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    Windows 3.1 Games Are Now Just a Click Away

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Finally, been waiting so long for these.

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      • gjacobseG
        gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller
        Can't say I played to many games in 3.1... but it'll be fun to see the 8bit and 16bit graphics on a 4k screen...

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          "The emulator is open-source; it's actually a Java-based adaptation of DOSBOX that converts Windows runtimes into JavaScript code your browser can understand."

          So if they are running Java, why do they need the web browser? Something is fishy there. I think our PC Mag writer missed IT 101 and confused Java and JavaScript.

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          • gjacobseG
            gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said:

            "The emulator is open-source; it's actually a Java-based adaptation of DOSBOX that converts Windows runtimes into JavaScript code your browser can understand."

            So if they are running Java, why do they need the web browser? Something is fishy there. *** I think our PC Mag writer missed IT 101 and confused Java and JavaScript.***

            Not my Circus,..Not my monkey.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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              They didn't even read the article from the Internet Archive, says right in it that DOSBOX is written in JavaScript. The PC Mag author injected the Java bit themselves.

              http://blog.archive.org/2016/02/11/internet-archive-does-windows-hundreds-of-windows-3-1-programs-join-the-collection/

              "As always, the emulation for Windows and DOS-based programs comes via EM-DOSBOX, which is a project by Boris Gjenero to port DOSBOX into Javascript; his optimization work has been world-class."

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                https://github.com/dreamlayers/em-dosbox

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                • stacksofplatesS
                  stacksofplates
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                  I use the DOS one to play LHX. That was the most awesome game ever at the time.

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                  • MattSpellerM
                    MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by MattSpeller

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    https://github.com/dreamlayers/em-dosbox

                    Works a treat for most stuff (y)

                    edit: skype text thumbs up don't work on ML

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                    • stacksofplatesS
                      stacksofplates
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                      They have Duke Nukem 2. I haven't played that game since I was a little kid.

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                      • MattSpellerM
                        MattSpeller
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                        These are the ones I'd love to play again

                        http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/v-for-victory-series

                        DOSBOX does not do them much justice, though it's been years since I last tried to get them to work

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender
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                          The original Command and Conquer was on Windows 3.1 - damn it was funny playing it new computers, the Mammoth Tanks had rooster tails they moved so fast!
                          😄

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