--- M D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have refrained from upgrading from VPC version 2 for > so long - if it ain't broke etc etc... > > After a long period of happy VPC DOS experiences, I > came across a > program that VPC just cannot run. The original Duke > Nukem 3D no less. > Duke tries to load but the video refuses to and > crashes VPC fairly > spectacularly, I then need to get back into the Mac > as gracefully as I can :)
Got Duke Nukem Atomic Edition 1.4 or 1.5? There's a 1.4 to 1.5 patch here. http://www.3drealms.com/duke3d/index.html If you have some version less than 1.3d then there's no update patch there, you'll have to dig it up somewhere else. The Plutonium Pak was the Atomic Edition upgrade for version 1.3d. (Plutonium Pak is discontinued.) There's also a PCI soundcard crash patch, but I dunno if your VPC is emulating an ISA or PCI noisemaker. Or you could just dig up the Macintosh version from MacSoft, but I dunno if that's just the regular or the Atomic Edition. If you're a real die-hard Duke Nukem fan, you'll need a Mac, a PC to run Windows and DOS, a Gameboy Advance, a Playstation 2, a Nintendo 64, and a SEGA Dreamcast in order to play absolutely every version of the Duke that's ever been made. :) (No, I don't have any of those except the Mac and PC.) FYI: In Duke Nukem 2 you can enable both the Soundblaster and Adlib sound FX for a much "fuller" sound to all the non-music audio. DN2 is the only game I've ever seen that allows this. A good wavetable soundcard (or soft wavetable available to DOS games running under Windows) will drastically improve the MIDI music. I upgraded the Aztech card I had at the time with their hardware wavetable option specifically for Duke Nukem 2. :) Duke Nukem Forever, Coming "When it's done" from 3D Realms for the PC. ===== It will be total Fandemonium! Nampa Civic Center, August 5th to August 7th, 2005! http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
