DHTML Lemmings port

pctech · Nov 26, 2010, 18:05:50

Found this a while back

http://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/

To get the original music though you need to run it in IE.

Technical Ben · Nov 26, 2010, 19:27:35

Or Fire~~Leming~~Fox.

pctech · Nov 27, 2010, 00:23:31

That's interesting Ben as can't get the sound to work at all in FF.

Lona · Nov 27, 2010, 01:46:30

I completed the whole games twenty years ago.

pctech · Nov 27, 2010, 08:52:47

I used to have the DOS version.

Lona · Nov 27, 2010, 13:23:01

Quote from: pctech on Nov 27, 2010, 08:52:47
I used to have the DOS version.

It was the dos version I played. I used to have to get my hubby to set it up for me as I didn't have a clue how to work a pc. Played it on an old IBM 286.

esh · Nov 29, 2010, 01:26:46

Lemmings 2 was epic, but my (legit) copy won't run properly any more because of copy protection that only works with some obscure 16-bit assembly commands and I can't be arsed to set up a whole PC for DOS with soundcard and drivers right now. Argh!

Technical Ben · Nov 29, 2010, 17:27:55

I thought the main problem is 16 bits installers are not supported anymore? Or is it not a windows installer?

pctech · Nov 29, 2010, 19:18:51

16-bit stuff definitely won't run on 64-bit Windows as there is no 16-bit thunking support but may do on 32-bit.

Technical Ben · Nov 29, 2010, 20:13:19

Quote from: pctech on Nov 29, 2010, 19:18:51
16-bit stuff definitely won't run on 64-bit Windows as there is no 16-bit thunking support but may do on 32-bit.

I thought that was a typo. It's not.

pctech · Nov 29, 2010, 20:49:18

Nope it's definitely known as thunking

Technical Ben · Nov 29, 2010, 21:23:06

That's what I meant.

pctech · Nov 29, 2010, 22:33:04

I know and I thought the same as you the first time I saw the term

esh · Nov 30, 2010, 13:14:20

Quote from: Technical Ben on Nov 29, 2010, 17:27:55
I thought the main problem is 16 bits installers are not supported anymore? Or is it not a windows installer?

It's most definitely pre-windows

It uses some low-level ASM to access floppy disk sectors directly as a form of copy protection. Since Windows doesn't emulate these, no luck.

Technical Ben · Dec 01, 2010, 12:58:28

I was told, an old way to copy protect your own Floppies was to swap over the two wires. So 1s were written as 0s and visa versa. No idea if it was a joke, or true.