Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
i would love to play this game but as it is doss i can't - Original Message - From: Niall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:31 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Hey I still play the game and have gotten a few things I have a character that has successfully stayed alive for about 80 game days now but he's stuck since there isn't any food or water for miles where I am and there is a high risk of dying if I try to rest. I might try again though. Niall - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:48 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
I could probably set up dos box, accept, I don't have any form of hardware synth. I have a dectalk express lying around somewhere, but I've lost most of the cables an things for it, and I'm not certain my laptop has a cereal port, though I think it does. Either way its not installed and I'm not even sure it works, so I guess I'll just have to stick to mudding and web-based games till jaws decides to behave itself, heheh. - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:01 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: gamers@audyssey.org 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 gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:48 AM Subject: [Audyssey] An appreciation for FallthruHiya, 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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=69FORM=MGAC01 ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail
Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
Yeah I'm in that forest that you get to if you travel to the far east now I think I'm on the edge of the map I can't go any farther east from what I've seen. - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Hiya, Wow. Rather impressive. I have to wonder where exactly you are. I have yet to really make it out of the farmlands surrounding Or'gn and the like, though I did take a hike to Forrod to exchange my ruby for ralls. Man, how that felt like a fortune at the time, a hundred of them! Like I say, this game is really amazing to me. I've not run into anything quite like it before. I'm real glad there are still people interested in it. All the best and good luck, Zack. - Original Message - From: Niall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Hey I still play the game and have gotten a few things I have a character that has successfully stayed alive for about 80 game days now but he's stuck since there isn't any food or water for miles where I am and there is a high risk of dying if I try to rest. I might try again though. Niall - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:48 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
I lost my older message somewhere in the deleted items folder, so I guess I'll just have to reply here. I just tested the fallthrough application again, and this time I actually got jaws to say something before the program closed. It said, Can not execute, and then it gave me the path of the program and terminated it. Anyone know what's up with this? Is there some kind of block that stops command boxes from running in windows that can be removed somewhere? I remember I had this same problem with an old desktop a while back and could never figure it out there either. Apparently it isn't jaws, because it lasted a bit longer when I tried that NVDA screen reader, but it still terminated. Any ideas anyone? Sorry if this is getting a bit off topic of gaming, I'd just like to give this game another chance. - Original Message - From: Niall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:12 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Yeah I'm in that forest that you get to if you travel to the far east now I think I'm on the edge of the map I can't go any farther east from what I've seen. - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Hiya, Wow. Rather impressive. I have to wonder where exactly you are. I have yet to really make it out of the farmlands surrounding Or'gn and the like, though I did take a hike to Forrod to exchange my ruby for ralls. Man, how that felt like a fortune at the time, a hundred of them! Like I say, this game is really amazing to me. I've not run into anything quite like it before. I'm real glad there are still people interested in it. All the best and good luck, Zack. - Original Message - From: Niall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Hey I still play the game and have gotten a few things I have a character that has successfully stayed alive for about 80 game days now but he's stuck since there isn't any food or water for miles where I am and there is a high risk of dying if I try to rest. I might try again though. Niall - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:48 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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
Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
Hmm. Thanks for the info there... I'll try playing Fallthru with the latest revision of NVDA, and with Window-Eyes. This game really seems nice! - Original Message - From: Shadow Dragon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru I lost my older message somewhere in the deleted items folder, so I guess I'll just have to reply here. I just tested the fallthrough application again, and this time I actually got jaws to say something before the program closed. It said, Can not execute, and then it gave me the path of the program and terminated it. Anyone know what's up with this? Is there some kind of block that stops command boxes from running in windows that can be removed somewhere? I remember I had this same problem with an old desktop a while back and could never figure it out there either. Apparently it isn't jaws, because it lasted a bit longer when I tried that NVDA screen reader, but it still terminated. Any ideas anyone? Sorry if this is getting a bit off topic of gaming, I'd just like to give this game another chance. - Original Message - From: Niall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:12 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Yeah I'm in that forest that you get to if you travel to the far east now I think I'm on the edge of the map I can't go any farther east from what I've seen. - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:51 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Hiya, Wow. Rather impressive. I have to wonder where exactly you are. I have yet to really make it out of the farmlands surrounding Or'gn and the like, though I did take a hike to Forrod to exchange my ruby for ralls. Man, how that felt like a fortune at the time, a hundred of them! Like I say, this game is really amazing to me. I've not run into anything quite like it before. I'm real glad there are still people interested in it. All the best and good luck, Zack. - Original Message - From: Niall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Hey I still play the game and have gotten a few things I have a character that has successfully stayed alive for about 80 game days now but he's stuck since there isn't any food or water for miles where I am and there is a high risk of dying if I try to rest. I might try again though. Niall - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:48 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any
[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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
