Re: Duke Nukem 3d in XP

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From: JBM (jmanning95_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 16:25:33 -0600

"TheOneTheyCallNeo" <TheOneTheyCallNeo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I have theold duke 32 ATOMIC for DOS and everytime I install the game and
>go
> to the setup screen to setup sound and stuff, I select the Sound Blaster
> device for my sound FX output, but the sound is all choppy when it tests.
> However, I can slect the General Midi seleciton for the music, and when I
> test music, it sounds just fine! Then, when I try to play the game through
> dos or by double-clicking the program itself, it always goes thru the
> motions
> and then quits. Can anyone help me with this??
>
> I have other problems with the classic Mechwarrior II games, more posts on
> those tho :)

Maybe something here will help. http://dukenews.fragland.net/portal/
Its been awhile, but I've used the JonoF's port in single player,
don't know about multiplayer.

Jim M

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