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| 26 FEB 2006 at 12:50pm |
EETechIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 9
Joined: 19 FEB 2006
Status : Online | It may be a little more work than you're willing to do, but this is a neat program...
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/comp_list.php?showID=2117&letter=a&begaming_website_session=5ddeb4686f3561347c0562066f441101
If you have other DOS-based games, then it may be worth the effort. I set it up and can run many of the old DOS games on my system (Win XP).
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| 26 FEB 2006 at 1:03pm |
EETechIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 9
Joined: 19 FEB 2006
Status : Online | This page has them for download...
http://www.theevilpixel.com/?q=node/12
You can download the ZIP file which contains the DOS program. It may run on your system without DOSBOX. Note that the ZIP file insides the orignal ZIP is the "Z-Machine" file, not another compressed folder. Your system will show both as "WinZip" files, but only the one you download is.
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| 26 FEB 2006 at 1:06pm |
EETechIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 9
Joined: 19 FEB 2006
Status : Online | Finally, try Windows Frotz 2000. It supports graphics, but I've never tried it. I don't know if it will run Arthur, etc.
http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXinfocomXinterpretersXfrotz.html
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| 26 FEB 2006 at 1:11pm |
EETechIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 9
Joined: 19 FEB 2006
Status : Online | I just verified that the downloaded files will run on Win XP. Just unzip the files into a directory and run the .bat file
Let me know how it works for you.
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| 26 FEB 2006 at 2:00pm |
dameodieIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 2
Joined: 25 FEB 2006
Status : Online | I've tried Windows Frotz 2002... should I try the old version? The help files for that program are where I found the most help honestly - trying to patch the files, downloading alternate graphics... but to no avail.
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DOSBox says it can only run .exe, .bat, and .com files. I'm not quite sure how to then run a Z-file... should I get a Dos-based interpreter?[/s] Never mind! I thought the file I downloaded was the Z-file, not an actual ZIP file. THANK YOU!
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| 13 MAR 2006 at 3:51pm |
davidk1971Intergalactic Janitor
Posts : 1
Joined: 13 MAR 2006
Status : Online | Did you get this working in Windows Frotz 2002 in the end? If not email me (I wrote Windows Frotz 2002, my email is in the help file) and we'll see if we can figure out what's wrong.
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