Title: Holiday Lemmings for Windows?
Post by: Tsyu on October 02, 2012, 11:28:12 PM
Post by: Tsyu on October 02, 2012, 11:28:12 PM
I have seen what looks like a Windows version of Holiday Lemmings in a few places, such as here and here. Do these products actually include an updated Windows version or the DOS version, or is it something else entirely?
Title: Re: Holiday Lemmings for Windows?
Post by: Prob Lem on October 03, 2012, 04:18:21 AM
Post by: Prob Lem on October 03, 2012, 04:18:21 AM
I wouldn't like to guess at the first link, but I can say with certainty about the MobyGames one, due to the publisher being Dice Multimedia, that it would definitely be the MS-DOS version on that disc. Reason being, Dice released a budget version of Lemmings 3D with a Microsoft Windows logo on it, too, but the software on the disc is the same as it ever was, and not updated in any way. 
EDIT (Oct-5th-2012): Further research has revealed that the first one was also published by Dice Multimedia. The system requirements from the back of the case for that one are as follows;
So that one is just a straight repackaging of the MS-DOS version, too.
EDIT (Oct-10th-2012): I was actually able to find a copy of the first disc to buy, and since it was only a few pounds, I snapped it up. I can confirm that the only Windows-related thing on the disc is an odd little program launcher (which proudly proclaims "Made With Macromedia" when you quit it, which shows its age a bit) that just runs the MS-DOS executable (I imagine that it will fail in some fashion on versions of Microsoft Windows that don't use MS-DOS), and has the box-art emblazoned on it;
I took this screenshot via WINE (there are no Microsoft Windows boxes in my household), so I didn't try to run the game from it, as it wouldn't have worked, but there it is. It's more than they did for their Lemmings 3D re-releases.
EDIT (Oct-5th-2012): Further research has revealed that the first one was also published by Dice Multimedia. The system requirements from the back of the case for that one are as follows;
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Windows or DOS 5.0 and up; MSCDEX 2.1 and up; 570K of free conventional memory required
So that one is just a straight repackaging of the MS-DOS version, too.
EDIT (Oct-10th-2012): I was actually able to find a copy of the first disc to buy, and since it was only a few pounds, I snapped it up. I can confirm that the only Windows-related thing on the disc is an odd little program launcher (which proudly proclaims "Made With Macromedia" when you quit it, which shows its age a bit) that just runs the MS-DOS executable (I imagine that it will fail in some fashion on versions of Microsoft Windows that don't use MS-DOS), and has the box-art emblazoned on it;
I took this screenshot via WINE (there are no Microsoft Windows boxes in my household
), so I didn't try to run the game from it, as it wouldn't have worked, but there it is. It's more than they did for their Lemmings 3D re-releases.
Title: Re: Holiday Lemmings for Windows?
Post by: Tsyu on October 12, 2012, 06:08:19 AM
Post by: Tsyu on October 12, 2012, 06:08:19 AM
I figured it would be the DOS version. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't some obscure Windows version with high-resolution graphics.
If your copy came on a CD, could you check to see whether it has any Redbook audio tracks (that is, the kind that you can play in a CD player)? There probably aren't any, but I want to be sure.
If your copy came on a CD, could you check to see whether it has any Redbook audio tracks (that is, the kind that you can play in a CD player)? There probably aren't any, but I want to be sure.
Title: Re: Holiday Lemmings for Windows?
Post by: Prob Lem on October 12, 2012, 10:18:26 AM
Post by: Prob Lem on October 12, 2012, 10:18:26 AM
It did come on a CD (Dice Multimedia only seems/seemed to publish budget-priced CD-ROM re-releases), and there are no redbook audio tracks present. Sorry about that!
(If there were any, I would have been the first to rip them, I assure you.
)
(If there were any, I would have been the first to rip them, I assure you.
)