Lost Mind of Dr. Brain, The

[GTX2GvO]

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/28437)

[mike100demia]

yet another windows game on abandonia

[DarthHelmet86]

Nothing wrong with that, there is nowhere it says this is a Dos only site. We deal with games that have been Abandoned...this is one of them.

[superjenn]

Yay! Thanks very much! I have always wanted to play this game (there was a lengthy write-up in a 1995 issue of InterAction Magazine).

[missdre]

Boo :( The file is corrupted

I've downloaded it, but there is an error in the file and when it's unzipped, there is no SETUP file. Anyone who can fix this?

I would appreciate is, cause I really want to play this :D

[meghan]

My problem is once I run it on DosBox, it says I need Windows to use the game. I have Windows, but can't use this file because I have 64 bit OS. Having a feeling I'm stuck here.


I have downloaded other ISOs of this and can't use those either because DAEMON Tools can't run in less than 64 bit on my OS.

Oh, Dr. Brain, why you gotta be so complicated?

[The Fifth Horseman]

Try using Windows 3.1 in DOSBox.

[nlgleason]

I've downloaded Virtual XP as instructed, but the video will not display when I run this game in my Windows XP Mode. I checked in the Sierra On-Line Setup Help under Video and got the following message: "Unable to Display Proper Graphics Resolution/Colors - The Sierra Setup routine has determined that this computer system does not have the correct Windows Video driver installed to operate this Sierra game title. For optimum display performance, the majority of Sierra titles require an SVGA-256 color Windows driver that is specifically created for your video card by your video card manufacturer." Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks!

[arete]

Can we not Shanghai QBix or bring Commander Data Back From The Dead to fix this blinkinge Thinge??

:borg:

[Dosraider if we absolutely have to :p]

[The Fifth Horseman]

I've downloaded Virtual XP as instructed, but the video will not display when I run this game in my Windows XP Mode. I checked in the Sierra On-Line Setup Help under Video and got the following message: "Unable to Display Proper Graphics Resolution/Colors - The Sierra Setup routine has determined that this computer system does not have the correct Windows Video driver installed to operate this Sierra game title. For optimum display performance, the majority of Sierra titles require an SVGA-256 color Windows driver that is specifically created for your video card by your video card manufacturer." Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks!
Right click the executable, Properties -> Compatibility. Should have an option to run in 256 color mode somewhere in there.

[arete]

Sticky that somewhere pleeox :p

[redwing634]

Not having any luck getting this to work in Win10. Any ideas?

via dosbox it says it needs to be run in Windows. When trying to run in Win10 (with compatability set to Win95 / reduced colors), it says it can't run on "this PC".

[zirkoni]

You can setup Windows 3.x to run inside DOSBox and run the game in Windows 3.x.
I think this forum has (or had?) a Windows 3.1 installation zip-archive ready to be run in DOSBox available somewhere...

[Smiling Spectre]

It is here (http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=27770).

Well, theoretically, as files.abandonia.com still missing. :|

[redwing634]

It is here (http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=27770).

Well, theoretically, as files.abandonia.com still missing. :|

This worked wonderfully. Thanks for the tip!

One follow up question... It seems this game runs in a very small square of the screen. Windows 3.1 runs I guess as expected within a full screen dosbox (black sides but I expect that since Windows 3.1 was used on square screens). However once Dr Brain is launched, its a much smaller subset inside Win 3.1. A smaller square within the Win3.1 square. Black all around, so it still seems like it's "full screen". Is this just how the game was made? or is there a way to expand it?

[zirkoni]

It's probably just how the game was made. If the game uses a smaller resolution than the Windows desktop then it adds those black areas.


Maybe there's a way to increase the game's resolution? I doubt it has any option to stretch the image.

Another option, I think, would be to decrease the Windows resolution.

[The Fifth Horseman]

You'll have to change Windows' resolution, yeah. Program Manager -> Main -> Windows Setup -> Options -> Change System Settings -> Display. Choose 640x480 256 colors (this will be the third option on the list), which is what the game is using.
Probably my fault for making the package use 1024x768 as the standard resolution rather than 640x480 which was probably more common.

[redwing634]

You'll have to change Windows' resolution, yeah. Program Manager -> Main -> Windows Setup -> Options -> Change System Settings -> Display. Choose 640x480 256 colors (this will be the third option on the list), which is what the game is using.
Probably my fault for making the package use 1024x768 as the standard resolution rather than 640x480 which was probably more common.

That change seems to fix it. Thanks so much!