Callahans Crosstime Saloon

[Tom Henrik]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review and Download (if available) (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/297)

[Johnny Guest]

The review mentions something called the "Star Trek cantina." The cantina, of course, was in "Star Wars." I don't have a problem with it, but I know some otherwise very nice people who do. :D

[jellydrop]

Thanks for this very cool looking game. I love this type of game and it was a great review. Really made me want to try it.

I downloaded it last night and tried it today using dosbox (boxer start). I tried using the setup.bat as per the instructions within the zip file,but got a message "unable to delete pic.ace". There does not appeat to be this file within the zip.

When I try to open it without using the setup - just using the css.exe file it appears to start to load and the initial screen with the games name appears, then just a black screen.

I tried using the setsound.exe and it said sound blaster was detected, but when I tried to use the css.exe file I got a message "unable to allocate memory for sound/voice directory cache."

Hmm... Anyone else having this problem or any ideas of a fix.

Thanks.

[Tom Henrik]

Originally posted by Johnny Guest@Nov 17 2004, 09:03 PM
The review mentions something called the "Star Trek cantina." The cantina, of course, was in "Star Wars." I don't have a problem with it, but I know some otherwise very nice people who do. :D
Actually, no.

It is the Star Trek Cantina. :ok:

[Omuletzu]

Hey great game, can't wait to try it on ;)
Great job u little smurf :Brain:

[Deckard]

I get the same error message about the game being unable to allocate memory for the sound/voice directory cache.

I use DOSBox or VDMSound.

Anybody managed to figure this one out?

Thanks in advance... Much obliged.

Deckard

[Mor Koren]

As for the "Memory Cache" problem, two steps solution:

1. Run Setsound with Vdmsound and select "No Digital Audio".

2. Run Ccs.exe with Vdmsound and there you go...

[Allen]

Hmm... this bar sounds familiar to the one in the Discworld novels... :)

[Timpsi]

By the way, the Callahan books of Spider Robinson are very nice. They can get a little repetitive, but when enjoyed bit by bit every now and then they are preciously excellent and leave a nice, warm feeling down in the cockles.

http://www.spiderrobinson.com/

[skestel]

I can't get this game to work with sound. I have tried using vdms, but it doesn't work either. thanks!

[DonCorleone]

same with me!

[aiat_gamer]

ok,now i had the same problem,but it got solved by it self,i dont know exactly wat i did,but the first time i played it with sound,the second time i ran it there was no sound!!i earased it and the sound was back!!!

nnow,i cant get past the riddles on the very begining,the riddles are diffrent forom wats on the walkthrough.

[Padmé]

OMG, there is sound ?
I´ve been playing this GREAT game for a while now using dosbox and never even considered the possibility of existing sound, how odd.
how can i turn it on ?
:bye:

[Guest]

Originally posted by Tom Henrik+Nov 18 2004, 07:55 AM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Tom Henrik @ Nov 18 2004, 07:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-Johnny Guest@Nov 17 2004, 09:03 PM
The review mentions something called the "Star Trek cantina."* The cantina, of course, was in "Star Wars."* I don't have a problem with it, but I know some otherwise very nice people who do.* :D
Actually, no.

It is the Star Trek Cantina. :ok: [/b][/quote]
I didn't know there is a cantina in Star Trek. I do know that there is a cantina in Star Wars. Anyway, no problem, since I like both Star Wars and Star Trek :D

A question: in HOTU the size of the game is roughly 68MB, lower than the size here. I take it the version here includes speech (which is removed in HOTU version)?

[Tom Henrik]

Nope.

Difference is ZIP and RAR ;)

[Guest]

Huh? Both are in .zip format if I'm not mistaken. Anyway, I downloaded the version here last night. I will play it later tonight :ok:

[Guest]

The game freezes everytime I try to enter the Casimir's bar in downtown Transylvania. Anybody else experiences this?

[rabadi]

Originally posted by Guest@Feb 15 2005, 11:38 AM
The game freezes everytime I try to enter the Casimir's bar in downtown Transylvania. Anybody else experiences this?
I am currently playing this game. Mine did not freeze when I try to enter that bar, though. It freezed at some other points. However usually when I restart the game and load latest saved game, it works fine.

There is this patch for the game that can be downloade here: http://www.mysterymanor.net/pafiledb/pafil...tion=file&id=36 (http://www.mysterymanor.net/pafiledb/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=36)

I haven't tried that patch yet since it states the previous saved games will be obsolete and I'm too lazy to start over from the beginning, so I can't guarantee that patch will solve the problem or whether it will work at all.

Anyway, nice game. It does run painfully slow in DOSBox (with 8000 cycles) in my low end machine, but a nice game nevertheless.

[rabadi]

Uhmm.... it seems like speech is not the only thing missing from the archive. I reach the point where Stonebender guy was telling the doctor about his family. I think there should be a movie at that point. Since the movie is ripped from the archive, can someone tell me what exactly happened to his family?

