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Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 1:55 pm
by Tawmis
Took the first two screens; and made them one; copied the gun shot and added a few more.
Side note - I never realized the gunshots (where they land) is random. It was different each time I loaded the game.
Re: Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:12 pm
by notbobsmith
I couldn't tell you how many times I've played this. Yep. The bullet holes are random.
Re: Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:27 pm
by Tawmis
I never caught that - but had to run the game back to back twice to grab those two screen shots and noticed the holes were different locations!
Kind of a cool little thing! It wasn't just programed to always show the same shots.
Re: Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:42 am
by Rath Darkblade
Am I the only one who liked the EGA version better than the VGA one? I think it had a charm that the VGA one didn't.
Re: Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 11:40 am
by Tawmis
I think my problem with the EGA (which we were discussing in the "Blue Force Wallpaper" thread, is driving in the car in EGA is insanely unforgiving... I remember saving literally every 30 seconds....)
Re: Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:41 pm
by notbobsmith
I liked the EGA version better, but might be my nostalgia talking.
Re: Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:02 pm
by Tawmis
notbobsmith wrote: ↑Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:41 pm
I liked the EGA version better, but might be my nostalgia talking.
I enjoyed the EGA version; but the stupid controls of this tiny line and how easy it was to crash if you turned "right" too soon... made it painful.
Re: Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:51 am
by MusicallyInspired
PQ1AGI is my favourite driving style actually. Because it's so freeing and let's you go absolutely wherever you want to go. It felt like a really early GTA or something.
I enjoyed obeying the traffic laws all on my own and getting punished when I ignored them (sometimes on purpose).
Re: Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 3:27 am
by Tawmis
MusicallyInspired wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:51 am
PQ1AGI is my favourite driving style actually. Because it's so freeing and let's you go absolutely wherever you want to go. It felt like a really early GTA or something.
I enjoyed obeying the traffic laws all on my own and getting punished when I ignored them (sometimes on purpose).
That's what NBS said, about the EGA driving. I found it to be a headache. lol
Re: Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:28 pm
by Rath Darkblade
Hmm. I noticed that driving in PQ1 EGA is easier if you use the keypad, rather than the up/down/left/right keys. *nod* It's also easier if you turn the speed down.
Re: Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:36 pm
by notbobsmith
Back in the day on my Tandy 1000, I played it with a TRS-80 joystick and got to be pretty good at driving with it. After many, many years it finally failed and I had to get used to the cursor keys.
Re: Police Quest 1 (EGA) Wallpaper
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:51 pm
by MusicallyInspired
I love that joystick. I have 3 of them for my Coco3.