- By Dick Tanis (aka MrSeed)
- Here is a guide for everybody who wants the play Policenauts on Anex86 or T98-next emulator
- What do you need:
- The Game
- - Get it from http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?t=96 or buy it.
- Emulator
- You have the choice between Anex86 and T98-Next. There a lot of pro and cons for either of them but I recommend Anex86 because it gives a playable emulation of Policenauts and the emulator itself in English.
- Anex86:
- - Get latest version (2.78) from http://homepage2.nifty.com/ans/ax/axdown.htm
- - Also download the CD-plugins anecdxnt.zip (for WinNT/2000/XP) or anecdx9x.zip (for Win9x)
- - Also download the kanji font from http://www.jcec.co.uk/pc98_util.html
- T98-Next:
- - Get latest version (13.1) from http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Bay/2754/download.html
- - Get also the key and sound update on the same page
- - Get CD-plugin from http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/9809/scsi4cd.zip
- - Get the PC9821 BIOS and FONT roms from http://www.theoldcomputer.com/Libarary%27s/Emulation/BIOS_Roms/BIOS_roms_summary.htm
- Software
- - Virtual CD-drive software like Alcohol120%, DaemonTools or Nero.
- Optional
- If you want to edit files inside diskimages then you need DiskExplorer 1.65 to do it.
- DiskExplorer:
- - Get it from http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/index_e.html
- Installing:
- The Game (download)
- - Extract the rars to a place on your harddisk. You should now have several floppydisk images and 1 harddisk image and a directory with the CD image.
- - Mount the CD image with your Virtual CD software.
- The Game (original)
- Anex86 emulator
- - Extract 'anex86e1.zip' and the CD-plugin zip to a directory on your harddisk.
- - Extract 'font.zip' to same directory where Anex86 was extracted.
- - Start up Anex86 and click 'Config' in the main window.
- - Go to tab 'System' and select 'Ext-RAM' and fill in '8192'. This configures extra memory.
- - Go to tab 'Sound' and select type '-86' and select 'real' and enable all fm channels.
- - Go to tab 'Wave' and select 44KHz for the 'Rate' and enter '64' for the 'Buffer'
- - Go to tab 'CDX' and select the (virtual) CD drive which contains the Policenauts CD.
- - Go to tab 'Video' ensure that option 'GDC clock 5 MHz' is out.
- - Go to tab 'Font' and press '...' to choose the Anex86.bmp font file.
- - Select floppy image 'User (Anex).fdi' as FDD1 in main window.
- - Select harddisk image 'Policenauts.hdi' as HDD1 in main window.
- - Click 'Start' in main window to start the emulator.
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- - Extract next_rb131.lzh to a directory on your harddisk.
- - Extract NEC_PC9821_BIOS.zip to ROM directory of T98-Next.
- - Extract NEC_PC9821_FONT.zip to ROM directory of T98-Next.
- - Extract SCSI4CDN.NHW (Windows 2000/XP) or SCSI4CD.NHW (Windows 9x) from SCSI4CD.ZIP to the DEVICE directory of T98-Next.
- - Start up T98-Next and click on the upper second tab from te left in the main window.
- - Select the third upper tab from the left in the main window.
- - Click on the right button at the bottom and select the CD drive which contains the Policenauts CD.
- - Click on the middle button to activate the CD plugin (some sign appears in front of the plugin line).
- - Go back to the tab on the left and select the tab 'DISK'
- - Select floppy image 'User (T-98 Next).fdi' as FD DRIVE 1 (click on the field left to the 'Eject' button to open the 'Open' window).
- - Select harrdisk image 'Polcienauts.hdi' as HD DRIVE 1.
- - Click most left upper button to start the emulator.
2359 relations. Sudoku Puzzle Addict Unlimited Edition CD ROM for PC 98/2000/ME/XP compatible. We were called the 'Policenauts'. NEC PC-98 - CD-ROM,.