Hiya, It will work under Windows, yes, if you're using Jaws you can set the speech mode to 'say all' with ins+s while in its window. The game is at: ftp.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/pc/fallthru.zip Or, if you prefer, go to www.ifarchive.org and from there through the directories. Have fun, Zack. - Original Message - From: gmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:04 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru hi, can anyone who has windows play this game, and how can we get it if so? Brandon - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:48 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
Hello, I can run it under Dosbox, yes, if I first install a DOS screen reader. This isn't necesarily a trivial or easy job. I just mannaged to pull it off today, and it works quite well, but I'm not quite sure I could give you directions on how to repeat what I did. It'll only help anyway if you have a hardware synthesizer. If you don't, though, you can still quite possibly play it just under Windows. The mouse or equivalent review cursor is needed, but if you have that and can read with it the game will work reasonably well. Hope this helps, Zack. - Original Message - From: Dark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Hi. You can get fallthrough at http://www.classicgaming.com/ascii/ the only problem I found with the game was a lot of pausing and slowing down. apparently this is common when running dos aps with windows, but did make the game rather unplayable for me, which was a shame sinse it looked great. Are you running it with dosbox or something similar zak? or just through windows? In fact, any advice on playing this game would be appreciated. Beware the fall Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: gmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru hi, can anyone who has windows play this game, and how can we get it if so? Brandon - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:48 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
Hi Zak. I've been using Hal's virtual focus, whicfh generally works fine for reviewing anything with text in it and performing mouse opperations. It was the slowdown, - both of load times and of speech that was getting on my whick though with fallthrough unfortunately. I should possibly try it again though, or see if I could sort the issue out. All the best, Dark. - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Hello, I can run it under Dosbox, yes, if I first install a DOS screen reader. This isn't necesarily a trivial or easy job. I just mannaged to pull it off today, and it works quite well, but I'm not quite sure I could give you directions on how to repeat what I did. It'll only help anyway if you have a hardware synthesizer. If you don't, though, you can still quite possibly play it just under Windows. The mouse or equivalent review cursor is needed, but if you have that and can read with it the game will work reasonably well. Hope this helps, Zack. - Original Message - From: Dark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Hi. You can get fallthrough at http://www.classicgaming.com/ascii/ the only problem I found with the game was a lot of pausing and slowing down. apparently this is common when running dos aps with windows, but did make the game rather unplayable for me, which was a shame sinse it looked great. Are you running it with dosbox or something similar zak? or just through windows? In fact, any advice on playing this game would be appreciated. Beware the fall Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: gmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 8:04 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru hi, can anyone who has windows play this game, and how can we get it if so? Brandon - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:48 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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
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: gamers@audyssey.org 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 gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:48 AM Subject: [Audyssey] An appreciation for FallthruHiya, 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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=69FORM=MGAC01 ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
this is an incredibly cool game. I spent some time playing it today, and I was really enjoying it. - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:01 PM 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: gamers@audyssey.org 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 gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:48 AM Subject: [Audyssey] An appreciation for FallthruHiya, 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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=69FORM=MGAC01 ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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. __ NOD32 2388 (20070710) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru, and for PCS Game Classics!
Hmm. Try using NVDA. http://nvda-project.org I'm not sure how they made the Dos box so accessible, however its working very well with games that are in the Text Adventure Development System, Oh, and this part is for Phill. If anyone is looking for any of the demos to some of Phill's older games in Dos, (yes I know they're old, however they're still popular,) check out this link: http://www.nfbnet.org/download/games.htm The demo to Panzars In North Africa is there! Cops 98 I believe is there to. Fox and Hounds I think is there also, I liked that maze game also. I wonder Phill, if there was a way to make the full Dos games as Freeware? I know the windows version of the DOS games don't work well, but would it be a possibility one day? The game I always wanted to try, and I never did, was Space Envators! - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:01 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: gamers@audyssey.org 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 gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:48 AM Subject: [Audyssey] An appreciation for FallthruHiya, 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo
Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
Hey I still play the game and have gotten a few things I have a character that has successfully stayed alive for about 80 game days now but he's stuck since there isn't any food or water for miles where I am and there is a high risk of dying if I try to rest. I might try again though. Niall - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:48 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru
Hiya, Wow. Rather impressive. I have to wonder where exactly you are. I have yet to really make it out of the farmlands surrounding Or'gn and the like, though I did take a hike to Forrod to exchange my ruby for ralls. Man, how that felt like a fortune at the time, a hundred of them! Like I say, this game is really amazing to me. I've not run into anything quite like it before. I'm real glad there are still people interested in it. All the best and good luck, Zack. - Original Message - From: Niall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru Hey I still play the game and have gotten a few things I have a character that has successfully stayed alive for about 80 game days now but he's stuck since there isn't any food or water for miles where I am and there is a high risk of dying if I try to rest. I might try again though. Niall - Original Message - From: Zachary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 2:48 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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 .. Gamers@audyssey.org 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.
