tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post8200059197709219285..comments2024-03-27T05:39:24.505-04:00Comments on Nerdly Pleasures: Cajoling Sierra and LucasArts Games to Play Tandy Sound on a Non-Tandy SystemGreat Hierophanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04409413307024477304noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-55759488195465134562017-09-28T23:29:11.712-04:002017-09-28T23:29:11.712-04:00Found a bug in 1.0 of AGI Interpreter Upgrader whi...Found a bug in 1.0 of AGI Interpreter Upgrader which detects 2.43x games as newer than 2.917. The link above now contains version 1.1 which fixes this bug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-51895949688593934902017-09-18T16:15:11.838-04:002017-09-18T16:15:11.838-04:00Great work. An increasing number of vintage compu...Great work. An increasing number of vintage computing enthusiasts now use real Tandy 1000s, and this program will allow them to play the AGI games even if they have an EGA or VGA card installed in their systems without graphics corruption.Great Hierophanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04409413307024477304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-28720924181262629072017-09-16T20:21:08.458-04:002017-09-16T20:21:08.458-04:00Just to close the loop, the AGI Interpreter Upgrad...Just to close the loop, the AGI Interpreter Upgrader is now available on the Sierrahelp Wiki:<br />http://agiwiki.sierrahelp.com/index.php?title=AGI_Interpreter_Upgrader<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-88200618582867131282017-09-09T13:15:14.546-04:002017-09-09T13:15:14.546-04:00While I did write AGI Disk Free! Decryptor (and re...While I did write AGI Disk Free! Decryptor (and released it on Sierrahelp.com a few years back), that program just decrypts the AGI file into an executable and does not change the interpreter version.<br /><br />This program is different in that it is not a decryption engine. It just writes the .OVL, .COM and AGI files for interpreter 2.917 into the game directory (backing up the originals), and then patches AGI with the correct game ID instead of having to manually use a hex editor. Since the Sierra demo packs use a decrypted AGI already, decryption wasn't required.<br /><br />It was actually this article that inspired me to write the tool, as I couldn't figure out why some of my AGI games were messed up when I forced Tandy sound with "-t" while running on a VGA based system. After manually upgrading the interpreter and hex editing AGI, I decided to write a tool to automate the process.<br /><br />Based on your comments, I'll probably release this to the public. Thanks again for the amazing blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-65999554159009689072017-09-08T21:42:51.387-04:002017-09-08T21:42:51.387-04:00That is the AGI Disk Free! Decryptor 1.1 I believe...That is the AGI Disk Free! Decryptor 1.1 I believe? That is a great program. There is probably a good argument that the tool is copyright infringing, but no one is going to care if you distribute a tool to cracking older versions of these ancient AGI games. Great Hierophanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04409413307024477304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-54536271207096692292017-09-07T23:06:33.544-04:002017-09-07T23:06:33.544-04:00Hello,
Not sure if you are still reading comment...Hello, <br /><br />Not sure if you are still reading comments for these old posts, but I wrote a small tool that can upgrade interpreters 2.411,2.435,2.439,2.440 and 2.915 to 2.917, along with patching AGI with the correct game id. The tool uses the interpreter files from an old AGI demo (i.e. AGI is unencrypted), and has them compiled straight into the code as byte arrays in order to allow the program to be distributed as only a single .exe.<br /><br />I did this so I can play pre 2.917 AGI games using Tandy sound on my Covox using Temu. Certainly it's possible to find versions of these games with later interpreters, but I had the original disks for some games that were pre 2.917.<br /><br />Would distributing this program be considered in any way a violation of copyright, or are these old AGI demo files now in a grey area?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-56121370368500785082015-11-07T19:57:27.745-05:002015-11-07T19:57:27.745-05:00http://sierrahelp.com/Utilities/SoundUtilities/AGI...http://sierrahelp.com/Utilities/SoundUtilities/AGI-MIDI.html<br />I've been meaning to try this patch for a couple of months and reading this made me think of it. It lets you play Tandy 3 Voice AGI Sierra games with MIDI instead, specifically it seems only to work with a MT-32 compatible synth. I feel like he could have gone for a wider choice but I'm grateful all the same. Is this something you'd be interested in trying?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793813912562536494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-30787466036837015142015-08-22T12:38:18.654-04:002015-08-22T12:38:18.654-04:00Looks like there is an easy way to decrypt AGI now...Looks like there is an easy way to decrypt AGI now without needing the keydisk:<br />http://www.sierrahelp.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=4212Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com