I am interested. I have friends that use dosbox and I want to use it to play old if games and other things. At 12:21 p.m. 17/07/2007, you wrote:
>Hiya, > DosBox is at: >http://dosbox.sourceforge.net > Let me stress, though, that it isn't useable out of the box. I only got >it to work by luck, though if there is sufficient interest I'll write up a >document on how I managed it. >All the best, >Zack. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sky Taylor Mundell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 3:58 PM >Subject: [Audyssey] Dos box > > > > 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 .. 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