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minus-squaresad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·16 hours agoI tried running it again recently. Have they patched out the infinite ricochet loops you can get going? The physics feel a little different
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·16 hours agoThe original game was 16 bit and won’t run on modern systems. It had to be remade. If you want the real thing you’ll need a VM running XP.
minus-squarelyralycan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·15 hours agoOr you can play this port on Android
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agoIt’s a port! A native port! There’s gotta be a word for that. True port maybe? It was fully decompiled and recompiled for this released.
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoThere was also a 32-bit version which still works fine on Windows 11.
minus-square𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoAlso works just fine in Wine.
minus-squarestarblursd@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoThere’s also a flatpak version
minus-squaresad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoDamn. Is that why? I thought modern os had compossibility settings for running old stuff. Let me double check where I got this thing
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·15 hours agoI think those are always subject to what insane optimizations the dev might have done
minus-squareConsti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours ago64-bit machines are not able to run 8-bit and 16-bit code while 64-bit mode is active. You can install a 32-bit OS, where this works, but if you want the advantage of 64 bits, you lose those very old (DOS and pre-DOS) programs.
I tried running it again recently. Have they patched out the infinite ricochet loops you can get going? The physics feel a little different
The original game was 16 bit and won’t run on modern systems. It had to be remade. If you want the real thing you’ll need a VM running XP.
Or you can play this port on Android
It’s a port! A native port! There’s gotta be a word for that. True port maybe?
It was fully decompiled and recompiled for this released.
There was also a 32-bit version which still works fine on Windows 11.
Also works just fine in Wine.
There’s also a flatpak version
Damn. Is that why? I thought modern os had compossibility settings for running old stuff. Let me double check where I got this thing
I think those are always subject to what insane optimizations the dev might have done
64-bit machines are not able to run 8-bit and 16-bit code while 64-bit mode is active. You can install a 32-bit OS, where this works, but if you want the advantage of 64 bits, you lose those very old (DOS and pre-DOS) programs.