[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #15161: SCI: EcoQuest 1 from "Sierra's School House" is reported as corrupt (and maybe it is!)

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#15161: SCI: EcoQuest 1 from "Sierra's School House" is reported as corrupt (and
maybe it is!)
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Reporter:  eriktorbjorn  |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect        |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal        |   Component:  Engine: SCI
 Version:                |  Resolution:
Keywords:                |        Game:  EcoQuest 1
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Comment (by eriktorbjorn):

 > Don't you have Windows running anywhere?

 I'm afraid not.

 > I think Eco Quest 1 had subtitles as well as audio, and I think we added
 a dual mode, for both audio + subtitles at the same time. The game
 defaults to speech if I remember correctly, which in your case should be
 100% broken.

 I just checked with my SierraOriginals version in DOSBox, and it does
 offer the modes "TEXT", "SPEECH", and "BOTH", so I guess the dual mode
 isn't a ScummVM addition for this particular game. I think it is for some
 others, though? The default seems to be "BOTH". If I configure it for a
 system that (I think) can't play digitized sounds, it's still "BOTH" but
 it doesn't complain about it.

 > Yours seems to be super rare.

 I don't know how rare it is. I only heard about it on the ScummVM forum
 recently. When I looked for it on eBay, there were two Math and one
 English available. Except for the one I bought, they're still there. I
 haven't seen the Science one, but I assume only the main game differs and
 not the extras. So I didn't have to look hard for it, but maybe I just got
 lucky?

 Either way, I wasn't suggesting that the message be removed completely.
 Just maybe toned down a bit in this particular case, if it can be
 determined that the game is otherwise functional. But if there's no easy
 way to do this, then so be it. The two main reasons I bought the discs
 were Pepper's Adventures in Time (which I'm told is quite good) and
 EcoQuest 2. Everything else is just icing on the cake.

 Though it would have been nice if they had used the floppy version of
 EcoQuest 1, because I've been shown that the two versions do differ a bit
 graphically. Oh well.

 > Castle of Dr. Brain for Mac is quite rare. I own it in box, but I had to
 look for it for years.

 I've only played it up to the timed puzzle. It may have some issues with
 sound effects not looping? With a few notable exceptions, I'm not that
 keen on that type of games, really. I did notice that it advertises Quest
 For Glory 1-3, which seems strange. I thought only the first one was
 released for the Mac?
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