| Swimtent |
I remember playing a LOT of sierra games when I was a lad. Some of my favorite passtimes were the Island of Dr. Brain series and Jones in the Fast Lane. Were these games made with SCI? Thanks, Swimtent |
| AGI1122 | Yes they where. |
| Omer Mor | Even the first 4 Hoyle Games were SCI ... What an amazing game engine ... |
| Omer Mor |
I want to correct myself: The first 5 hoyle games were SCI! BTW - does any1 here knows the latter Dr. Brain games? There are 2 knowns games: (a) "The Castle of Dr. Brain", and (b) "The Island of Dr. Brain", and they're both SCI, but I once read that there are more less known games in this series such as "Lost Mind of Dr. Brain" and "The Time Warp of Dr. Brain". I wonder if those games are also SCI, and if anyone here has them... ? |
| Ian |
I don't believe the last two in the series were developed using SCI. I did play Time Warp of Doctor Brain once, and I saw the other in action, and they seemed to be simply native Win32 applications, with full 32-bit colour. In any case, they were released around the time KQ7 came out (IIRC), and that wasn't SCI, was it? Ian |
| MusicallyInspired | oh no. KQ7 was SCI....but it was a later version called SCI32. but still SCI |
| Omer Mor |
yeah .. LSL7 is SCI and it has an interface similar to Torin's Passage - Another SCI game. Ian: do you thing you can get any one of those Dr. Brain games again? I don't think I wanna buy those games just to find out .. :-) |
| Grover | I know that the last two doctor brain games were not SCI--they looked nothing like the first two, or any other SCI game, for that matter. Plus they were awful and a real waste of time. |
| Omer Mor |
Looks can be deceiving. SCI does not define the interface of the game. You could even make SCUMM-like games in SCI. KQ7 & Torin's passage looks very different from other SCI games but they are indeed SCI, so we need more evidence to be certain that the last 2 Dr. Brain games are not SCI. |
| Grover |
Well, in any event, they were awful, and they're some of the only sierra games i've actually regretted playing. So unless you can get em free without causing yourself a lot of trouble, I'd say this is one mystery best left unsolved Grover |
| Omer Mor |
:) |
| mr-t | Those Hoyle's card games would give Dr. Brain a run for his money. Either that, or I need to get into virtual gambling :-\ |
| Dave |
I've got the "Lost Mind of Dr. Brain" CD right here actually. I'm new to this board, don't really know much about SCI (though I'm finding all this quite facinating). But if you'd like me to check something for you with the game, just let me know, what files to look for and whatnot. Dave |
| Omer Mor |
great. actually as a start it'll be cool if you just post here the listing of the files in this game. you can just go to a dos box, go the the games directory, and type this command: dir > dir.txtthis will create a new text file called DIR.TXT, and all you need to do is to open it and copy & paste it's contents to the board. I'm sorry if this detailed description insults your intelligence, but many people don't know today how to work in dos so I wanted to be on the safe side. :P |
| Dave |
Yup, I know DOS, no offense taken :-) Here's the directory listing. Taking a quick look at those files, I'd guess this is not an SCI games, but then I don't know enough to make a good judgement. Looks like the entire game is on the root of the CD. Volume in drive E is DR Volume Serial Number is 5750-7105 Directory of E:\ 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 5,387,776 0DREAM01.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 7,901,696 0DREAM02.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 9,769,216 0GLOBAL.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 14,753,792 0MAZE01.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 17,072,128 0MAZE02.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 17,162,752 0MAZE03.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 348,672 0SONG01.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 189,696 0SONG02.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 229,888 0SONG03.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 389,888 0SONG04.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 208,384 0SONG05.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 215,808 0SONG06.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 394,752 0SONG07.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 285,952 0SONG08.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 237,568 0SONG09.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 245,248 0SONG10.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 533,248 0SONG11.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 475,392 0SONG12.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 584,704 0SONG13.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 451,072 0SONG14.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 573,696 0SONG15.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 648,192 0SONG16.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 533,504 0SONG17.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 411,392 0SONG18.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 722,944 0SONG19.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 594,944 0SONG20.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 966,400 0SONG21.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 1,079,040 0SONG22.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 1,330,944 0SONG23.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 954,880 0SONG24.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 1,014,272 0SONG25.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 1,037,056 0SONG26.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 1,059,072 0SONG27.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 1,252,096 0SONG28.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 1,445,376 0SONG29.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 1,074,176 0SONG30.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 108,288 1TOOLBAR.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 11,644,963 24001.SND 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 416,512 2SIERRA.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 454,656 3LOGO.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 1,177,856 4NEWRES.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 9,071,104 5INTRO.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 16,654,336 6LAB.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 4,517,632 7FINAL.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 57,344 8DEMO.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 7,615,744 9CAD.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 13,195,520 9CLEFT.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 4,421,632 9DREAM.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 14,017,280 9FILE.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 7,907,840 9MAZE.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 16,697,088 9MUSIC.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 13,558,016 9PENTODE.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 9,908,480 9PROGRAM.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 9,258,496 9TRAIN.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 12,401,152 9WORD.DLL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 49 AUTORUN.INF 02/28/1995 07:17 AM <DIR> BOOTDISK 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 506,080 DRBRAIN3.EXE 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 1,908 FUN.BAT 02/28/1995 07:17 AM <DIR> HELPDIR 02/28/1995 07:17 AM <DIR> INN 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 1,908 INN.BAT 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 484 LANGUAGE.INF 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 110 ROMMAKER._AU 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 25,888 SETUP.EXE 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 270,245 SETUP.SOL 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 970 SIERRA.INF 02/27/1995 04:00 PM 3,170 WHAT.EXE 65 File(s) 245,430,367 bytes 3 Dir(s) 0 bytes free |
| Omer Mor |
Thanks man. It's looks like you're right and it's not SCI. It was good though to check... |
| John |
Omer Mor wrote: Does this mean that with the new SCI studio VGA we could make games similar to LSL7??? That would be sweet!!!! |
| AGI1122 | LSL7 is SCI32. Brian is however making a SCI1 game maker so making an SCI32 game won't be possible with this version of SCI VGA that is coming out. |