Hi Richard. I really hope that we will be able to play all the VB6 games for many years to come, as many of my favorite games are written in vb6. Not only Jim's kitchensinc games and the games you mentioned are vb6, but also GMA games, bsc, LWorks, and many other games. I can actually think of more good vb6 games than non vb6 games.
The reality is that VB6 is an old technology. And old technologies sooner or later become so hard to use that people will stop playing those games. for now things are still working fine, but we as a community need to find a sustainable way to make the vb6 games work, so they are not lost to us. This has nothing to do with putting down of programming languages etc and everything to do with keeping the games I like around as long as possible. I feel as a fellow programmer the least I can do to pay tribute to the creative sols that made all these games that I love so much is find a way to make them playable for as long as possible. I know it's terribly altruistic of me, but for now it's the only solution I can see. Added to that, I do have a degree in computer science, so this is squarely inside my domain. After all, games got me interested in programming in the first place. On 9/14/12, Richard Sherman <squir...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday, September 13, 2012 7:05 AM, trouble wrote: > > > With just about everyone switching to 64 bit ops with new computers. > Your games and VB6 coding is being left behind just like dos. > end quote. > > Not trying to start a war of any kind here. but did you know that all of > Jeremy kaldobsky, also known as Aprone, codes all his games in VB6. This > includes swamp and castaways. . > > runs on all version of windows OS from XP to win 8, and macs included. Sure > > you have to do some things to get them to run properly, but it is once and > then your done. The games run just fine then. > > so if you think VB6 is that dead, think again. > > Shermanator > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
