Dare to Dream Volume 2 (W16)
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Dare to Dream Volume 2 or Part Two, subtitled In Search of the Beast is a comical point-and-click adventure with a dark background story.
You are Tyler, a 10-year-old boy. Ever since your father's death, you have been suppressing your painful or hateful emotions, so that they eventually formed a separate character in your mind. Following a strange dream, you become aware of that character and realize you have to destroy it before it destroys you. Meanwhile, your friend Terry discovers a mysterious key that allows a person to materialize in their own mind.
Contents
Screenshots
Music
Towards the start and end, the game feels suspenseful. In-between, the feelings are harmless: bored, excited, elevated, curious, laid-back jazz, and even drunk.
A sound effect clicks when you switch room, click the Talk button, give something, improve the torch, or advance on the daisy puzzle. The music pauses while the picture is minimized (except Outside of Fort) or the Help! or Talk dialog is shown.
Allen used WinJammer. Irregular note lengths suggest that he performed on a QWERTY or MIDI keyboard. Since Windows does not easily loop MIDI files, Allen copy-pasted most scores to loop two, four or more times before stopping by themselves. The actual game and sound effect were programmed using Visual Basic 1.0.
Recording
All songs were recorded from the game:
- on a real Pentium 60 MHz with Windows 3.1, a Sound Blaster 16 CT1740, and the "Ad Lib general" setup.
The VGMPF fades the third loop out within 10 seconds.
While Microsoft's Ad Lib driver has several bugs, it probably is what Allen arranged on, because it is the only one where some patterns are audible, particularly the melody starting at 0:25 of track 203, and the bass drum and arpeggio at 0:13 of 215. Other setups common about 1993 may still be recorded, but with track numbers 301–317, even if they sound better.
As an exception, the manual does suggest to map just the drums to a non-AdLib driver, such as Sound Blaster Pro or MT-32. Allen had arranged for the MT-32 before, and the drums are compatible, so a such setup can be recorded with track numbers 101, 103, 109–111, and 113–117. Track 112 does not have drums.
| # | Title | File Name | Composer | Length | Listen | Download |
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| 201 | Test | musdat01.mid | Robert Allen | 0:29 | Download | |
| 209 | Main Menu | musdat19.mid | Robert Allen | 3:05 | Download | |
| 203 | Story | prololg.mid | Robert Allen | 2:45 | Download | |
| 210 | Fort | musdat14.mid | Robert Allen | 1:13 | Download | |
| 211 | Barn and West Forest of Emotion | musdat15.mid | Robert Allen | 1:39 | Download | |
| 212 | Castle | musdat10.mid | Robert Allen | 4:49 | Download | |
| 213 | Forests | musdat17.mid | Robert Allen | 2:09 | Download | |
| 214 | Anthill | musdat08.mid | Robert Allen | 1:45 | Download | |
| 215 | Mousehole | musdat20.mid | Robert Allen | 3:42 | Download | |
| 216 | Tree | musdat09.mid | Robert Allen | 1:45 | Download | |
| 217 | Underneath the Barn | musdat13.mid | Robert Allen | 0:58 | Download |
(No source. All songs are currently titled after their occurrences. Robert Allen should be asked for official titles and his tested/intended setup(s).)
Credits
- Ripper: Professor Chaos
- Recorder: Professor Chaos
- Game Credits:
- the musical sound track of: Robert Allen
- Original Score by: Robert Allen credited as Robert A. Allen
- the incredible music of: Robert Allen credited as Robert A. Allen
- All music is (c) 1993: Robert Allen credited as Robert A. Allen
- Not Credited Foley Artist: Unknown (Cliff Bleszinski?)
- Not Credited Programmer: Microsoft
(Sources: CATALOG.EXE, main menu and Sound Blaster item, help.)
Game Rip
Each song resides openly in the game's directory. The sound effect and its label, sfx1, are hard-coded in the d2d2.exe file.
Audio Devices
By default, music is off. The setup is saved as d2dsound.ini, but only takes effect when d2d2.exe starts.
Music plays through MMSYSTEM.DLL and altogether uses MIDI channels 1–5 and 10. Every song triggers the compatibility warning.
The sound effect plays through SOUND.DRV, which defaults to the PC Speaker.
(Source: SBSETUP.TXT.)
Releases
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Links
- mobygames.com/game/38547/dare-to-dream-2/ - MobyGames.
- gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/563035-dare-to-dream-volume-2-in-search-of-the-beast - GameFAQs.
| Dare to Dream | |
| Dare to Dream Part One: In a Darkened Room | 
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| Dare to Dream Part Two: In Search of the Beast |
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| Dare to Dream Part Three: Christian's Lair |
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| Notable Songs | Story and River of Sorrow |
| Notable Personnel | Robert Allen |
| Notable Companies | Epic Games |
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