Think it'll run?

[Growler]

So, continuing our attic cleaning evolution today, came across this:


Inside the box.


Looks like everything's still there!

For me, this was the game that started me down the road that would lead me to Subsim. I never knew I still had this around until today.

[Pisces]

My experience is that such magnetic disks loose data-integrity overtime. If you can hookup a 5.25 inch drive to your system, and the files are ok then dosbox should be your friend.

[Growler]

hehe...

If I'm not mistaken, it may even be out there on the 'net as Abandonware or similar. I was just kinda chuckling to see those disks again - it's certainly not as though 5.25" floppies are modern technology anymore.

[Gargamel]

Those were what? 128k? 520k? I remember thinking they 2.1mb 3.5" were "HIGH CAPACITY"!

As I sit here, I can see my old box of 3.5's, and right on top are the 4 disk set to Great Naval Battles!

I got that working on my Dos Box and love it!


Very cool packaging btw.

[Pisces]

Iirc the double density (single sided?) 5.25" were 360K. High density 5.25" were 1.2MB

[Growler]

It amazes me, when I've looked back at the games I've played, and the way they'd be delivered, to think that I can download in a few moments what once had to be shipped in cartons from distributors, to retailers, then picked up by me, driven home, installed... Man, we live in an amazing time.

[razark]

If you've got DOSBox, and you can get the game off the floppies, then it'll run.

[Growler]

I just couldn't help from laughing at the system requirements: DOS 2.0 or better just slays me.

[TorpX]

What year was it released?

[Growler]

1988.

It's funny to me to see one guy's name listed as the developer - I know Sid Meier gets a lot of acclaim and notoriety for the Civilization series, as does Will Wright for the SimCity games (and their inevitable spinoffs)... these days, talk is almost universally about DevTeams, rather than one guy: "Ubi, Obsidian" etc.

[Captain Nemo]

Originally Posted by Pisces

Iirc the double density (single sided?) 5.25" were 360K. High density 5.25" were 1.2MB

I remember watching the Computer Chronicles a computer technology programme that was broadcast in the USA some years back. In one of the episodes I recall a senior figure in a data storage company saying that he would be surprised if the 5.25" floppy was surpassed by any better storage media!

Back on topic, I have 688 Attack Sub on my trusty Amiga.

Nemo

[Growler]

Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

... recall a senior figure in a data storage company saying that he would be surprised if the 5.25" floppy was surpassed by any better storage media!...

Now he's well-versed in, "Would you like fries with that?"

Man, if there's anything I learned growing up with my Dad in the 70's & 80's, it's that you just don't make technology predictions. I remember conversations with him in the early 80's about VR (hook up to a computer and trick your brain into actually being in the game), Y2K (clock will go to zero, then start over again), and portable computers that were more powerful than the mainframes then in use (which nicely describes the laptop I'm using to post this).

Of course, I also learned other answers from him, too, most notably, "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you." (Just so happens, he was right on that one, too. How was I to know Dad had a security clearance?)

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by Growler

So, continuing our attic cleaning evolution today, came across this:

Looks like everything's still there!

Great find, a real collector's item...

I wonder where John W. Ratcliff is today? Still single handedly developing projects for EA or perhaps he's moved on to greener pastures?

PS. I hope your box can handle the stiff system requirements. DOS 2.0 can be pretty taxing on resources. Good luck and have fun!

[Growler]

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

Great find, a real collector's item...

I wonder where John W. Ratcliff is today? Still single handedly developing projects for EA or perhaps he's moved on to greener pastures?

PS. I hope your box can handle the stiff system requirements. DOS 2.0 can be pretty taxing on resources. Good luck and have fun!

LOL! Until I can scrounge a 5.25" drive, all it's doing is laying flat in a desk drawer. I'm so bummed! I'm so jonesing for some first-rate LA Fast-Attack action, and there it is - and I can't get it from there, to here.