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Good news everyone!

DAISHIDAISHI
edited September 2011 in General Chat
You just read this in my voice!

No but seriously, I've got Black Cauldron running on my computer. Thinking of doing a let's play :)
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  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited September 2011
    I actually read that in the Prof voice from Futurama
  • JohroJohro
    edited September 2011
    Irishmile wrote: »
    I actually read that in the Prof voice from Futurama

    ditto. Thought this was about the season 6 finale from thursday.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited September 2011
    NO NO!!! NO!!!! I read it no voice or my own, or no voice.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    YOU'RE Billy West?! What are you doing, hanging out on the TTG forums?
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited September 2011
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    YOU'RE Billy West?! What are you doing, hanging out on the TTG forums?

    Is that where we are!? I've been abducted by aliens! How in the hell did I get there!?

    :eek:
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    doodo! wrote: »
    Is that where we are!? I've been abducted by aliens! How in the hell did I get there!?

    :eek:

    QUICK! Take some blurry photographs or no one will ever believe you!
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited September 2011
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    QUICK! Take some blurry photographs or no one will ever believe you!

    YES, I have no print screen button! I'm on a Bootcamp Macbook! :eek:
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    doodo! wrote: »
    YES, I have no print screen button! I'm on a Bootcamp Macbook! :eek:

    You have Grab! Right? RIGHT?
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited September 2011
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    You have Grab! Right? RIGHT?

    No...no...it's over, it's all over. Maybe I can pick up a souvenir for some where.

    I got you! You're coming with me, muahahah!

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    I got you! I GOT YOU! No one on the forums can hear you SCREAM!!! MUAHAHAHAH!

    You're coming with me, my pretty! You're evidence. (We have the same star sign, I was born oct 16th.
  • ProfanityProfanity Banned
    edited September 2011
    Well this has taken an interesting turn.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited September 2011
    Profanity wrote: »
    Well this has taken an interesting turn.


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    I GOT You, too. HAHA!

    I will take you aboard the mother ship. ( I do believe in aliens or the great possibility, just joking around)
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    doodo! wrote: »
    We have the same star sign, I was born oct 16th.

    Wait...that's my brother's birthday...

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  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited September 2011
    I KNEW when I made this thread it would turn into a discussion about Futurama before being one about the Black Cauldron XD but that's because of the voice phenomenon xD

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    Incidentally what's good software for capturing your screen?
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited September 2011
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    Wait...that's my brother's birthday...

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    WHAT!? How can this be? Gophers have never stopped to stare at me like this before!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GODwu3vWJg&feature=related
    :guybrush:
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    doodo! wrote: »
    WHAT!? How can this be? Gophers have never stopped to stare at me like this before!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GODwu3vWJg&feature=related
    :guybrush:

    That's okay. They still haven't.

    That was a chipmunk.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited September 2011
    How are you running it? In DOSBox? ScummVM? If you're going to do a let's play then get the settings right. It annoys me to no end sometimes when people run games in their at less than optimum settings in the way they were meant to be played, which is ridiculous when you can easily set it up the way it's supposed to be. lol

    In ScummVM the sound has to be set to IBM PCjr and the graphics to EGA and also make sure aspect ratio correction is checked. If you're running in DOSBox then edit the conf file and make sure machine mode is set to Tandy and aspect correction is set to TRUE.

    If you used Collector's installer/patch from Sierrahelp.com then it's already good to go.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited September 2011
    It's dosbox. The game is running at the speed I remember. Not sure about drawing the images but I'll double check things.

    At any rate... Screen cap software?
  • DrRocketGeniusDrRocketGenius
    edited September 2011
    Why not Zoidberg?
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited September 2011
    DrRocketGenius wrote: »
    Why not Zoidberg?

    Why, God in heaven Zoiberg, is more like it...what ever possessed man to create Zoidberg?

    I'm just kidding. I like all the Futurama characters.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited September 2011
    CTRL+F5 takes a screenshot in DOSBox. Saves it to the "capture" folder.
  • supmandude85supmandude85
    edited September 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1cap6yETA
  • DrRocketGeniusDrRocketGenius
    edited September 2011
    doodo! wrote: »
    I like all the Futurama characters.

    Especially Zoidberg?
  • Martin McFlyMartin McFly
    edited September 2011
    doodo! wrote: »
    WHAT!? How can this be? Gophers have never stopped to stare at me like this before!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GODwu3vWJg&feature=related
    :guybrush:
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    That's okay. They still haven't.

    That was a chipmunk.

    You're both wrong; it's a prairie dog. *smug expression*

    ...

    What was this thread about again?
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    Martin McFly wrote: »
    You're both wrong; it's a prairie dog. *smug expression*

    Then why does it say "Dramatic Chipmunk" on the clip description? HA! I rest my case!

    It was time for its siesta anyways.
    What was this thread about again?

    I don't even know.
  • Martin McFlyMartin McFly
    edited September 2011
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    Then why does it say "Dramatic Chipmunk" on the clip description? HA! I rest my case!

