DOS ain't dead - Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2)

Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) (Announce)

posted by marcov, 06.09.2010, 15:39

> You piqued my interest... I also think Hexen 2 is probably one of the best
> (ie, most technically advanced, taking advantage of modern hardware, etc).
> What games do you think are "better" / more advanced for DOS only? One
> could argue AdvanceMame is better, but then you're talking about an
> emulator there (albeit a very, very, good one!). An arguement could be made
> for Descent 2 / Tomb Raider, but the latter doesn't support high
> resolutions (ie, does not have high-resolution texture-map data available)
> in DOS, and does not take advantage VBE3.

Descent II with a Monster (I) is quite nice. 60fps.

Unfortunately, Monster (I)'s are 640x480 or 800x600 only. (depends on how exactly the Monster is used. Some ways require more memory than others)

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Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Laaca, 05.09.2010, 08:16 (Announce)
- Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Rugxulo, 06.09.2010, 00:07
  - Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Zyzzle, 06.09.2010, 01:08
    - Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - marcov, 06.09.2010, 15:39
    - Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Rugxulo, 06.09.2010, 22:07
      - Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - DOS386, 06.09.2010, 22:44
      - Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen 2) - Rugxulo, 08.09.2010, 06:11
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