Dungeon Master II for Macintosh
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Screenshots
- Dungeon Master II for Macintosh (JP)
- There is an introduction animation in this version (also found in the Sega CD / Mega CD versions) that is not in the US version. Note that the scrolling text is in English and not Japanese as the rest of the game.
Dungeon Master II (Japan, Macintosh)FTL Logo
Dungeon Master II (Japan, Macintosh)Title
Dungeon Master II (Japan, Macintosh)Intro
Dungeon Master II (Japan, Macintosh)Main Menu
Dungeon Master II (Japan, Macintosh)Credits
Dungeon Master II (Japan, Macintosh)Dungeon view
Dungeon Master II (Japan, Macintosh)Inventory
Dungeon Master II (Japan, Macintosh)Scrolling Credits No Text
Dungeon Master II (Japan, Macintosh)Scrolling Credits Text - Dungeon Master II for Macintosh (US)
- There is an alternate screen layout in this version that is not present in the Japanese version.
Dungeon Master II (Macintosh)FTL Logo
Dungeon Master II (Macintosh)Title
Dungeon Master II (Macintosh)Main Menu
Dungeon Master II (Macintosh)Credits
Dungeon Master II (Macintosh)Compact Layout Dungeon view
Dungeon Master II (Macintosh)Balloon Help
Dungeon Master II (Macintosh)Compact Layout Inventory
Dungeon Master II (Macintosh)Normal Layout Dungeon view
Dungeon Master II (Macintosh)Normal Layout Inventory
Dungeon Master II (Macintosh)Scrolling Credits No Text
Dungeon Master II (Macintosh)Scrolling Credits Text - Dungeon Master II for Macintosh demo (English)
- Other screens look like the full US version.
Dungeon Master II Demo (Macintosh)Order Screen
Dungeon Master II Demo (Macintosh)Scrolling Credits No Text
Music
- Macintosh US Dungeon Master II (USA, Macintosh) - MIDI
- This archive contains 28 MIDI files extracted from the executable resource fork. A software synthesizer called SoundMusicSys was licensed by FTL and included in the game to play the MIDI files using sound samples also included in the resource fork. You can play these .mid files with any player like Windows Media Player or Winamp, however instruments may sound weird because these files are intended to be played with the software synthesizer supplied with the game. The track numbers are those used internally by the game.
- Macintosh US MP3 recordings
- The same MIDI music was used for PC and Macintosh US versions but it sounds differently because each version used a different synthesizer. Recordings of both versions are provided here for easy comparison.
The music of the PC version was recorded with DOSbox emulating a Sound Blaster 16 sound card.
The music of the Macintosh US version was recorded with Audacity while the game was running in the minivMac emulator.
The track numbers are those used internally by the game in each version. - Macintosh Japanese
- Dungeon Master II for PC-9821 and Dungeon Master II for Macintosh (Japanese) contain the following 6 music tracks. Dungeon Master II for Macintosh (English) contains MIDI music instead of audio CD tracks.
Dungeon Master II for FM-Towns contains the same music but tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are slightly less loud. It also contains an additional track 8 that consists of 4 seconds of silence.
Dungeon Master II for Sega CD / Mega CD contain the same tracks except for track 7 which is replaced by track consisting of 15 seconds of silence.
Music starts playing when the party moves to the listed square coordinates.
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Differences between Japanese and US editions
- Japanese version was released in August 1994 and US version was released in October 1995.
- The Japanese version uses the old 16 colors graphics while the US version uses the upgraded 256 colors graphics.
- There is an introduction animation in the Japanese version that is not included in the US version. This animation is also present in the Sega CD / Mega CD versions. The text in the animation is in English language even if the rest of the game is in Japanase. It was probably removed from the US release because it contained some of the old graphics that were upgraded.
- The Japanese version has only the normal screen layout at 320x200 pixels and an option to display the screen at doubled size (640x400). The US version keeps these options and also adds another alternate layout.
- The Japanese version contains some audio CD tracks. Instead of audio CD tracks, the US version has MIDI music files embedded in the resource fork of the executable file. FTL licensed a software MIDI player named SoundMusicSys that relied on sound samples. All the sound samples and other associated data are also embedded as resources (with resource types SND, INST, SONG, MIDI).
