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Sappho

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Bureaucracy?
« on: May 22, 2008, 11:28:00 am »

I found this old IF a while back but could never get it to run on my computer.  Now I have rediscovered it, and...  I still can't get it to work on my computer.

It starts up okay, asks if I want color, tells me to press enter to continue, then fills the screen with garbage.  I've been looking for help with this online but no one else seems to be having any problems, and I can't find anything at all on it.  Any of you guys have any ideas?

The game looks like this once I start it up:

You can download the game at www.the-underdogs.info  - it's a very small file.

Thanks to anyone who can help me with this!!!  Also, I miss you guys.  I need to dedicate some more time to DF in the near future.

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Re: Bureaucracy?
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2008, 11:31:00 am »

Did you try to run it through a DosBox?
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Re: Bureaucracy?
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2008, 11:44:00 am »

Aha, I've got it!  I did try using DOSbox, but I was trying to run the .com file instead of the .bat file.  Foolish me!  That did the trick.  Hooray!

Anyone else ever play this game?  It's written by Douglas Adams.  Yanno, writer of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.  I'm excited.

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Re: Bureaucracy?
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2008, 01:47:00 pm »

Congratulations for solving the issue.
Also you get me interested, because I liked HGTTG and I didn't know about this game. I'm gonna try.

P.S. As long as you're a legendary female gamer and in DF... do you have a beard like all legendary dwarven women?

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Re: Bureaucracy?
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2008, 01:54:00 pm »

Huh, I thought she'd taken off just a short time after announcing her return.


Anyways, what is the general opinion of how the movie version of The Hitchhiker's yadda yadda, as compared to the literary version?  Because I've only seen the movie, and quite frankly I'm nowhere near impressed.

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Re: Bureaucracy?
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2008, 02:12:00 pm »

Heh, I read the Something Awful LP  of this. Very witty game with some hilarious writing.   :D

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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2008, 02:25:00 pm »

The H2G2 movie was meh. The books' written humour did not translate well to the screen.
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Re: Bureaucracy?
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2008, 08:03:00 pm »

The movie felt like it was full of inside jokes for people who enjoyed the books.  Without having read them, I can see why it wouldn't be very funny.  The books, on the other hand, are freaking awesome and everyone should read them.

Sorry about disappearing for a while.  Real life kinda clotheslined me.  I do still plan on finishing that pyramid though (it's nearly done, it'll probably only take a few more hours of playing to finish it), and when I do I will be sure to share it with all of you.  I just hope the game hasn't changed too much.

Also, Deon: You just invited a very dirty joke, but I'll hold back on account of I'm sure there's children present...

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Re: Bureaucracy?
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2008, 08:06:00 pm »

Okay.  Luckily, I have no such reservations.


Yes, she does have a beard.  It's just placed a bit farther down than her chin.

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Re: Bureaucracy?
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2008, 07:03:00 am »

Her neck?
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Re: Bureaucracy?
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2008, 08:18:00 am »

I think it's time someone told Cthulhu about the birds and the beards.