As much as I loved Johnny Castaway, it wasn't really doing its job as a screen saver. I can't count all the screens I saw in the 90's that had that ocean and palm tree permanently burned into the screen :)
"What kind of computer back in 96 had 60 megabytes?" Well, that may be the problem. A lot of programmers back then did not expect the rapid expansion of technology (despite the rapid expansion that lead to that point), and simply ignored safeguards against really high numbers. The variables used in some programs to check for things like system memory were set up so bad that if the memory got too high, they would loop back around and become negative. With excessively high memories, the variables could some times take several loops around before landing on some outlandish number. This went on for quite some time, with even giants such as EA being guilty of it. In 2002's Black & White, if you had a computer from 2005 or later, you simply couldn't run the game because they didn't expect you to have more than 1Gb of RAM... ever. I highly suspect this is what's up with that music program of yours...
One of the best screen savers I had was actually a promo for the game Fie Fighter. It played the Internal March while slides of the games screen shots were shown.
Heh some funny stuff there. I should really dig look through my floppy files. I did copy the data off my disks a while back but I don't think I actually looked what was on them XD Also, that screensaver won't do much to actually save your screen since the majority of the image is static!
holy fucking shit i loved watching johnny castaway, i use to set for 1 min and watch for hrs, just letting it play all night while i sleep. I gonna hunt it down and see if it works on win7 or 8 :)
hey mate, love your vids but if possible and if ya have it would love your yake on dreamcast shenmue? cheers keep it up its great having a channel like this with so many regular uploads :)
have been for a few days, mind only recently found the channel so been working my way through the vids this last couple weeks... it's like a retro box set lol
As much as I loved Johnny Castaway, it wasn't really doing its job as a screen saver. I can't count all the screens I saw in the 90's that had that ocean and palm tree permanently burned into the screen :)
burning it into the screen was worth it. :)~
"What kind of computer back in 96 had 60 megabytes?"
Well, that may be the problem. A lot of programmers back then did not expect the rapid expansion of technology (despite the rapid expansion that lead to that point), and simply ignored safeguards against really high numbers.
The variables used in some programs to check for things like system memory were set up so bad that if the memory got too high, they would loop back around and become negative. With excessively high memories, the variables could some times take several loops around before landing on some outlandish number.
This went on for quite some time, with even giants such as EA being guilty of it. In 2002's Black & White, if you had a computer from 2005 or later, you simply couldn't run the game because they didn't expect you to have more than 1Gb of RAM... ever.
I highly suspect this is what's up with that music program of yours...
More likely he needs to free up space in lower memory!
There is a tiny slice in the bottom left corner of your DOS monitor overlay that shows the background.
I remember Johnny Castaway! Yay! Thanks for the memory!
Because 12 pm isn't noon. It's obviously midnight!
you made that speed test to try to convince your parents to upgrade
One of the best screen savers I had was actually a promo for the game Fie Fighter. It played the Internal March while slides of the games screen shots were shown.
the memory issue could have been easily fixed ... www.dosbox.com/wiki/Configuration:DOSBox enjoy ! :D
Lol, what is the point of a screen saver that keeps a constant image on the screen?
It doesn't, it distorts it.
Why were DOS and DOS games so lovely and perfect? 😢
Heh some funny stuff there. I should really dig look through my floppy files. I did copy the data off my disks a while back but I don't think I actually looked what was on them XD
Also, that screensaver won't do much to actually save your screen since the majority of the image is static!
wow iv not seen that is a long time lol jonny castaway
i wish jhonny was afailible for new windows
i loved to watch him
Usually when you get that insufficient memory error it is talking about the 640k memors
3:20 asterisk's. Asterix is that french comic character!!!
TheDeeplyCynical Asterisks. An apostrophe is used for a possessive S, not a plural!!!
That's a lot of Asterix! Ha, ha!
holy fucking shit i loved watching johnny castaway, i use to set for 1 min and watch for hrs, just letting it play all night while i sleep. I gonna hunt it down and see if it works on win7 or 8 :)
+Nostalgia Nerd can you give me the name of your background music to this video? I would be nice.
hey mate, love your vids but if possible and if ya have it would love your yake on dreamcast shenmue? cheers keep it up its great having a channel like this with so many regular uploads :)
+The Tipsy Channel I do have that. So it may well happen.
+Nostalgia Nerd it would be great :)
OMG Johnny Castaway. I could never remember the name of it.
the nistolgia nerd was the original name for avgn.
Did you ever try reading the README file to see how to deal with the error?
ZipplyZane Nope
What is the background music?
Try upgrading your DosBOX virtual machine to a virtual Pentium :P
Deltree come on that’s a rookie mistake
Can we download the disk images?
3:08 who else started humming Nostalgia Nerd's theme tune?
+Kee Lo Ha! I didn't even notice that.
;-)
have been for a few days, mind only recently found the channel so been working my way through the vids this last couple weeks... it's like a retro box set lol
It's a treasure trove of goodness.
+Kee Lo sure i, so many childhood memories 😄
Edit autoexec.bat - enter first command on top: format c:\ y y
aaaand Restart :P
That Johnny Castaway screensaver looks great. Sierra did a really good job there.
What's the background music?