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Whoops. Lost formatting for the codes. Insanely difficult to use that way...

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HINT CODES:

CODE GROUP A    CODE GROUP B    CODE GROUP C    CODE GROUP D

   1 2 3 4 5       1 2 3 4 5       1 2 3 4 5       1 2 3 4 5

A  S R E S N    A  C J Y T F    A  D G X Y Q    A  L V Y I P
B  P O R C Y    B  I G R M N    B  R E N C O    B  Z Q G O X
C  H I A X D    C  E I J Z E    C  W I O U G    C  Q T M M V
D  J M Z D X    D  O K O Y U    D  O L B O X    D  D B H Z T
E  A C U O L    E  Y M U U R    E  H V U P M    E  B D T C R
F  U V N W Q    F  G Q F S H    F  S M A C E    F  G C N A M
G  W P J H T    G  L B H I O    G  V U S G W    G  O I X X B
H  B N T J Z    H  B X Q O B    H  M J R V J    H  N G E L D
I  D D S L R    I  J S S F P    I  P K K D K    I  E F K P E
J  C G G B C    J  D C A P V    J  J W I Q Z    J  J L L W N
K  E Q M E S    K  Z E P W W    K  T S Z H S    K  S R V V I
L  R U P T G    L  T P V B L    L  X A P W N    L  U H C T Y
M  M S I K O    M  P L Z V X    M  U Y G I Y    M  C K J E S
N  L X Y V K    N  V U X N Y    N  C B W J D    N  R N U Y W
O  X J W P J    O  K A M H S    O  A D H X U    O  H A F K U
P  Z W H F M    P  F T W Q Q    P  K X E K A    P  V S Q B F
Q  K Y V Z A    Q  R O N E A    Q  F T T R P    Q  M O R J L
R  O H X G W    R  S V E L Z    R  G C Y B F    R  X E S R H
S  V K B Y I    S  N Y G D T    S  Y H Q E V    S  F U Z F A
T  N F Q I V    T  M F C C J    T  Q F N L R    T  A J W G K
U  Q B D M B    U  X Z K J M    U  Z R L Z I    U  K W A Q J
V  Y A F Q U    V  Q N T R I    V  B P V S H    V  Y P D U O
W  I Z L A E    W  W D B G D    W  E Z F A B    W  W M B D Z
X  T E K N F    X  U H L K K    X  L Q M M C    X  P Z I N Q
Y  G L C R H    Y  H R D A C    Y  N O D F T    Y  I Y P S C
Z  F T O U P    Z  A W I X G    Z  I N J T L    Z  T X O H G
0  5 4 4 2 6    0  9 5 1 9 7    0  3 3 6 5 6    0  9 3 9 9 1
1  9 6 8 5 7    1  5 4 8 2 5    1  1 5 2 4 0    1  0 4 7 7 0
2  3 2 1 0 4    2  8 1 0 1 6    2  2 1 1 8 7    2  5 8 1 4 4
3  6 9 9 9 0    3  4 8 6 7 2    3  0 9 7 0 5    3  7 2 4 8 7
4  0 8 2 8 9    4  2 7 5 5 3    4  5 2 3 7 4    4  4 5 8 5 8
5  8 7 3 6 3    5  1 2 9 0 1    5  4 7 8 9 8    5  8 0 6 3 3
6  7 0 5 3 1    6  0 9 4 6 9    6  7 8 4 6 3    6  3 1 2 6 9
7  1 5 0 7 8    7  6 6 2 4 8    7  8 6 0 3 2    7  1 6 5 1 6
8  2 3 6 1 2    8  3 0 3 3 0    8  9 0 9 2 9    8  2 9 3 0 2
9  4 1 7 4 5    9  7 3 7 8 4    9  6 4 5 1 1    9  6 7 0 2 5

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[Silverfish2910]

The description of the game says EGA, but every time I start it up, it goes to CGA without any other options.

How do I start the game in EGA? I've already set the video card in

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to ega, cga, tandy, and pcjr

Do I need to find an EGA-only version of this game?

Thanks.

[Smiling Spectre]

I just checked Abandonia version.

You need machine EGA+ (EGA, VGA, SVGA). In that case you'll get prompt "start the game in EGA mode?" right after start 221.exe (before selection of MHz).

All other listed modes are inferior to EGA, so will start CGA automatically.