Old documentation

[mr_skullhead]

Today I got mail from a person who downloaded Blocks from Hell, a game I haven't updated in nearly 9 years. He was confused by some of the documentation.

His problem? He downloaded an out-of-date version from some random website, and his documentation was over 14 years old. It referred to the "turbo button" that hasn't been seen on PCs in a

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[the_barticus]

I hear Vista doesn't do well with DOS games. Here is your chance to update! Break out the old programming skills. Make it, um...you know Vistaised.

Love the LJ icon but I totally see you as a red dude.

[mr_skullhead]

I hear Vista doesn't do well with DOS games.

Man, I just now figured I'd check that out, and "doesn't do well" apparently means "absolutely does not work". Vista doesn't support fullscreen graphics in DOS applications, and doesn't seem to support windowed VGA emulation either. Launching Blocks makes it go *bonk* and tell me that it doesn't support fullscreen 16-bit applications, with the only options being "close" and "ignore". Ignore sure doesn't work.

I would have to rewrite every single line to make Blocks work. I'm honestly astonished that it lasted this long, compatibility-wise.

Also, I am blue because I fight for the users.