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1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 21:53:48 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

   Every once in a while I remember that the Windows 3.x first person shooter "Bad Toys 3D" from 1995 is still being sold for $9.95:
   https://www.tibosoftware.com/bad-toys.htm

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 22:06:26 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     When was the last time a game installer asked you to do this?

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 22:08:09 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     Doggo!

   • SuperIlu (dec_hl@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 22:10:15 UTC SuperIlu

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     @dosnostalgic several month at least 😊

   • Konrad Kołakowski (kkolakowski@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 22:27:29 UTC Konrad Kołakowski

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     @dosnostalgic For me it was Civilization II - I think the most famous user of those libraries?

     WinG was basically a DirectX predecessor...

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 23:25:12 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Devlin :farfetchd:

     @devlin I'll be honest, I didn't recall Yoda Stories using WinG. So I checked the original disc, and it doesn't.

   • Devlin :farfetchd: (devlin@topspicy.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 23:25:14 UTC Devlin :farfetchd:

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     @dosnostalgic Yoda Stories, last year, when setting up Windows 95 in PCem

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 23:40:21 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Devlin :farfetchd:

     @devlin I didn't have that one handy, so I downloaded an image to check it out, and yes, the 16 bit version indeed requires WinG

   • Devlin :farfetchd: (devlin@topspicy.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 23:40:22 UTC Devlin :farfetchd:

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     @dosnostalgic It wouldn't run without it on my 95 machine. Maybe it was the Indy one instead? I could have sworn needing WinG for something and that's all I have on my windows boxes.

   • Drew Powers (drwpow@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Nov-2023 02:45:36 UTC Drew Powers

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     @dosnostalgic Knuckle Sandwich. which just released this past Wed

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Nov-2023 02:45:36 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Drew Powers

     @drwpow Well, this did make me install Knuckle Sandwich, which sadly did not ask me to install a 16-bit Windows library. 🤷♂️

   • Lothus Marque (lothus@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Nov-2023 03:55:37 UTC Lothus Marque

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     @dosnostalgic That's a memory from the past, hah. In particular the weird little red-on-black wiggling-graphics test it would do.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Nov-2023 16:15:48 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • StenPett

     @stenpett Were you installing the original release, or does the 32-bit version still require WinG? I don't remember anymore.

   • StenPett (stenpett@mstdn.games)'s status on Monday, 27-Nov-2023 16:15:49 UTC StenPett

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     @dosnostalgic Must have been when installing Civ2 on my old Pentium 2 laptop this summer.