Author Topic: Digital Leisure Games in XP (Read 2756 times)

GGKoul · « **on:** February 16, 2004, 01:21:47 am »

I'm interested in purchasing some games from Ditgital Leisure. And I see the most of the old games DVD games do not work in Windows XP.

Is this true? As anyone been able to get this games to work in XP?

Let me know if your able to do it.

-GGKoul

GGKoul · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2004, 01:28:07 am »

Found the answer to my question:

Windows XP Compatibility

The Dragon's Lair Deluxe Pack is not compatible with Windows XP. Our DVD-ROM releases can be made to work under Windows XP using Windows 95 Compatibility Mode -- click here for more details. The Dragon's Lair Arcade Authentic version (CD-ROM) is XP compatible although there is a patch in our Downloads section that corrects a few issues. Note that the Arcade Authentic version is not the same as the Deluxe Pack. The Dragon's Lair 20th Anniversary Special Edition is XP compatible.

1UP · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2004, 01:31:00 am »

It's much better to rip the DVDs and use Daphne. A much more arcade authentic experience, and it also works seamlessly with your favorite frontend!

GGKoul · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2004, 01:35:31 am »

I'm mainly looking to get Time Traveller. And as far as I know, that doesn't work in Daphane.

Also, I want to get Drug Wars.

GroovyTuesdaY · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2004, 03:51:24 am »

I agree that daphne is THE way to go! Not sure if it supports the games you are wanting to run though. I couldn't beleive how fast space ace and dragons lair ran off the hard drive.....WOW.

groovY~

tuttle · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2004, 08:46:12 pm »

Could you all explain or point me in the right direction for DAPHNE and how I go about getting Dragon's Lair. I purchased the 20th Anniversary of Dragon's LAir from Digital Leisure and am awaiting arrival, but am concerned that this may have not been the right way to go based on your comments of DAPHNE. Thanks!

GroovyTuesdaY · « **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2004, 10:11:43 pm »

No, you are fine with the 20'th anniv. set. Actually your better off having that set because there are some scenes added into that set that were previously deleted scenes.

Here is the link for the daphne web site. Make sure you read the directions TO THE LETTER once you get your DVD set.

http://www.daphne-emu.com/

Good luck,
GroovY~

tuttle · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2004, 06:08:14 am »

I purchased the (20th Anniversary) sold on CD-ROM http://www.digitalleisure.com/pr/pr031105.html , is this going to be an issue with DAPHNE? If so, any ideas? Also, where does one go to find mpeg2 and roms for other laserdisc games?

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2004, 08:50:45 am »

i never used daphne, but I think you have to rip the roms and mpeg stuff off the CD. saying where to download roms of them, would be pirating.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2004, 11:23:24 am »

Actually the ROMs for Daphne are easy to find.

Buying the 20th Anniversary DVD is actually the best way to get the mpegs for Dragon's Lair. There is a conversion process to rip t5he mpegs from the DVD's.

GroovyTuesdaY · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2004, 12:35:17 pm »

This is where people get confused when it comes to daphne and mpeg games. The MPEG clips (aka the game) is ripped from the dvd.
The "ROMS" are NOT the game itself. The roms are just instructions from the computer that told the laser disc player where to jump to after you made a move with the joystick in the game.

So, the ROMS are prefectly legal to download and there is a link from daphne site where you can get several versions of the roms for space ace and dragons lair. The mpegs you have to rip off of the dvd's. Like i said up top, the 20'th anniv. set is the best one to rip from because of the deleted scenes they added back into the games.

Hope this clears it up a little

groovY~

tuttle · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2004, 11:18:34 pm »

You all mentioned ripping the DVDs, but I have purchased the CD-ROM version. Is it they same process to make the mpegs available for DAPHNE off of CDROM? Appreciate the help!

Techoverload · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2004, 11:30:33 pm »

I pm'd ya.......... and yes the cdrom version you cant do a direct rip to use in daphne as they have already compressed the file to mpeg on the cd.....which means (if I am not mistaken) you would have to convert it back to dvd somehow since this is what daphne needs because it is emulating the original laser disc machine

The daphne site explains how to convert the digital leasure dvd's and how to convert the original laser discs but nothing on cd's

GroovyTuesdaY · « **Reply #13 on:** February 17, 2004, 11:43:46 pm »

Far as i know the cd-rom versions are not compatible with daphne, however someone may correct me on that. Sign up and visit the daphne forums and from there you can ask questions about cd-rom versions or just do a search on their forum and see if that question has already been asked.

groovy~:D

Rocky · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2004, 09:05:08 am »

Actually, you can use the CD version in Daphne. It is totally unsupported by them. Someone made a conversion utility for it, but the graphics are really bad, nothing like the DVD version.

However, if you want to test Daphne and have an old CD version, then it is good to test with.

Rocky

hulkster · « **Reply #15 on:** February 19, 2004, 04:58:31 pm »

okay this may be a stupid question, but do i have to have a dvd burner to rip the mpegs off the dvds? or can i just use my cd burner?

crashwg · « **Reply #16 on:** February 19, 2004, 05:33:28 pm »

You'll need a dvd ROM.

hulkster · « **Reply #17 on:** February 19, 2004, 05:38:36 pm »

okay, so dvd rom drive, but not dvd burner? i have a dvd/cd rom drive with a cd burner....ill be able to rip them with that?

knuttz · « **Reply #18 on:** February 19, 2004, 06:32:29 pm »

Quote from: hulkster081 on February 19, 2004, 05:38:36 pm

okay, so dvd rom drive, but not dvd burner? i have a dvd/cd rom drive with a cd burner....ill be able to rip them with that?

You are correct hulkster. You only need to read the DVD's with a DVD-ROM drive. You don't have to burn any disks.

hulkster · « **Reply #19 on:** February 19, 2004, 06:41:30 pm »

sweet, okay so what i could do is buy the dvd games from digital leisure, rip them to my hard drive, then download the rom images from the daphne or other sites, and then put combine them in mamewah or some other frontend?


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