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Hocus Pocus v1.1 - Apogee/Moonlite Soft (1994)
Tested By: MAN-biker

runnable  -  playable  -  supported
100% (supported)
  DOSBox version: 0.72 (supported)

runnable  -  playable  -  supported
100% (supported)
  DOSBox version: 0.60 (supported)


Fix for distorted sound or buzzing noise (2008-04-26 11:37) wirespot
It's caused by a sound effect that gets "stuck" in a loop.

To fix for the moment, get out of fullscreen mode if you're in it (Alt-Enter) and click the mouse inside the DosBox window anywhere. But you'll need to do this again whenever it happens.

To fix permanently:
* Edit your DosBox preferences and make sure Gravis Ultrasound is activated.
* Run setup.exe in the Hocus Pocus dir and choose Gravis for both music and sound FX.
* Run the game using hocusg.exe, not hocus.exe.

If you've setup your midi dir properly (see the preferences for Gravis) you'll get music too. Otherwise, you'll just get effects. But they won't get stuck anymore, they sound better than SoundBlaster or Adlib, and frankly the music gets pretty annoying after a while anyway.
Sound messes up after a while (2007-07-29 15:06) jordanwb
When I play Hocus Pocus the sound sometimes turns into a buzzing noise. The noise worsens when I press the fire button.
Note: (2003-11-14 15:09) MAN-biker
v1.1 works great as v1.0


Game directory (browsing from H)
Game: Year:   Version:   Status: runnable - playable - supported
Hacker 1985   0.60   supported 100% (supported)
Hacker 2 1986   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Halloween Harry (aka Alien Carnage) 1993   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Halloween Hijinks 1993   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hammer Boy 1991   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Hammer of the Gods 1994   0.65   supported 90% (supported)
Hamsters 1994   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hanna-Barbera's Cartoon Carnival 1995   0.74-3   supported 99% (supported)
Hannibal 1992   0.72   supported 90% (supported)
Hanse 1988   0.74-3   supported 80% (supported)
Hanse Die Expedition dt 1995   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Hard Drivin' II 1992   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hard Hat Mack 1984   0.58   supported 80% (supported)
Hard Nova 1990   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Hardball 2 1989   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hardball 3 1992   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
HardBall 4 1994   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Hardball 5 1995   0.72   supported 95% (supported)
Hare Raising Havoc 1991   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Harley Davidson: Road to Sturges 1989   0.63   supported 85% (supported)
Harpoon 1989   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Harpoon - Signature edtion 1989   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Harrier Combat Simulator 1988   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Harrier Jump Jet 1992   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Harvester 1994   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hat Trick 1987   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Höhlenwelt Saga, Die 1994   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Headline Harry 1991   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Heart of China 1991   0.65   supported 90% (supported)
Hearthlight PC 1994   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Heat Wave 1991   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Heaven & Earth 1992   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Heaven's Dawn 1995   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Heavy Barrel 1989   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Heavy Metal 1989   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Heimdall 1991   0.70   supported 95% (supported)
Heimdall 2 1994   0.70   supported 95% (supported)
Heimdall 2 -Into the Hall of Worlds 1994   0.61   supported 95% (supported)
Heirs to the Throne 1992   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Helicopter Simulator 1987   0.74-3   supported 97% (supported)
Hell: a Cyberpunk Thriller(CDPower) 1994   0.70   supported 96% (supported)
Hellfire Zone 1995   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Hello Kitty Big Fun Deluxe (WIN3.1) 1994   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Helter Skelter 1986   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Ride 1994   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hero's Quest 1989   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Heroes of Might and Magic 1995   0.72   supported 64% (supported)
Heroes of might and magic 1 1995   0.74-3   supported 95% (supported)
Heroes of Might and Magic II 1997   0.74-3   playable 60% (playable)
heroes of might ans magic 2 1995   0.74-3   playable 62% (playable)
Heroes of the 357th 1992   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Heroes of the Lance 1988   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
HeroQuest 1991   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Hexen: Beyond Heretic 1995   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citad 1995   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Hexuma 1993   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
HEXX: Heresy of the Wizard 1994   0.58   supported 80% (supported)
Hexxagon 1993   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hexxagon 2 1993   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Hi-Octane 1995   0.72   supported 95% (supported)
Hidden Agenda 1988   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
High Command 1993   0.61   supported 100% (supported)
High Rollers 1988   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
High Seas 1988   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
High Seas Trader 1995   0.74-3   supported 80% (supported)
Highway Fighter 1994   0.63   supported 100% (supported)
Highway Hunter 1992   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hilfe für Amajambere 1994   0.63   supported 100% (supported)
Hillsfar 1989   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
HIND: The Russian Combat Helicopter 1996   0.74-3   supported 90% (supported)
Hired Guns 1993   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
History Line 1914-18 1992   0.74-3   playable 62% (playable)
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 1984   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hockey League Simulator 2 1992   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
hocus pocus 1994   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Hocus Pocus v1.1 1994   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Hocus Pokus 1990   0.60   supported 100% (supported)
Hole In One 1995   0.74-3   supported 90% (supported)
Hole in One Miniature Golf 1989   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Holiday Lemmings '93 1993   0.72   supported 95% (supported)
Holiday lemmings '94 1994   0.72   supported 95% (supported)
Hollywood Hijinx 1986   0.65   supported 90% (supported)
Hollywood Pictures 1990   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Hollywood Squares 1988   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Home Alone 1991   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Homey D Clown 1991   0.65   supported 90% (supported)
Hook 1991   0.74-3   supported 65% (supported)
Horde, The 1993   0.70   supported 90% (supported)
Horké Léto 1998   0.74-3   supported 90% (supported)
Horror Zombies from the Crypt 1991   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hostage 1989   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Hostages 1989   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hound of Baskervilles 1993   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hounded 1994   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
House of Cards 1989   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
hovertank 3-d 1991   0.60   supported 95% (supported)
How Things Work in Busytown 1994   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Hoyle Classic Card Games 1993   0.60   supported 90% (supported)
Hoyle's Volume 1 1989   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Hoyle's Volume 2 1990   0.65   supported 90% (supported)
Hoyle's Volume 3 1991   0.65   supported 90% (supported)
Hugo 1 1995   0.74-3   supported 90% (supported)
Hugo II, Whodunit? 1991   0.74-3   supported 90% (supported)
Hugo III, Jungle of Doom! 1992   0.74-3   supported 92% (supported)
Humans 1992   0.72   supported 99% (supported)
HX Win32 DOS extender 2004   0.74-3   runnable 28% (runnable)
Hyper 3D Pinball 1995   0.61   supported 70% (supported)
Hypercycles 1995   0.74-3   supported 95% (supported)
Hyperspeed 1991   0.61   supported 100% (supported)
Höhlenwelt Saga, Die 1994   0.61   supported 95% (supported)