- In the Macintosh US version, the menu on top of the screen allows you to start a new game and load a saved game at any time during gameplay.
- Only the Macintosh US version supports the native Macintosh “balloon help” feature. When enabled in the Macintosh menu on top of the screen, hovering the mouse over any user interface element the game shows a balloon explaining its purpose.
- Both versions have an additional scrolling credits screen accessible from the ‘Apple’ menu on the top left of the screen. However the text is not the same in the Japanese (left) and US (right, same text for both demo and full game) versions:
Producer FTL Staff Wayne Holder Producer Director Wayne Holder Doug Bell Director Monster Trainer Doug Bell Bill Kelly Programmer Master of Machines & Kirk Baker Monster Trainer Bill Kelly World Creator Bert Huml Master of Machines & Macintosh Programming Graphics Magician Kirk Baker Andy Jaros World Creator Ink Slinger Bert Huml Nancy Holder Graphics Magician Also Andy Jaros David Simon Dan Hewitt Dennis Walker Ink Slinger Nancy Holder Special Thanks Silvia Esposito Luis Morales Also Cathy Merrill David Simon Dan Hewitt Dennis Walker Produced by FTL Games, MacPlayª Staff Software Heaven, Inc. San Diego, California, USA Producer Licensed to Bill Church Victor Entertainment, Inc. Line Producer Chris Benson Licensed in conjunction with Director of QA JP International Jeremy S. Barnes Assistant Director of QA Copyright © 1991 - 1994 Dave Simon FTL Games, Software Heaven, Inc. QA Product Coordinator Rob Loudon All Rights Reserved Lead Testers Mark Murakami Portions Kihan Pak Copyright © 1994 Victor Entertainment, Inc. Testers John Sramek Vun Renich Yuki Furumi Jason Nordgren Ron Austin Tony Martin Alan Barasch Steve Cabiness Matt Golembiewski Ron Hodge Colin Totman Matt Murakami Special Thanks FTL: Silvia Esposito Luis Morales Cathy Merrill Interplay: Mark Nagel Chris De Salvo Apple Computer: Edgar Lee John Wang Ray Chiang Forrest Tanaka Music Driver: Halestorm Sound Music System Steve Hales Produced by FTL Games, Software Heaven, Inc. San Diego, California Licensed to MacPlayª Copyright © 1991 - 1995 FTL Games, Software Heaven, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Downloads
- Dungeon Master II for Macintosh
- Dungeon Master II for Macintosh version 1.0 (English)
The game is also available here - Dungeon Master II for Macintosh English.sit
- This archive contains the English version of the game.
You can download this file from the Games folder in the DMFiles Shared OneDrive. - Dungeon Master II for Macintosh Japanese.rar
- This archive contains the Japanese version of the game.
[Credits: dungeon.master]
You can download this file from the Games folder in the DMFiles Shared OneDrive.
Note: I could not make this game run under emulation, I don’t know if it is an issue with the emulator or a copy protection mechanism. - Dungeon Master II for Macintosh demo
- You can download the demo from this web site.
- Dungeon Master II for Macintosh Demo.hqx
- This archive contains the English demo of the game released by Interplay in 1994.
You can download this file from the Games folder in the DMFiles Shared OneDrive.The Macintosh demo was published in the following magazine:
- Génération 4 (FR) #84 (January 1996)
See also: How to play Macintosh games under Windows? (Dungeon Master II)
Crack
- Dungeon Master II (Japan, Macintosh) - Crack
- Crack for Dungeon Master II for Macintosh version 1.0 (Japanese)
To apply the crack, just replace the original ‘Skullkeep’ executable file with the one supplied in the archive (make sure to replace the resource fork) or follow these steps:- Open the file in a hexadecimal editor.
- Go to offsets 37FC9h and 3809Dh and replace ‘66’ with ‘67’ at both locations (this replaces the asm instruction ‘bne’ with ‘beq’). This will remove the protection check when you start the game.
- Go to offset 3653Fh and replace ‘66’ with ‘67’ (this replaces the asm instruction ‘bne’ with ‘beq’). This will remove the protection check when you save the game.