• observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Age might be a factor though. Recently I found a stash of floppies from around 2002, which were definitely good when they were stored. I think I was eventually able to extract only about 20% of the data.

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            9 hours ago

            That being the case, you might want to back up your original copies of Quest for Glory, Version 1. Is it the original 1989 EGA release or the 1992 VGA remake? I’ve never heard of the game before your comment but I read about it on Wikipedia out of curiosity. The game is quite a bit older than me. I find it interesting.

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              2 hours ago

              I have both but i have the EGA copy installed. I’ve been very very carefully copying them from system to system with the disks (and a usb disk drive) as an emergency backup. Fortunately by game 4 they had CDs.

              part of why i don’t want to do linux. my DOS games! (not serious, i am pretty sure i can find a version of dosbox that works on wine or some easier solution)

              i am a big fan of The Coles. it might show