Compatibility statistics (3929 games in database)
Version: Games broken: Games runnable: Games playable: Games supported:
DOSBox 0.74-3 (1255) 16 (1.27%) 34 (2.71%) 48 (3.82%) 1157 (92.19%)
DOSBox 0.73 (644) 16 (2.48%) 23 (3.57%) 17 (2.64%) 588 (91.30%)
DOSBox 0.72 (722) 45 (6.23%) 24 (3.32%) 31 (4.29%) 622 (86.15%)
DOSBox 0.71 (164) 29 (17.68%) 12 (7.32%) 8 (4.88%) 115 (70.12%)
DOSBox 0.70 (952) 23 (2.42%) 17 (1.79%) 29 (3.05%) 883 (92.75%)
DOSBox 0.65 (727) 39 (5.36%) 30 (4.13%) 41 (5.64%) 617 (84.87%)
DOSBox 0.63 (918) 76 (8.28%) 45 (4.90%) 46 (5.01%) 751 (81.81%)
DOSBox 0.62 (394) 56 (14.21%) 24 (6.09%) 27 (6.85%) 287 (72.84%)
DOSBox 0.61 (998) 87 (8.72%) 59 (5.91%) 68 (6.81%) 784 (78.56%)
DOSBox 0.60 (774) 108 (13.95%) 73 (9.43%) 72 (9.30%) 521 (67.31%)
DOSBox 0.58 (1149) 266 (23.15%) 15 (1.31%) 20 (1.74%) 848 (73.80%)






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