like you normally would and then launch "-Manually Added Games" at the top, and add your game there. You cannot add it to the main index so this was the best option. Read this on how to add games over there. https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/ ... l-edition/ and video here of what -Manually Added Games does: https://youtu.be/WPAgOffVcAg?t=312

[Alkadian]

@ flynnsbit,
Many thanks for this awesome work! It's simply fantastic!
Just a couple of questions, if you don't mind.

1. When I get the Microsoft Windows 98 Start Menu, which the best option between the 5 listed on the screen?
2. If I wanted to add a new game say Alley Cat, would it be possible to do it?

Thanks a lot!

1. HIRAM is the best option unless the game prompts you for a different one (usually EMM386). You will see it come up if it requires EMM386 when you launch the game.

2. Yes, install it like you normally would and then launch "-Manually Added Games" at the top, and add your game there. You cannot add it to the main index so this was the best option. Read this on how to add games over there. https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/ ... l-edition/ and video here of what -Manually Added Games does: https://youtu.be/WPAgOffVcAg?t=312

Excellent, many thanks for coming back to me!

Now I will have a good read at your links. Thanks again and well done for this stunning collection!

[Alkadian]

Great, by following your video I have just installed the additional game!! Thanks so much!!

[JonnyTenebrous]

@ flynnsbit,

Great work on this pack. I've been absolutely loving playing some of these old classics over the last few nights and you've massively lowered the bar for entry here (my DOS knowledge is extremely rusty and my own initial efforts to setup AO486 were slow going!). So far, so good in terms of most games running straight out the gate, too... I'll keep an eye out for patch scripts for fixes here and there.

I have a few questions, if you have the time.

The first question is about audio. So, my directories are set up as per your instructions. CDs are mounting and so on. Soundblaster audio works great on every game I've tried so far. I've also played a bit with Munt and Fluidsynth. These sound great, but the audio timing with these soft syths seems to be very all-over-the-place in most games... do you know if that's a matter of eventual MiSTer core updates to resolve, or if it's just too much pressure for the MiSTer to be simultaneously running AO486 and a softsynth/Munt? I do have a proper Windows PC and also a Raspberry Pi 4 on the same desk as my MiSTer... so I could try hosting Munt/Fluidsynth/VST/other on these devices... but do you know if AO486 will send MIDI Out with good timing, or does AO486 need more development in that area? I'd be curious if you know the answer to this before I invest a lot of time trying to move the MIDI hosting to another machine. Either way, I'd have to do some more research into how to get MIDI out of MiSTer and into my other computers in the first place.

The second question(s) have to do with specific games I'm having issues with:
1.) I can't get Warcraft II Tides of Darkness to recognise that the CD is mounted. Therefore I can't start a SinglePlayer game. In your YouTube livestream video you didn't go as far as to launch into actual gameplay (just the startup interface). If/when you get time could you please try to start a SinglePlayer game and see if it works on your system, and if so, maybe send me some tips as to how you got it running? Clearly, your startup script DOES mount the Warcraft 2 iso because I can manually cd to the F: drive. It just doesn't seem to recognise this in-game for me and tells me that I need to insert the CD.
2.) For some reason, my keyboard (wireless Logitech) is unresponsive in the game Prince of Persia 2 - The Shadow and the Flame. In your Youtube livestream, it looked responsive on your system. I can press the ESCAPE key to skip the opening cutscene and to pause the game, but the NUMPAD (where the keys are bound by default) doesn't do anything and neither do any of the other alternative keybinds. I've tried every DOS startup mode and had no luck. Any ideas?

Anyhow... I've certainly got a lot of other games to stay entertained with in the meanwhile.

Many Thanks! ~ Jonny

[NegSol]

Great work - love it! Played some MOO2 and notice it was v1.1 - send you a discord message about it - I tested the v1.31 and it works without a hitch too - maybe the patch can be included in future updates

[Alkadian]

@ flynnsbit,

I am having a lot of fun in playing all my favourite old windows games! I have been testing many games and they all worked straight out of the box!

Just to report something that perhaps is meant to be working like that. Anyways, every time I reboot the Mister I get an error message as per the attached picture. After hitting the reset button in the menu I can get the Windows 98 Boot screen, as expected.
Thanks!

[flynnsbit]

@ flynnsbit,

I am having a lot of fun in playing all my favourite old windows games! I have been testing many games and they all worked straight out of the box!

Just to report something that perhaps is meant to be working like that. Anyways, every time I reboot the Mister I get an error message as per the attached picture. After hitting the reset button in the menu I can get the Windows 98 Boot screen, as expected.
Thanks!

Are you using the boot and Top 300 VHDs that came with the pack? You shouldn't be ever seeing the runtime error or getting it unless something is missing or corrupt. You can try editing a couple of files and saving them. on E:. EDIT TDL.INI, and then save it. EDIT HANDLERS.INI and then save. That could be left over from a bug in the Converter where github was adding unix characters at the end of the file. just editing them and saving can correct. Weird that yours would work every other time though.

If this doesn't fix it. I am interested in your configuration. In the mister menu, 256MB of memory, 90 Mhz, L1 and L2 cache on?

[Alkadian]

@ flynnsbit,

I am having a lot of fun in playing all my favourite old windows games! I have been testing many games and they all worked straight out of the box!

Just to report something that perhaps is meant to be working like that. Anyways, every time I reboot the Mister I get an error message as per the attached picture. After hitting the reset button in the menu I can get the Windows 98 Boot screen, as expected.
Thanks!

Are you using the boot and Top 300 VHDs that came with the pack? You shouldn't be ever seeing the runtime error or getting it unless something is missing or corrupt. You can try editing a couple of files and saving them. on E:. EDIT TDL.INI, and then save it. EDIT HANDLERS.INI and then save. That could be left over from a bug in the Converter where github was adding unix characters at the end of the file. just editing them and saving can correct. Weird that yours would work every other time though.

If this doesn't fix it. I am interested in your configuration. In the mister menu, 256MB of memory, 90 Mhz, L1 and L2 cache on?

Yes, I am using the boot and Top 300 VHDs that came with the pack.

After editing/saving those two files I only get the prompt blinking cursor and nothing more. After hitting reset I get the Windows 98 Boot Menu.

Yes 256MB of memory, 90 Mhz, L1 and L2 cache on.

Many thanks for looking at it.

[Alkadian]

Good news! I think I have sorted it out!
I have just removed an image mounted under IDE 1-0 *.VHD,ISO.CUE

That seems that did the trick. I have rebooted the Mister several times and I have managed to get the Windows Boot Menu correctly.
Thanks!

[charmless]

This pack is just awesome, thanks again flynnsbit! The only thing (that I have tried so far) I can't get working is the version of Monkey Island with CD Music and SFX. The game is running fine but there's no music or sound effects playing for me. The floppy version with adlib and VGA works great so no big deal.

[fille007]

Thx eXoFlynn,just tryed it,fantastic work,thx again.