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black screens between game screens in DOS games (Developers)

posted by Littbarski, 30.03.2025, 19:02

hello,

back in the DOS days probably the UI and the accessibility was not as important, but today I miss some fading or transition sometimes between gaming screens.

I mean those DOS games that are no dynamic but more consist of just pixel image screens where you can click to enter some other screen (background, menu, scenario).

Example here (not my video):
https://youtu.be/1FuI-kqi3V4?si=L4yo2R1VI0cu0wD8&t=1053

There is always a black screen, and if you play long, you see it often - even longer when you hold down the mouse click longer...

I just want to ask this here as a start, not directly to get a solution :). Is it even possible to change such an old game exe (and allowed for my own use), like changing a certain value in a HEX editor?

sorry if this sounds too much as a beginner's idea. But I did really not find a solution in the DOSBox settings.

Interesting is also that in the addon to that time (World Cup) the black screen was not there anymore, so in the exe of that game a setting must have been changed.

Peter

Complete thread:

• black screens between game screens in DOS games - Littbarski, 30.03.2025, 19:02 (Developers)
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    • black screens between game screens in DOS games - Littbarski, 31.03.2025, 08:03
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        • black screens between game screens in DOS games - rr, 31.03.2025, 20:58
          • black screens between game screens in DOS games - Littbarski, 01.04.2025, 10:24
    • black screens between game screens in DOS games - rr, 31.03.2025, 20:23