Hey Zakary, where do I get dos box from? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
> > cHello, > Unfortunately, there is no Windows version. I believe in Issue 36 Michael > had an interview with the game's author where among other things he said > that he'd lost the source code for the game and so couldn't update it. > Nor do I have any idea why Jaws acts that way. I don't use it myself and > so have no knowledge of how it works. I have had great success playing > the game with either Window-Eyes, or DosBox. But DosBox isn't for > everybody. The setup is complicated. > I'm sorry i can't give you more hopeful news. > Yours, > Zack >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 16 >> Jul 2007 07:22:59 -0600> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for >> Fallthru> > I'd like to play this game. I remember trying it once several >> years back, > but ever since I updated to jaws 8 I've been having a lot >> of problems > getting Dos games to work properly. For some reason the >> command boxes start > up and immediately close back down. Is there a >> windows version of this game > somewhere? And if not, does anyone have >> any ideas as to why Dos programs > won't start on my computer? Its a jaws >> problem, that I know, because I've > had one of my sighted friends start >> a dos program without jaws running, and > it starts up fine, then I >> started jaws while that window was still open and > it immediately >> closed. Hmm... But yeah, this definitely sounds like my type > of game, >> almost reminds me of Fable. Sounds awesome.> ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Zachary Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: "Gamers Discussion > list" <[email protected]>> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:48 AM> > Subject: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru> > > > Hiya,> > Off and > on over the past year or so, I've been working at playing > > through an > old DOS game which Michael reviewed in Issue 1 of Audyssey. > > I've not > come anywhere close to beating it, and don't want to really. > > I've yet > to really make it much of anywhere--true, I've gotten fairly rich > > and > found a few rather amazing places, but haven't yet found any real > > > direction. I don't mind this in the least.> > One thing I love about this > game, which I haven't found anywhere else, > > is a sense of a world with > unlimited places to explore. There is this odd > > sense that if I just > keep going in a direction somewhere I'll find > > something interesting, > or run into a new town, or a new inn, or a new > > place where I can > appreciate the depth of detail that's offered here. > > I've never before > encountered a sense like the following:> > When the > character in Fallthru travels from town to town over roads, it > > seems > like he's really traveling somewhere. I get this odd sense that, > > wow, > that really did take three days! (That's game time, of course.) > > Since > I haven't really scratched the surface of this game yet, I have to > > > wonder what it'll be like if I keep going.> > I know this game isn't for > everyone. It's tedious and hard to get > > anywhere sometimes because > you're constantly trying to stay alive. There > > are so many places to go > that it is hard to choose. I find myself setting > > out long term goals > for spots I want to see and realizing, a few days and > > some food later, > that I really should've reconsidered. No other game has > > quite given me > this feeling.> > I'm just curious, therefore, if anybody on this list > still plays the > > game? If so, does it stay this engrossing all the way > through? No, don't > > answer that. I want to find out for myself.> > All > the best,> > Zack.> > > _______________________________________________> > Gamers mailing list .. > [email protected]> > To unsubscribe send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > > visit> > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make> > any > subscription changes via the web.> > > > > > _______________________________________________> Gamers mailing list .. > [email protected]> To unsubscribe send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit> > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make> any > subscription changes via the web. > _________________________________________________________________ > Local listings, incredible imagery, and driving directions - all in one > place! Find it! > http://maps.live.com/?wip=69&FORM=MGAC01 > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
