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Copyright Sega & Konami The SEGA-CD Snatcher intro and Titles enhanced via Kega Fusion. Snatcher was an adventure-style game with some shooting elements from the legendary Hideo Kojima. The game was released on several systems including PC-98 and SEGA-CD. Here are my Kega Fusion Settings for Snatcher: Full-Screen at
Continue readingSnatcher (SEGA-CD) – Intro & Titles (1440×1080 @ 60fps 4xBRZ)
The X-Men Origins: Wolverine intro and first part of chapter 1 in 1080p at 60fps with enhanced graphics via ReShade 3.0.7 Until Logan, this was the best non-comic representation of the Wolverine character in my estimation. Though it follows the movie somewhat, it also weaves in some extra story.
Fable from Lionhead released in 2004 for the original Xbox. In 2005 it received a small expansion and a PC release with The Lost Chapter. 2014 received a “HD” remake of the game called Fable Anniversary. To most people it didn’t look that great, with a blurry, muddy feel
Continue readingFable (Anniversary 2014) – Intro (ReShade Enhanced)
Bureau 13 is based on a pen & paper of the same title. This CD-Rom version features 5 musical tracks performed by a band. Some of this music you can hear in the game’s intro featured here. The game is quite interesting. Each character has a unique skillset. Every scenario
Continue readingBureau 13 (Gametek – 1995 CD-ROM) – Intro & Characters (4:3 1440 DOSBox)
Another Action/Adventure Fantasy RPG in the long-line of SSI related late 80s to mid 90s PC games. Running on the ECE SVN build of DOSBox and using the FluidR3 soundfont through virtual midi mapper. Info on Dark Sun: Shattered Lands from Wikipedia: Dark Sun: Shattered Lands is a turn-based
Continue readingDark Sun: Shattered Lands (SSi – 1993) Intro (4:3 1440 – DosBox Enhanced GM)
Anvil of Dawn is a mid-90s RPG under the SSI banner from DreamForge Intertainment. Featuring voice acting and a OPL3 General Midi score composed by the Legendary Fatman. Here that music gets the HQ Soundfont treatment using FluidR3. Rendered at 2k with a 4:3 aspect ration. More info via
Continue readingAnvil of Dawn (1995 – DreamForge) – Intro (Dosbox Enhanced – GM)
Edward Carnby returns once again for the 3rd installment in the Alone in the Dark series, this time with a Wild west theme. again the daum build of DosBox was used here with the same settings for 1 & 2. Plot info via Wikipedia: “It’s 1925 and after Edward
Continue readingAlone in the Dark 3 (Infogrames – 1994 CD-Rom) – Intro (4:3 1440)
AitD2 had a few different names based on region and what system you played it for : (Wiki) “Alone in the Dark 2 is the 1993 sequel to 1992’s survival horror video game Alone in the Dark developed and published by Infogrames as the second installment in the series.
Continue readingAlone in the Dark 2 (Infogrames – 1993 CD-Rom) – Intro (4:3 1440)
The intro for both characters from the CD-Rom version of Alone in the Dark, featuring voice-over and Redbook audio. Presented in 4:3 aspect ration at 1440 (1920×1440). Lately I generally use the ECE build of Dosbox with a normal5/6x scaler. Early polygon-based games are a bit rougher than standard
Continue readingAlone in the Dark (Infogrames – 1992 CD-Rom) – Intro (4:3 1440)
Dead Space 2 picks up not too long after the final events of the original game, and the story continues with protagonist Isaac Clark. It’s not long before an imprisoned/institutionalized Isaac is face-to-face once again with the terrifying necromorphs. I have used the same custom settings in ReShade that
Continue readingDead Space 2 (EA – 2011) – Intro (ReShade Enhanced)
Dead Space was a fantastic game with liberal borrowing from the Resident Evil and DOOM franchises in gaming and healthy doses of The Thing, the Alien franchise and a touch of Event Horizon from the film world. The end result was a truly excellent sci-fi, horror-survival, single-player experience. Here
Continue readingDead Space( EA – 2008) – Intro (Reshade Enhanced)
A much better version of the short Syberia intro thanks to a little help from DgVoodoo which helps transition DX2-7 into DX8/9. The additional bonus to other titles is that once switched over to 7/9 you can then often get SweetFX/ReShade working on some very old titles. A little
Continue readingSyberia (Microids – 2002) – Intro (DgVoodoo 1440×1080)