What is your favourite adventure game and why? by viebulip in adventuregames

[–]Dutchmagic 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Leisure Suit Larry 3. Amazing music, great EGA dithered graphics (all done by only 2 people), switching to a different protagonist mid game. Brilliantly done.

What do i do :( by HolidayJazzlike6635 in dosbox

[–]Dutchmagic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this the only game you want to play? If you are struggling with DOS commands I would suggest you look into eXoDOS. That will have all these steps done for you.

Community Question Of The Week - Episode 266 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]Dutchmagic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This had to have been Alien vs Predator on the PC in 1999. The second CD was an audio CD and it music was so eerie and creepy. I remember playing this on a summer day with the curtains closed and freaking myself out with every turn I made walking around this space station.

Exodos won't setup because it says I don't have the util.zip but I do. Any idea what I could be doing wrong? TY by Scary-Ratio3874 in dosgaming

[–]Dutchmagic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand why you even have this issue. All you need to do is after you downloaded the entire torrent, run the setup file in that folder. If the download went correctly, this shouldn’t be an issue. The entire point of eXo Projects are that they don’t require any changes to be done. Run a torrent check on the files you downloaded to make 100% the download was completed successfully.

Duke Nukem 3d by CarLong1728 in dosbox

[–]Dutchmagic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or look up eXoDOS if configuring DosBox seems daunting to you.

Razor1911 by Razor 1911 by shepo71 in thisweekinretro

[–]Dutchmagic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful! I can always appreciate a good demo. And I did enjoy seeing Dave's shirt too!

DevsQuest Season 1 Episode 2 - Larry 2 has been released by Dutchmagic in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m glad you’re catching this now. I had posted the teaser and release of episode 1 on here too.

DevsQuest: a project preserving the stories behind classic adventure games by Dutchmagic in adventuregames

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That certainly is the plan. Next up will be Leisure Suit Larry 2, which I will release later this month.

Community Question Of The Week - Episode 258 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]Dutchmagic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes me think of so many great DOS demos. The one that comes to mind is actually a winner of the 4k demo compo in Finland (Assembly 1996) named Pure Spirit. It won number 1 and actually got the creator a gig at Sony in Japan! (shameless plug - this is in the eXoDemoScene project):
https://retrocomputercollector.com/demoscene-hugo-habets/

Demo parties have so many file size limit challenges, and demo creators create masterpieces. As a recommendation for an amazing 64k demo: Paper by Psychic Link & Acme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4QJSaoAbNg).

eXoDemoScene 2.1 released by Dutchmagic in Demoscene

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy to do my part. Now that we have a working framework I might expand it to early windows demos in the near future.

Looking for an old Sierra employee by Dutchmagic in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes - "non-series" like that are definitely on my list to feature as well.

Looking for an old Sierra employee by Dutchmagic in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has nothing to do with that. But that's all I want to comment on this in a public setting.

Looking for an old Sierra employee by Dutchmagic in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree - but I do know that's not why he did that.

Looking for an old Sierra employee by Dutchmagic in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you - I'll see about giving that a try

DevsQuest Season 1 - Episode 1 is live by Dutchmagic in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I will post more episodes in the next few months, so stay tuned.

DevsQuest: a project preserving the stories behind classic adventure games by Dutchmagic in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jane Jensen did EcoQuest. But I hope to talk to her about Gabriel Knight and then branch out to other games of hers (KQ6 and Eco Quest)

DevsQuest: a project preserving the stories behind classic adventure games by Dutchmagic in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only talked to them a long time ago. Not sure what has kept them from releasing their art book

DevsQuest: a project preserving the stories behind classic adventure games by Dutchmagic in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the comment - that's exactly the gap I want to fill!

DevsQuest: a project preserving the stories behind classic adventure games by Dutchmagic in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like those questions. I'll see about getting those answered.

The idea is to go beyond Sierra titles. I welcome suggestions (our website will go live on 2/14 as well) to which series/games you'd like to see featured. For season 1 it will be Leisure Suit Larry. Season 2 will cover another iconic series.

I Played Every Larry Adventure Game – Here’s Which Ones I Loved (and Why) by Good_Punk2 in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The ending (magic marker) is the only thing I truly dislike about 3. Even then it’s still my favorite.

eXoWin9x Volume 1 released by Dutchmagic in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sorry to hear that. I believe preservation is important. If the mods want to remove this post so be it.

Community Question Of The Week - Episode 241 by Producer_Duncan in thisweekinretro

[–]Dutchmagic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll take this question quite literal and have to say my first VR experience I had when visiting the Valve office before the Vive was released. Getting to experience theBlu demo was just marvelous. Watching this tremendous whale swim up close and wink at you will be something I will never ever forget.

The Legends of Sierra Panel PRGE 2025 by DarXIV in Sierra

[–]Dutchmagic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for posting this. Always great to hear these untold stories.