[rabadi]

Finally finished it last night after a long delay. Not bad, though I still prefer earlier Legend Entertainment games such as Death Gate and Shannara. I still don't know what happened with Stonebender's family since the movie is ripped.

Anyway, I would give 3 out of 5 rating for this game :ok:

[HelmutB]

Hello,

the difference is not ZIP and RAR. Underdogs got the Original without Speech. The difference is the file pic.ace which contains the 52 picturefiles. You have to unpack it with SETUP.BAT . All files are identical.

There is no digital audio because speech is missing. You should select and configure MIDI music driver in SETSOUND.EXE to get sound.

So long

[HelmutB]

Hello,

there is a problem with the patch 1.0.0 -> 1.0.1 :

There is this patch for the game that can be downloade here: http://www.mysterymanor.net/pafiledb/pafil...tion=file&id=36

I haven't tried that patch yet since it states the previous saved games will be obsolete and I'm too lazy to start over from the beginning, so I can't guarantee that patch will solve the problem or whether it will work at all.

Applying MODIFY File patch for CSS.EXE : Invalid copy of file found. No update can be done.

So long

[Guest_Joe]

Originally posted by Mor Koren@Jan 22 2005, 04:20 PM
As for the "Memory Cache" problem, two steps solution:

1. Run Setsound with Vdmsound and select "No Digital Audio".

2. Run Ccs.exe with Vdmsound and there you go...
Of course running it with no sound will fix a sound-related error!

You're an *** no insults! -strobe. He wants to know how to fix the problem AND run it with sound.

I'm having the same problem and I have no idea how to fix it. The problem is duplicated with DOSBox, VDMSound, and running it native in WinXP... Always ""unable to allocate memory for sound/voice directory cache." It's getting on my nerves.

[squishy]

:help: ..I'm in the spaceship in the emitter room and this is driving me mad... I know what I should be doing, give the tool to Noah..but where the hell is he physically? When I click on things in the room he gives reactions so he is in the room, but I can't see him anywhere and his picture at the bottom is gone so I don't know how to hand the tool to him! I hope someone can tell me how I can move on.

[squishy]

nevermind I've restored a game and tried again and he's there now..must have been a bug in the game.

[Guest]

***no insults! -strobe

[Letícia]

hello

loved everything about the game, but it's running horribly slowly.
does anybody happen to know an easy way around that?

thanks...

[A. J. Raffles]

Are you running it in DOSBox or in Windows?

[Guest]

Anyone figure out the sound problem yet?

[Letícia]

tks for replying.
DOS box.
dunno how to get it to run on XP...

[Guest_DAlexanderNC]

What is VDMSound or VDMS?

I'm trying to play this game as well and I'm getting the memory cache problem. Unfortunately since I don't know what VDMSound is I'm kinda' having problems understanding the fixes. Help? :)

[DAlexanderNC]

Okay, I'm not so sure the VDMSound thing matters so much anymore. I did what was suggested earlier and only applied MIDI Sound. Is there digital sound for this game? After a couple of the other posts I'm confused.

Anyway, now that I've done this the music is very choppy. Also, the game loads VERY slowly. It loaded incredibly slow before the music setup. Since the load time was not altered by the addition of music, I do not believe the two to be linked.

I'm running the program in DOSBox on a WinXP system. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Dan Alexander

[twillight]

Sound:
the base setings are no sound at all.
Switch to different needs run setsound.bat(?) Than run ccs.
On weaker PC-s can have low cash. By a better machine or just leave this option.
I work on a 450MHZ and can run it with MIDI (background music). So no speech or FX, but it sound good.
Sound card setting: use autodetect. If any point said that card is not avaiable try another. Or try manual settings (I always have trubble with that).

Where is the ally party member (Noah on space ship or so) ~physically:
place the mouse on the down of the screen. his/her face will appear. To give anything to them klick on item than klik on the face (or other items or...)


:help: Question: how to complete with the maintenance-bot?
I wear fake teeth, fake eyes (cantact lense), the suit, 4 glowes, can indicate the scan (with the UFO's car-key), vut no "refreshment", and can"t ask Noah operate the other two "hand) - accorded to the manual.
What I do wrong? :blink:

[Guest_Blitz]

I'm tying to run this in dosbox.. but the ccs file is not even recognized in the dir. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by Guest_Blitz@Nov 24 2005, 06:44 PM
I'm tying to run this in dosbox.. but the ccs file is not even recognized in the dir. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Silly question, but have you extracted the archive?

[Guest]

LOL... yes... i've mounted my drive properly in dosbox, when i type DIR, ccs does not show up. Could you give me the exact commands you use to run this in dosbox? Thanks.

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by Guest@Nov 24 2005, 10:24 PM
LOL... yes... i've mounted my drive properly in dosbox, when i type DIR, ccs does not show up. Could you give me the exact commands you use to run this in dosbox? Thanks.
Hmm, strange. And you are quite sure you have placed it in the correct folder (i.e. C:\DOS\CDRIVE\[whatever the folder is called])?

