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introduction to Ultima VIII: Pagan on a Compaq Presario 425 with Roland Sound Canvas SC-55 (dialup.cafe)

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introduction to Ultima VIII: Pagan on a Compaq Presario 425 with Roland Sound Canvas SC-55

the colour palette is incredibly high contrast - shockingly so on a real CRT. it is impossible to replicate that vibrancy on modern LED monitors.

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The introduction shows the avatar being tossed into the sea of tears by the guardian’s big red hand, in front of the island of morgaelin.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

the dot pitch on this monitor produces a very comfy weave of pixels

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The avatar stands near the corner of a stone house, where a gargoyle drips water out of a cornerstone onto the ground nearby. The camera is very close to the CRT showing individual phosphors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

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That's why we need those 4k hdr monitors to simulate this in a shader.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

@[email protected] Absolutely lovely. U8 has such a banging soundtrack on a quality card/synth, it's unreal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

@[email protected] Oh yeah, loved it back in the day on my SB32 (cut down version of AWE32) with memory upgrade. Music was fantastic, visuals great and all these magic schools and dark rituals that it makes you perform were badass. Only when I replayed the game years later i realized how unfinished broken mess the game is. Still, unique game and AFAIR it required a bit of tinkering to free enough ram to run.