That is $25? For a few more dollars, you could get a Bluray drive...$25 for a floppy reader is expensive. That shit should be $1 and bundled with Mobos like a USB cable. Shit.
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Capy & Double Fine release new Outrun-style racer on 3.5 inch floppies at PAX
- Thread starter HadesGigas
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That is $25? For a few more dollars, you could get a Bluray drive...$25 for a floppy reader is expensive. That shit should be $1 and bundled with Mobos like a USB cable. Shit.
Punched cards is where it's at.
SirMossyBloke
Member
How else are you going to read floppy disk? Buy a floppy drive for your tower? 25$ for a plug and play drive is pretty cheap.
Technosteve
Banned
i still use floppies at work, some one mail me a copy.
StickyFingers
Member
So... has this been uploaded by anyone yet? I bought the bundle at PAX East. I tried running on an ancient laptop running Windows ME (ugh) that was given to me awhile back but it didn't start. The files look weird too... I ran the only executable in the folder (Linstall.exe) and it wanted me to point to some Lotus 1-2-3 Linstall directory... Here's the file listing. Also weird that the date on the files are from 1991.
So... has this been uploaded by anyone yet? I bought the bundle at PAX East. I tried running on an ancient laptop running Windows ME (ugh) that was given to me awhile back but it didn't start. The files look weird too... I ran the only executable in the folder (Linstall.exe) and it wanted me to point to some Lotus 1-2-3 Linstall directory... Here's the file listing. Also weird that the date on the files are from 1991.
Woah, that is weird. That kinda makes me think that the disk is just a duplicate of whatever old floppy disk they found around the office. Is there a code or a URL on there anywhere that might lead to a downloadable version?
Sidewinder
Member
So... has this been uploaded by anyone yet? I bought the bundle at PAX East. I tried running on an ancient laptop running Windows ME (ugh) that was given to me awhile back but it didn't start. The files look weird too... I ran the only executable in the folder (Linstall.exe) and it wanted me to point to some Lotus 1-2-3 Linstall directory... Here's the file listing. Also weird that the date on the files are from 1991.
That's a Lotus 1-2-3 installer disc. Looks like Disc 4.
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/virtcdlib/index.cgi/4226437/FID1/CONTENTS.TXT
Noisepurge
Member
isn't the game on that steam activation key rather than on the diskette itself.
HadesGigas
Member
No.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
They did warn that some of the floppies might not work, though I don't think having Lotus on it was part of the expected failure plan.
TheCongressman1
Member
Man, that's really cool looking.
Sort of off topic, but I gotta say, I absolutely love Swords and Sworcery's art style. I was kind of disappointed by the gameplay just because I don't really care for point and click type games. I was hoping for something closer to Zelda or something when I first saw it. I'd pay a large sum for an action adventure game with that same art style.
Sort of off topic, but I gotta say, I absolutely love Swords and Sworcery's art style. I was kind of disappointed by the gameplay just because I don't really care for point and click type games. I was hoping for something closer to Zelda or something when I first saw it. I'd pay a large sum for an action adventure game with that same art style.
Criminal Upper
Banned
If I knew there was a chance that some of the floppies couldn't even be bothered to contain the actual game, I wouldn't have even considered shelling out $40 for it. I swear I have the worst luck buying shit at PAX East. Last year I bought Puzzle Strike only to find out that they announced a Kickstarter the following month for a new edition of the game.
looks like it. The disk we have is:
https://twitter.com/LtSquigs/status/316299641190764545/photo/1
if you want a copy, go to bbs.doctormoney.biz (use synch term). Let's try to forum up the game!
https://twitter.com/LtSquigs/status/316299641190764545/photo/1
if you want a copy, go to bbs.doctormoney.biz (use synch term). Let's try to forum up the game!
Cromulent_Word
Member
QUICKLY...
If you bought the game and disks were borked / didn't include the game, just PM me or email info@capybaragames.com
We used our parent's old floppies because recycling! Sometimes they might not work, but everyone who bought it **WILL** get the game.
Also, everyone who bought it is **FREE TO SHARE THE GAME ON GAF IF THEY WANT**
Also, **WORDS IN ALL CAPS INSIDE STAR QUOTES**.
If you got a bum disk, super sorry but we'll hook you up.
If you bought the game and disks were borked / didn't include the game, just PM me or email info@capybaragames.com
We used our parent's old floppies because recycling! Sometimes they might not work, but everyone who bought it **WILL** get the game.
Also, everyone who bought it is **FREE TO SHARE THE GAME ON GAF IF THEY WANT**
Also, **WORDS IN ALL CAPS INSIDE STAR QUOTES**.
If you got a bum disk, super sorry but we'll hook you up.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
YOU ARE THE CHOSEN ONE
Since the Capy guy says it's cool, here is the .rar!
http://filesmelt.com/dl/demo5.rar
http://filesmelt.com/dl/demo5.rar
You had horrible friends! My disks were perfectly labelled and that's handy 20 years later when I'm digging for some old Amiga demo
Haunted
Member
You are a good man, robotrock.
edit: it's a fun little game. Like, literally, really small.
Elitist mode = on : pff what a years old version! Won't work with the newer games!
do it.
(It really is a very old version
)Thanks!
youruglyclone
Neo Member
so I picked up this and I got this.
http://imgur.com/EVGkZUU
the plot thickens...so were the games distributed "blindbox" style?
http://imgur.com/EVGkZUU
the plot thickens...so were the games distributed "blindbox" style?
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Very pretty visually, framerate takes a nosedive off the high rise on fullscreen and the controls are super sticky. Still, a really neat little thing from capy and double fine's love.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Two years from now, the Vita will get this ported to it. I'm calling it.
eudaemonic
Member
Thanks so much!
I was happy playing.
Then I got super bummed when I noticed it's one of those "drift to store your boost power" kind of games
That's not outrun. Drifting is boosting is the bane of this genre.
[sarcasm]I'm very angry at this free game![/sarcasm]
I wonder if it has an ending?
Also, Double Fine already got their Kart Racing game. It's all down here from here, folks!
Then I got super bummed when I noticed it's one of those "drift to store your boost power" kind of games
That's not outrun. Drifting is boosting is the bane of this genre.
[sarcasm]I'm very angry at this free game![/sarcasm]
I wonder if it has an ending?
Also, Double Fine already got their Kart Racing game. It's all down here from here, folks!
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
And featuring Tim Shafer as the pizza guy...
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
This is pretty cool, actually. The game looks cool and seems fun.
Oh.
No Steam, no want. I'll wait for the Steam release.
Thank you, sir!
Oh.
No Steam, no want. I'll wait for the Steam release.
I'm kidding
Thank you, sir!
Azure Dream
Member
It's pretty nice, even if the AI starts off as "LOL bye". Which was pretty standard for games of that era anyway.
There has to be a secret, right?
Also did a quick stream: http://www.twitch.tv/wariosixfour/b/382321274
there's a 2nd song in the songs directory
Also did a quick stream: http://www.twitch.tv/wariosixfour/b/382321274
JoseOle5990
Member
This is great! Glad to see that it can be freely shared as well.
I like driving as Reynold
It's hard to drive with Charlie, can't see the road ahead sometimes.
I like driving as Reynold
It's hard to drive with Charlie, can't see the road ahead sometimes.
Chris Remo
Member
The disks are totally just old disks with shit like Lotus 1-2-3 and stuff on them. They were supposed to all be reformatted and the content replaced with the game, but some must have slipped through the cracks. If you have one, you can see underneath the new label is the old label for whatever your disk happened to be from originally.
MulderWasTaken
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