cHello,
Unfortunately, there is no Windows version. I believe in Issue 36 Michael had
an interview with the game's author where among other things he said that he'd
lost the source code for the game and so couldn't update it.
Nor do I have any idea why Jaws acts that way. I don't use it myself and so
have no knowledge of how it works. I have had great success playing the game
with either Window-Eyes, or DosBox. But DosBox isn't for everybody. The setup
is complicated.
I'm sorry i can't give you more hopeful news.
Yours,
Zack
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gamers@audyssey.org> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007
> 07:22:59 -0600> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru> > I'd
> like to play this game. I remember trying it once several years back, > but
> ever since I updated to jaws 8 I've been having a lot of problems > getting
> Dos games to work properly. For some reason the command boxes start > up and
> immediately close back down. Is there a windows version of this game >
> somewhere? And if not, does anyone have any ideas as to why Dos programs >
> won't start on my computer? Its a jaws problem, that I know, because I've >
> had one of my sighted friends start a dos program without jaws running, and >
> it starts up fine, then I started jaws while that window was still open and >
> it immediately closed. Hmm... But yeah, this definitely sounds like my type >
> of game, almost reminds me of Fable. Sounds awesome.> ----- Original Message
> ----- > From: "Zachary Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: "Gamers Discussion
> list" <gamers@audyssey.org>> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:48 AM> Subject:
> [Audyssey] An appreciation for Fallthru> > > > Hiya,> > Off and on over the
> past year or so, I've been working at playing > > through an old DOS game
> which Michael reviewed in Issue 1 of Audyssey. > > I've not come anywhere
> close to beating it, and don't want to really. > > I've yet to really make it
> much of anywhere--true, I've gotten fairly rich > > and found a few rather
> amazing places, but haven't yet found any real > > direction. I don't mind
> this in the least.> > One thing I love about this game, which I haven't found
> anywhere else, > > is a sense of a world with unlimited places to explore.
> There is this odd > > sense that if I just keep going in a direction
> somewhere I'll find > > something interesting, or run into a new town, or a
> new inn, or a new > > place where I can appreciate the depth of detail that's
> offered here. > > I've never before encountered a sense like the following:>
> > When the character in Fallthru travels from town to town over roads, it > >
> seems like he's really traveling somewhere. I get this odd sense that, > >
> wow, that really did take three days! (That's game time, of course.) > >
> Since I haven't really scratched the surface of this game yet, I have to > >
> wonder what it'll be like if I keep going.> > I know this game isn't for
> everyone. It's tedious and hard to get > > anywhere sometimes because you're
> constantly trying to stay alive. There > > are so many places to go that it
> is hard to choose. I find myself setting > > out long term goals for spots I
> want to see and realizing, a few days and > > some food later, that I really
> should've reconsidered. No other game has > > quite given me this feeling.> >
> I'm just curious, therefore, if anybody on this list still plays the > >
> game? If so, does it stay this engrossing all the way through? No, don't > >
> answer that. I want to find out for myself.> > All the best,> > Zack.> >
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