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minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days 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-up9·2 days agoOr you can play this port on Android
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days 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-squaresad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days 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-up4·2 days agoI think those are always subject to what insane optimizations the dev might have done
minus-squareConsti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days 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.
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThere was also a 32-bit version which still works fine on Windows 11.
minus-square𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoAlso works just fine in Wine.
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.
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.
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