MINI-REVIEW: Outcry (Sublustrum)

Mary wrote:
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>> Mary wrote:
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>>>> Mary wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath.RemoveThis@eblong.com> wrote in news:ghskll$3f0$2
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (Hey, a mini-review that was actually short. Surprised?)
>>>>>>>> Not surprised; happy that you are still writing reviews (and I
> thank
>>>>> you
>>>>>>>> for putting in the effort).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Even though I haven't played a game for a year now, I still plan on
>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>>> a few for this winter.
>>>>>>> Hey Murray, haven't seen you in ages.
>>>>>> Hey Mary, haven`t seen you in ages.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mick
>>>>> Hey Mick, haven't seen you in ages either. Have you got an updated
>>> system
>>>>> yet? Playing anything at the moment? I actually re-played 7th Guest in
>>>>> Dosbox and just finished it.
>>>> Mary - You should really get the W95 (or was it W98) .EXE file for 7th
>>>> Guest and 11th hour. They both play much faster and better in Windows.
> I
>>>> remember thinking I was almost jogging from room to room. Made my
> replay
>>>> of 7th Guest much more fun.
>>>> -Mike
>>> Mike, I used Dosbox 0.65 version and it seemed to run OK for me at
> least. I
>>> didn't notice any slowness, or maybe I play games slow because of slow
>>> thinking I haven't tried Win 98.EXE file and haven't played 11th Hour
> in
>>> quite a while. I l iked 7th Guest best, but I liked 11th Hour too.
> Somehow
>>> what comes to mind is a puzzle in 11th Hour which involved mice? or
>>> something like that? Is Win 98.EXE file only used for 7th Guest and 11th
>>> Hour games? or for all older Dos games?
>>>
>>> I should mention that I mostly use Win 98 but used Dosbox for 7th Guest.
>>> Also, after I finished the game, I saw I had a patch for the Dos version
> on
>>> a small floppy which I didn't install because I didn't see it at time of
>>> installation. It was in the game box. But other than one puzzle which I
> had
>>> to do twice, because it didn't seem to work firist time (maybe a
> glitch),
>>> the game worked fine. I think, though not sure, that you don't need Win
>>> 98.EXE file when playing the game in Dosbox since you are playing the
> game
>>> in Dos when you use Dosbox. You would need the Dos patch, which is the
> one I
>>> forgot to install but got through the game anyway. I use Win XP on a
>>> separate partition, but most times use Win 98, except for games which
> need
>>> Win XP.
>>>
>>> Mary
>>>
>> I just found the newer .EXE easy to use with XP. Just put the file in
>> the 7th guest folder and click it. I have never used Dosbox but know it
>> works well after getting it set up. I remember an EXE for 11hour but
>> don't remember if it was different then the 7th guest EXE (but I think
>> so). And YES the mouse board game is a pain as it is very random so
>> there is no walk-though for it.
>
> I've used Dosbox a few times for older games. Dosbox is a great program and
> the programmers who created it deserve a lot of credit. I havent replayed
> 11th Hour for quite a while. Maybe I will try it one of these days. If I
> ever need to play 7th Guest in Win XP, I will look for the EXE file you
> mention. Thanks for info.
>
>> (I remember I needed to buy a CD drive (2X sony)and a SoundBlaster card
>> so I could play 7th Guest in my W98 386DX computer.)
>
> I think a lot of people had to upgrade something to play 7th Guest. I had
> to buy a new video card and remember the guy at the computer store said "are
> you buying a new video card just to play one game?" I said "Yes its a new
> game and everybody says how ahead of its time and how good it is.". My
> computer parts were up to date and above system requirements (except for the
> video card).I think I had a 512 KB? Cirrus Logic at the time and the game
> wouldn't run, so I got a 1 MB card and it was OK. I had the original
> Creative labs soundblaster at the time and it lasted for years before I had
> to get a SBLive. But video cards needed to be updated a lot more often.
>
> Mary
>

Yep - I just, 2 weeks ago, updated my ATI X-700 video card to a ATI
HD3650 to play TR Underworld. (which I class as an adventure game, I
know others don't). After 7th Guest the Tomb Raider games keep me
updating. This new one has outstanding graphics!
-Mike

You keeping warm...been snow and cold here in upstate NY (not too far
from you).

"Mike Ray" <mer1 DeleteThis @cornell.edu> wrote in message
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> > >> (I remember I needed to buy a CD drive (2X sony)and a SoundBlaster
card
> >> so I could play 7th Guest in my W98 386DX computer.)
> >
> > I think a lot of people had to upgrade something to play 7th Guest. I
had
> > to buy a new video card and remember the guy at the computer store said
"are
> > you buying a new video card just to play one game?" I said "Yes its a
new
> > game and everybody says how ahead of its time and how good it is.". My
> > computer parts were up to date and above system requirements (except for
the
> > video card).I think I had a 512 KB? Cirrus Logic at the time and the
game
> > wouldn't run, so I got a 1 MB card and it was OK. I had the original
> > Creative labs soundblaster at the time and it lasted for years before I
had
> > to get a SBLive. But video cards needed to be updated a lot more often.
> >
> > Mary
> >
>
> Yep - I just, 2 weeks ago, updated my ATI X-700 video card to a ATI
> HD3650 to play TR Underworld. (which I class as an adventure game, I
> know others don't). After 7th Guest the Tomb Raider games keep me
> updating. This new one has outstanding graphics!
> -Mike

I think the HD3650 will be a good card, but I still have an AGP card and not
sure if it would be worth it to upgrade just my video card. My ATI 9000 Pro
has been a good card, but its lagging behind my other computer parts, but I
haven't upgraded anything for a few years, so sometimes I wonder now if I
should just buy an updated computer box from Staples, rather than upgrading
my computer parts. I've never played Tomb Raider games. I'm not really into
actioin/combat games except I liked American McGees Alice which I would call
a combination action/adventure. It had a strong adventure story to it. But a
lot of action, jumping, fending off enemies, etc.

> You keeping warm...been snow and cold here in upstate NY (not too far
> from you).

Yes, Upstate New york is not far from where I am. Its not too cold today but
was yesterday. We have had several snow storms in the last few weeks. Not a
lot at one time, but frequent and causes a lot of traffic problems while it
is snowing. It started much earlier than usual for winter. Winter officially
started here only two days ago.We usually don't get much snow before mid or
end Dec. We usually only get about 1 white Christmas out of 7.This year and
last it started in 2nd week of November. The temp is going up tomorrow and
it will rain/snowflurries creating slush and Christmas day sunny and day
after it will be a lot of rain and cause flooding. Thats how it goes here.
The temp goes up which causes rain, then goes down and we get snow. The
upper US states especially Buffalo often get a lot more snow than we do in
southern Ontario.

Mary