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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
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Dark Seed is classic-styled adeventure game featuring the art works of acclaimed Alien designer H.R. Giger. This is the CD-ROM version run through DOSbox at 1440 in 4:3 aspect. Dark Seed Info via Wikipedia Dark Seed is a psychological horror point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Cyberdreams in
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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)
Dark SunL Wake of the Ravager is also known as Dark Sun 2 and continues the campaign set in SSI’s DnD world. The CD-Rom version here is presented in 4:3 1440 via DOSBox ECE and features Redbook audio. More via Wikipedia: Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager takes place
Continue readingDark Sun: Wake of the Ravager (SSI – 1994 CD-Rom) – Intro (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
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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.
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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
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A lesser known adventure game from the mid 90s, Touché looks to replicate the LucasArts style, specifically that of Monkey Island, with a similar approach to humor and dialogue as well. The game had several versions, this one featuring full voice acting. More info via Wikipedia: Touché: The Adventures
Syberia II is currently a freebie on the Origin service. It was released two years after the first. Wiki: Syberia II, like its predecessor, is a third-person, mouse-driven adventure game in which the player must solve various puzzles and follow certain procedures in order for the linear storyline to
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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)