The biggest failing [not at all your fault], like with F-19, is restriction to 16 colors at a time (unlike F-19, RSR doesn't appear to have taken advantage of greater palette range under the VGA setting). That, and the fact that it's the only version stock without on-disk copy protection, is why I gravitate towards the Amiga port. All PC copies out there are either cracked like this one or in a format unusable with DOSBox & PCem. I still own my original copies with keyboard overlays. Eventually there would be no need for them as functions could be memorized after sufficient experience, yet I still appreciate them as a small addition to the immersion factor: one would be expected to learn the functions in training, then operate them accordingly without such aids in the real world (for security purposes, special controls in military hardware are unlabeled). That the icons match those in the manual reinforced this, as did the nomenclature for documentation in early MicroProse simulations being numbered similarly to DoD publications.
I agree with the first point, RSR for DOS could easily have looked as good as the Amiga version under VGA. Or at least have gotten an overhaul patch later. I have tried to remedy this here, making the action cutscene graphics more like the Amiga. I used to prefer the Amiga version too, bc of the graphics, but now that I can improve the DOS control screen I prefer that. The Amiga version if not easy to hack (at least for me). On the topic of the PC version, all versions of RSR runs fine in DOSbox. The original uncracked versions are easy to find, just install from original disk images (in fact, just extract the contents of said images straight into a dosbox folder). To play the original versions you need to set DOSbox cpu to 386_prefetch. Or, you can use the official MPS fast CPU update files released in the 90s. Then you can use 486 or pentium setting in dosbox.
I am a bit on the backfoot when it comes to updating, uploading and making website pages for my mods, due to an exhaustive house move, but I'll do my best to proceed the coming month :)
Wow, it looks so much better!
A true classic that inspired one of my favorite modern games: Cold Waters
The biggest failing [not at all your fault], like with F-19, is restriction to 16 colors at a time (unlike F-19, RSR doesn't appear to have taken advantage of greater palette range under the VGA setting). That, and the fact that it's the only version stock without on-disk copy protection, is why I gravitate towards the Amiga port. All PC copies out there are either cracked like this one or in a format unusable with DOSBox & PCem.
I still own my original copies with keyboard overlays. Eventually there would be no need for them as functions could be memorized after sufficient experience, yet I still appreciate them as a small addition to the immersion factor: one would be expected to learn the functions in training, then operate them accordingly without such aids in the real world (for security purposes, special controls in military hardware are unlabeled). That the icons match those in the manual reinforced this, as did the nomenclature for documentation in early MicroProse simulations being numbered similarly to DoD publications.
I agree with the first point, RSR for DOS could easily have looked as good as the Amiga version under VGA. Or at least have gotten an overhaul patch later. I have tried to remedy this here, making the action cutscene graphics more like the Amiga. I used to prefer the Amiga version too, bc of the graphics, but now that I can improve the DOS control screen I prefer that. The Amiga version if not easy to hack (at least for me). On the topic of the PC version, all versions of RSR runs fine in DOSbox. The original uncracked versions are easy to find, just install from original disk images (in fact, just extract the contents of said images straight into a dosbox folder). To play the original versions you need to set DOSbox cpu to 386_prefetch. Or, you can use the official MPS fast CPU update files released in the 90s. Then you can use 486 or pentium setting in dosbox.
Cool! Any info about this?
I am a bit on the backfoot when it comes to updating, uploading and making website pages for my mods, due to an exhaustive house move, but I'll do my best to proceed the coming month :)