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Remember the pretty-looking Windows 3.1 "high resolution" mode possible with Viaduct now? Well, as it turns out, the boot logo is displayed by a different piece of code, so despite the new driver it was still in 640x200, and thus, very ugly. 🤮

This isn't part of the DDK at all, so I had to disassemble the CGA and Hercules editions of the logo display code from Windows 3.1 binaries, then bodge one together, that can display the EGA monochrome logo in 640x400. 🤪 👍

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Windows 3.1 booting in an Amiga Workbench window with the old logo display code. It shows the "before" state of affairs - a not very pleasant looking boot logo in 640x200 monochrome CGA resolution.
Windows 3.1 booting in an Amiga Workbench window with the old logo display code. It shows the "after" state of affairs - a much better looking boot logo in 640x400 monochrome "high" resolution.
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Blockout was one of the first games I played on the PC, a 286 back then. California Dreams didn’t make many games, and this one stood out due to its high res EGA graphics.
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A green 3D grid visualizing a kind of shaft. 3D wireframe Tetris pieces are falling down said shaft, viewed top down. Right side shows score and game parameters.
The game‘s box but for the Amiga. Many 3D Tetris shapes are stacked on top of each other, with hands clinging to one of them, suggesting the player being overwhelmed.
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