Section 2.1

Information Format

The list adopts the following format.

• Game Name [Format]
  Comments
  

2.1 Adventure / Mystery games.

• 7th Guest [CD]
  Doesn't work (610 (10) : SX33 v1.92).
  Works under v2.01 of !PC with VESA drivers (710 (16) : SX33 v2.01).
  Select Soundblaster for speech, general MIDI for music and MCGA for graphics. Make sure you select the right soundcard when installing otherwise the game might crash.
  
• Another World [HD]
  Quite fast. No sound.
  
• Beneath a Steel Sky [HD]
  Works (710 (10)) No sound. Might be slow.
  
• Chronicle of the Sword [Demo]
  Needs VESA.
  
• Daemons' Gate
  Works. Overhead view swords n' sorcery game.
  
• Day of the Tentacle [HD/CD]
  Works and is playable. (610/710 : SX33 v1.92) Speech works from CD but might cause crashes.
  
• Discworld [CD/HD]
  Works and is playable. Tested on a variety of systems. Speech is supported from CD. Music via MIDI.
  
• Dragon Lore [HD/CD]
  Works (possibly only under v1.72 not v1.91 (Demo)) No sound (?). Slow during fights (610 (9) : SX33)
  
• Dr Brain
  Works but is unstable, often crashes. This _might_ be due to the screensaver interfering. There may also be problems with the sound.
  
• Flight of the Amazon Queen
  Works ok. Sound in intro but not in game. (710 (14) SX33 v1.9)
  
• Forgotten Realms - Dungeon Hack 1.0
  Display problems
  
• Full Throttle [CD]
  Works. Sound works fine during the setup sequence, however, can have problems during the game. Both the game and the sound play slowly on an SX33.
  
• Gabriel Knight : The beast within
  Works.
  
• Guilty [Demo]
  Demo of game has no sound. Good looking games, works fine.
  
• Hand of Fate (Kyrindia 2)
  Works well, however use General Midi Sound as Sound Blaster support can mess up. (DX2-66).
  
• Heros of Might & Magic [Windows 95]
  Needs DirectX support.
  
• Indiana Jones and Fate of Atlantis [HD]
  Works. Speaker sound only. No soundblaster.
  
• Kings Quest 6
  Works.
  
• Kyrindia
  Works (610 (10) : SX33) Run from windows. MIDI sound support, no digitised sound.
  
• Lands of Lore [HD/CD]
  Works. (610 (9) : SX33) No sound (?)
  
• Leisure suite Larry 1,2,3 & 5
  Works. Check which titles need VESA though as this is only available under PC v2.01. Need to configure the sound to Roland MT32 (need MIDI software), rather than Soundlbaster as this option will cause them to fail.
  
• Little Big Adventure [CD]
  Works with v2.01 using VESA drivers. Very playable on a 586 card. Speech works, but possible palette problems. Also _might_ be impossible to finish the game, though this is unlikely to be a PC card problem.
  
• Monkey Island II [HD]
  Works well. (Unknown processor or card type. s/w v1.91) Sound support unknown.
  
• Myst [CD]
  Works (610 (10) : SX33 v1.92) Sound works. Run from / in Windows.
  
• Pirates Gold! [HD]
  Works but can be slow and unresponsive. (610 (9) : SX33)
  
• Police Quest III [CD]
  Doesn't work (610 : SX33)
  
• Prof TIM
  Works but is unstable, often crashes. This _might_ be due to the screensaver interfering.
  
• Return to Zork [CD]
  Runs and apparently sound can be made to work. Sometimes the sound skips.
  
• Sam and Max [HD]
  Works. (610 (13): SX33 : Unknowns s/w version) Speech works from CD. Some bits are a bit slow.
  
• Secret of Monkey Island [HD/CD]
  Works ok. (610 : SX33)
  
• Shadowcaster
  1st-person viewpoint adventure game. Works
  
• Shivers
  Remove RAMBOOST from AUTOEXEC.BAT. Best run in Windows. VESA option for better graphics (not tested on version 2 of !PC).
  
• Simon the Sorcerer I [CD]
  Works and is playable. (710 : SX33 v1.92) Speech works from CD.
  
• Simon II
  Works (some sections can freeze so skip these). Configure sound to SoundBlaster compatible rather than SoundBlaster. Speech and music work fine with Midi support. Speech can stick but F5 overcomes this. Some sequences benefit from have speech turned off to overcome problems. Repeating speech may be cured by increasing the screen memory allocation.
  
• Star Trek 25th Anniversary
  Works but is slow.
  
• Star Trek TNG : Final Unity
  Doesn't work. Needs VESA driver and DX processor. (710 : SX33 v1.91). VESA version crashes (v.2.01), needs a powerful processor. (710 (26) : DX2-66 v2.01).
  
• Star Trek : Technical manual [CD - Windows]
  Not strictly a game, however, runs from Windows. Can be slow (SX 33). Sound works.
  
• The Dig (demo) [CD]
  Works but problems with getting sound to work. Stammering speech (improves with faster card).
  
• Torin's Passage [CD]
  Works fine on everything. Best played in Windows. Sound and music will work with appropriate hardware / software, although sound may repeat on SX33.
  
• Ultima 7 (both bits) [CD]
  Works fine. (710 (5) : SX33 v1.92) Music and sound don't work. Speech does.
  
• Under a Killing Moon (Demo)
  Doesn't work. (710 : SX33 v1.91). Works under v2.01 (needs VESA support), however you should configure the sound to be off to prevent the game from crashing.