    It was time for its siesta anyways.

    Dramatic Chipmunk, also known by the more accurate title Dramatic Prairie Dog, is a popular Internet comedy viral video. The video is a five-second clip of the "chipmunk" (actually a prairie dog) turning its head while the camera zooms in and dramatic music is played.

    Source: Wikipedia

    Allow me to express my current emotion in a comedically oversized image.

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  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    Martin McFly wrote: »
    Dramatic Chipmunk, also known by the more accurate title Dramatic Prairie Dog, is a popular Internet comedy viral video. The video is a five-second clip of the "chipmunk" (actually a prairie dog) turning its head while the camera zooms in and dramatic music is played.

    Source: Wikipedia

    Allow me to express my current emotion in a comedically oversized image.

    Allow ME to express my current emotion in an equally oversized image.

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    I concede defeat. The field is yours, commander.
  • ScnewScnew
    edited September 2011
    Well, I think it's safe to say that you probably ruined your chances for actually getting this thread to talk about anything you want them to talk about.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    Scnew wrote: »
    Well, I think it's safe to say that you probably ruined your chances for actually getting this thread to talk about anything you want them to talk about.

    Wait. This thread was about something?!

    -reads original post-

    Ohhhhhhh...I loved the book, The Black Cauldron, but I didn't know there was a game about them. A Let's Play would be pretty interesting, I suppose, since then I'd be able to see what the whole thing was about.
  • ScnewScnew
    edited September 2011
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    Wait. This thread was about something?!

    -reads original post-

    Ohhhhhhh...I loved the book, The Black Cauldron, but I didn't know there was a game about them. A Let's Play would be pretty interesting, I suppose, since then I'd be able to see what the whole thing was about.

    I loved The Black Cauldron too. The book that is. There were several of them, right? It's been ages, I want to say I was in middle school when I read them.

    Anywho, the Sierra game is, I believe, based on the Disney movie that was based on the books. I vaguely remember that I played it, ages ago, but beyond that I can't recall how it actually was.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    Scnew wrote: »
    I loved The Black Cauldron too. The book that is. There were several of them, right? It's been ages, I want to say I was in middle school when I read them.

    Anywho, the Sierra game is, I believe, based on the Disney movie that was based on the books. I vaguely remember that I played it, ages ago, but beyond that I can't recall how it actually was.

    Yeah, there was a whole series. But I remember that the reason I read the series was because I thought The Black Cauldron was a really cool title, but I didn't want to start in the middle of the story.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited September 2011
    Okay guys.


    Let's draw it in.

    I WANT TO MAKE A LETS PLAY ABOUT THE BLACK CAULDRON GAME.

    I need software to do it. I think CamStudio is what I'm looking at right now.

    In the Lets Play I want to discuss the books. As you should have inferred right now, I'm of the scholarly bent/well read sort. I want to discuss the books in my Lets Play.

    An informative, educational Let's Play? Yes. That's what happens when you do a let's play made by a researcher/teacher/instructor/professor.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    I, for one, would appreciate comparisons to the books. For one thing, I can barely remember what they were about. Except that I think at one point a dwarf or a midget throws him/herself in the cauldron to destroy it, but they also died at the same time. Made an impression me as a kid, but my memory's fairly faulty.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited September 2011
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    I, for one, would appreciate comparisons to the books. For one thing, I can barely remember what they were about. Except that I think at one point a dwarf or a midget throws him/herself in the cauldron to destroy it, but they also died at the same time. Made an impression me as a kid, but my memory's fairly faulty.

    That's from the second book and it's not a dwarf. That's from the movie and it's Gurgi. But the point of both sacrifices is fairly equitable.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    DAISHI wrote: »
    That's from the second book and it's not a dwarf. That's from the movie and it's Gurgi. But the point of both sacrifices is fairly equitable.

    I never watched the movie, so I have no idea why I remembered a dwarf. I guess I just decided that Gurgi was a dwarf...or something. I don't know. I also used to think that Draco Malfoy had black hair, that the Turkish Delight in the Narnia books was actually tempura, and that Bilbo Baggins was some sort of insect.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited September 2011
    hahaha. Well Gurgi is in all the books, and he's a short semi human. He makes the sacrifice in the game/movie. in the book its different but its still a close character and its for the same purpose. Oooh if only I made a let's play to talk about it! :D
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited September 2011
    Well, I suppose that in any case it's high time that I reread those books just to remember what I forgot. After I finish the book I'm currently reading, though. It's far too good to put down.

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  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited September 2011
    Ok I think camstudio is working and will begin a let's play soon.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited September 2011
    Camstudio sucks. Looking again.

    Also: Thanks to MI for the hint about setting the machine to tandy. The musical enhancements are awesome.
  • JohroJohro
    edited September 2011
    I usually use SnagIt... but yeah, it's not free.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited September 2011
    Well the new problem is recording game audio and USB microphone audio simultaneously XD I'll get this worked out one day.
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