26th September 2006, 4:15 PM
I also tried the KQ7 DOS version. The cursors are still black and white most of the time. Everything's high res, which was something they pretty much had to do, so no "downgrades". About the only thing I can say about it is there isn't a title bar, which is nice. As for music, I like using my latest sound card's midi functions to vastly improve the sound over the poor midi the games were originally designed for. I think the DOS versions could do this as well, though unfortunatly I can't seem to get that level of quality I normally expect out of the DOS versions of these KQ games.
KQ5, well, the cursor issue is still there. Admittedly the DOS versions are full color and have more "character", but it's just easier and more precise for me to use the high res cursors. At least there's no high res portraits to have lowered in that game.
All in all, the main reason I say this is because I'm pretty worried about the quality of KQ6 in that collection. I'm afraid if they just used the DOS version flat out, there's going to be a sigh of disappointment about it...
KQ5, well, the cursor issue is still there. Admittedly the DOS versions are full color and have more "character", but it's just easier and more precise for me to use the high res cursors. At least there's no high res portraits to have lowered in that game.
All in all, the main reason I say this is because I'm pretty worried about the quality of KQ6 in that collection. I'm afraid if they just used the DOS version flat out, there's going to be a sigh of disappointment about it...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)