Hi tom.
I've never had the games running, on any of my xp machines going right back
to 2006 when I investigated every audio game I could lay my hands on, let
alone windows 7 or further.
I should probably put notes on their db entry pages that they pretty much
are unrunable now, and maybe change their license to unknown as well, sinse
if nobody can run their demos, nobody can buy their games either.
then again, I don't think this is really such a major loss, sinse from the
docs the games seemed really simplistic, even for games aimed at children
(mudsplat was at least engaging with features and cool music even if the
difficulty was reduced), plus from what I've heard their design was very
flawed, with for instance creatures saying "left left left" or "right right
right" in center of the sterrio field, instead of using any sort of
positional audio or even reasonable indicators, as though blind people need
constant spoken direction.
So, I'm not going to lose too much sleep about not running those games.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong
Hi Dark,
That makes two of us. I've never gotten the APH games to run either.
However, I do believe they were written several years ago, and don't
think they are being actively maintained by the developer. I'm not
sure if this is intentional or ignorance on APH's part.
Last time I looked at them I recall the specs were for a Windows 98
machine. Obviously, that would be a big reason for them not running on
modern PCs. Comparatively speaking Windows 98 is to Windows 7 as
record players are to CD players. So much has changed under the hood
that many older games wont run correctly unless they are updated to
meet the current changes in technology. That is the bane of any
developer's existance, because sooner or later an application needs to
be updated or rewritten to meet current changes in spec.
In this case the games don't even seem to run well on Windows XP. I've
got a relatively newer desktop from 2007 or so running XP SP3 and the
games won't even run on that let alone my new laptop running Windows
7. So I think a major upgrade is in order for the APH games.
Cheers!
On 6/2/12, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
Hi Tom.
Fair enough. I know the game was "based on" mahjong, but with the sort of
childish presentation I wasn't sure how much of the rules actually
translated, sinse for a start I believe Mahjong is a two player game, and
it's not really as if the aph games are aimed at serious gamers.
Also, on every machine I've tried to run the American printing house
games
on they've crashed on me.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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