MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: IBM 5150 hash file and KQ 1 entry

>I played the KQ1 & KQ2 booters with RGB colors. You can see what it looked like if you
>play it in DosBox. Set the Machine to CGA, then after you launch the game, press Ctrl-R to
>change to the RGB colors.

I am guessing what is supported in hash file is probably the CGA RGB (newer version) of KQ1. I'll have to check later.

I'd like to believe the CGA Composite graphics version has already been preserved.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km7UB9CRMyE

King's Quest I - IBM PC Booter game 1984 CGA Composite graphics
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A Spanish contributor had uploaded IBM games earlier in the year. I grabbed a copy of that myself when it was available. I don't know if the zip file is still online, but any IBM fans can follow the links for getting the zip file. It doesn't have Composite version of KQ1. I thought maybe some future hash file IBM updates were in the works with contents from booters_demondlord.zip upload. Nothing yet.

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meanwhile..over on IBM side
06/08/20

https://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/sh...part=1&vc=1

text file list of contents from booters_demondlord.zip
06/08/20

https://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/sh...part=1&vc=1

booters_demondlord.zip shows comes from the booters.txt file that is within the zip file. It is a 74Mb file
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>It was the 1st time we had EGA colors and I could play the games as they were intended.

I was envious of some of the IBM'ers that had computers that could run EGA back in mid 1980s. No fun when trying to play Accolade's Mean 18 golf in CGA mode. The thing that made Mean 18 an awesome game is when the golf ball hits a tree and the ball can fly backwards 25 to 30 yards. Great memories when playing Mean 18, and the Ancient Art of War series.

>The 1st thing I ever saved up for was to get a MT-32.

The audio output factor wasn't important to me back then, but I can understand why it was an important issue for some users. I was satisfied if I could get some IBM DOS game running and that was good enough for me at the time.