6th August 2007, 4:02 PM
I apparently jumped to conclusions when I thought id had made Windows ports of their back catalog to put them on Steam.
They are using dosbox.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/06/id-and...ating-gpl/
That thing's really getting some milage these days with lazy developers isn't it? Oh well, it's certainly better than not being able to get the games, but the thing is, I can get those games anyway and also be able to play them when not connected to the internet through id's store anyway.
Dosbox is a great emulator though. It's just that a proper port would null out the need to use it and any customizations I might have to mess with. Come to think of it, if it's a straight file dump, I don't need to use the steam client. I could just execute the program directly from the folder it was dumped in.
I still think that whoever currently does own those rights to those long lost games need to be contacted so that the aliens can eat babysitters all over the country.
They are using dosbox.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/06/id-and...ating-gpl/
That thing's really getting some milage these days with lazy developers isn't it? Oh well, it's certainly better than not being able to get the games, but the thing is, I can get those games anyway and also be able to play them when not connected to the internet through id's store anyway.
Dosbox is a great emulator though. It's just that a proper port would null out the need to use it and any customizations I might have to mess with. Come to think of it, if it's a straight file dump, I don't need to use the steam client. I could just execute the program directly from the folder it was dumped in.
I still think that whoever currently does own those rights to those long lost games need to be contacted so that the aliens can eat babysitters all over the country.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)