[twillight]

:help: I ask again and hoping the last time:

how to deal with the maintenance-bot on the satellite? :help:

parts unsolved according to the manual:
- where is and what is the "refresment"?
- how to ask Noah to handle the other two arms?
:help: :help: :help: :help: :help:

[Guest]

where is and what is the "refresment"?

The refreshment is a pine-tree hanging in the Squish ship. Dont know about problems with Noah, though. Try again with "refreshment"

[twillight]

Ok, I made it.

Now I try to find the glasscuter and the marker. Well, maybe after X-mass-destruction

[anonymous coward]

Trying to run this game in linux using DOSBox. It runs slow to the point of being frustrating to play. How are the rest of you running this? I have an XP partition and can install there if need be.
Game looks great otherwise. Would really like to get this running properly.

[Ignite]

Try mod the config file, and turn up the clock cycles, used by DOSbox...

[anonymous coward]

Thanks for the quick reply Ignite. I took the cycles to 7500 and works much better :ok:
Thanks again

[Guest]

When I run my game with MS DOS, the game shows the logo, then the screen just goes black and nothing happens. What is wrong?

[twillight]

Originally posted by Guest@Jan 16 2006, 11:13 PM
When I run my game with MS DOS, the game shows the logo, then the screen just goes black and nothing happens. What is wrong?
The program requires a mouse. That is not working under dos. Run it under Windows (use dosbox if needed, but the W. still required to run).

[Baron Von Guest]

why is this game "protected" (ESA- no go!, and all that...)? none of the othe games by Mindscape are (some are "sold" offcourse, but none actualy "protected"). :blink:

[The Fifth Horseman]

Mindscape is an ESA subsidiary company. This means their games are subject to a ten year protection period (a minimum of ten years must pass since publication before we are allowed to put up a download of the game in question).
All their other games are either new enough to still be for sale somwhere or old enough for the protection period to expire.

[Baron Von Guest]

as it happens it was released 10 years ago.
Producer: Legend Entertainment Company, Take 2 Interactive
Publisher: Mindscape Inc.
Year: 1997
Genre: Adventure
Multiplayer: No
Your rating:
2.9
(2649 votes)
Editor rating:
5
Size: 88,243 kB[/b]
I'm guessing it was marked "protected" before 2007 (in fact I think it was done in or before 2005, right?), and should now be released. or is my math wrong? :unsure:

[The Fifth Horseman]

When we do not know the exact publication date, the assumption is that the game is protected until January 1st of the next year.

[Baron Von Guest]

30/04/1997.
for some reason I can't post a link, but check on MobyGames.com

[The Fifth Horseman]

Then it is out of protection as of May 1st, 2007.
Someone ought to change the OW List entry to reflect that - I don't have the authorisation for that, unfortunately.

[a1s]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Jun 15 2007, 12:23 PM) 294503</div>
Then it is out of protection as of May 1st, 2007.
[/b]
so...?

[The Fifth Horseman]

I thought someone with the clearance would read that post and make the adjustments. Oh well... I can do it myself now.

Except updater functions (and amongst them the control over Oldwarez List) are disabled for the moment.

[marlinspike]

so judging by the post above me 2 years have passed, when will this be ready for download?

[plutonick]

so judging by the post above me 2 years have passed, when will this be ready for download?

seconded

[paypaul]

seconded

I'll put in a third vote. This sucks. I found this site as a result of looking for more information on the books which I love, especially the punning and the song parodies such as "That's A Moray".

[Callahans]

so what is the download status for this game now?

[Paco]

That will be checked when Year 2013 arrived....

[The Fifth Horseman]

May 2012. According to Mobygames, the game was released in April 1997.

[Cluseck]

The publisher (Take-Two Interactive Software) is an ESA member but the game is not protected since 04.2012.
Only used copies (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00076PZJI/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used) found.

I think we can label this as 'approved'.

[Lulu_Jane]

The game is available again for download now. Enjoy guys :)

[Capo]

Nice, i have to play this.

[bkw]

I am currently playing this game. Mine did not freeze when I try to enter that bar, though. It freezed at some other points. However usually when I restart the game and load latest saved game, it works fine.

There is this patch for the game that can be downloade here: http://www.mysterymanor.net/pafiledb/pafil...tion=file&id=36 (http://www.mysterymanor.net/pafiledb/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=36)

I haven't tried that patch yet since it states the previous saved games will be obsolete and I'm too lazy to start over from the beginning, so I can't guarantee that patch will solve the problem or whether it will work at all.

Anyway, nice game. It does run painfully slow in DOSBox (with 8000 cycles) in my low end machine, but a nice game nevertheless.

Dead url. This is the new one.
http://www.mysterymanor.net/Atticsaves/index.php?act=view&id=36

[Capo]

So the abandonia version has no voices and movies ? I cant find find the iso nowhere :no:

[Expack2]

So the abandonia version has no voices and movies ? I cant find find the iso nowhere :no:
Here ya go: http://www.gameswin.biz/gameen.php?id=1227

Simply click on the "Download" button, then click on the floppy disk icon next to the CD version.

[Capo]

Many thanks expack :)