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Porting Death Rally from DOS to Windows (2010)

57 points by ivanfon 8y ago

xena 8y ago
SSL cert error
- ivanfon 8y ago
  Weird, works fine on my end.
  - mcraiha 8y ago
    Also works here. Chrome Android and 4g.
- jwilk 8y ago
  How did you get certificate error for an HTTP page?
  - digi_owl 8y ago
    could be using an extension that force https connections.
- unixhero 8y ago
  Probably your ISP or government man-in--the-middle attacking you, and your browser is detecting sthat something is off.
jwilk 8y ago
> Death Rally was released as freeware for Windows and can be downloaded from www.death-rally.com. Is it still available? I can't find the download link.
- digi_owl 8y ago
  https://community.remedygames.com/forum/games/death-rally/2652-death-rally-for-windows-released https://community.remedygames.com/forum/games/death-rally/26... Following the second link lead to: https://www.gamewatcher.com/mods/death-rally-2009-mod/free-full-release--1# https://www.gamewatcher.com/mods/death-rally-2009-mod/free-f... That said, "death rally freeware" into any random search engine results in a number of sites that offer a mirror. Including moddb.com.
- voltagex_ 8y ago
  Some futzing about with the Wayback Machine lead me to http://www.remedygames.com/files/DeathRallyWin_10.exe http://www.remedygames.com/files/DeathRallyWin_10.exe which was denied to archive.org and wasn't available there. Perhaps when remedy released Death Rally for iOS they pulled it? I've tweeted @remedygames, but I don't want to pester individual employees for it. https://twitter.com/voltagex/status/1028283518336421889 https://twitter.com/voltagex/status/1028283518336421889 I'm 90% sure that these hashes are good - via AusGamers MD5 Sum: 81584602e6f809817e62cbce89178727 SHA1 Sum: bda2a2230c01580ac779f3cf0f5954d234c8c78e Aha: https://store.steampowered.com/app/108700/Death_Rally/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/108700/Death_Rally/ (remake) and https://store.steampowered.com/app/358270/Death_Rally_Classic https://store.steampowered.com/app/358270/Death_Rally_Classi... (probably DOSBox?) are probably why that file got pulled. Annoyingly, 3DRealms used to sell a huge bundle of these games via their site, but that "ended" in 2016. Silly rights agreements.
  - theandrewbailey 8y ago
    I have DeathRallyWin_10.exe lying around from 2011, and those hashes match mine.
_Microft 8y ago
Offtopic except for being about an old game being ported to windows: https://www.dxx-rebirth.com/ https://www.dxx-rebirth.com/ does that for Descent and Descent II. It's not a clone but actually trying to keep as much of the old game as possible. You'll still need a copy of the old games for the game assets though.
Nr7 8y ago
If you check the "Who?" page, the author mentions writing an SQL tutorial software "GalaXQL" and an 8051 simulator at school. I went to the same school and remember that they were used as teaching aids in different courses.

57 points by ivanfon 8y ago

xena 8y ago

SSL cert error

ivanfon 8y ago
Weird, works fine on my end.
- mcraiha 8y ago
  Also works here. Chrome Android and 4g.
jwilk 8y ago
How did you get certificate error for an HTTP page?
- digi_owl 8y ago
  could be using an extension that force https connections.
unixhero 8y ago
Probably your ISP or government man-in--the-middle attacking you, and your browser is detecting sthat something is off.

jwilk 8y ago

> Death Rally was released as freeware for Windows and can be downloaded from www.death-rally.com. Is it still available? I can't find the download link.

digi_owl 8y ago
https://community.remedygames.com/forum/games/death-rally/2652-death-rally-for-windows-released https://community.remedygames.com/forum/games/death-rally/26... Following the second link lead to: https://www.gamewatcher.com/mods/death-rally-2009-mod/free-full-release--1# https://www.gamewatcher.com/mods/death-rally-2009-mod/free-f... That said, "death rally freeware" into any random search engine results in a number of sites that offer a mirror. Including moddb.com.
voltagex_ 8y ago
Some futzing about with the Wayback Machine lead me to http://www.remedygames.com/files/DeathRallyWin_10.exe http://www.remedygames.com/files/DeathRallyWin_10.exe which was denied to archive.org and wasn't available there. Perhaps when remedy released Death Rally for iOS they pulled it? I've tweeted @remedygames, but I don't want to pester individual employees for it. https://twitter.com/voltagex/status/1028283518336421889 https://twitter.com/voltagex/status/1028283518336421889 I'm 90% sure that these hashes are good - via AusGamers MD5 Sum: 81584602e6f809817e62cbce89178727 SHA1 Sum: bda2a2230c01580ac779f3cf0f5954d234c8c78e Aha: https://store.steampowered.com/app/108700/Death_Rally/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/108700/Death_Rally/ (remake) and https://store.steampowered.com/app/358270/Death_Rally_Classic https://store.steampowered.com/app/358270/Death_Rally_Classi... (probably DOSBox?) are probably why that file got pulled. Annoyingly, 3DRealms used to sell a huge bundle of these games via their site, but that "ended" in 2016. Silly rights agreements.
- theandrewbailey 8y ago
  I have DeathRallyWin_10.exe lying around from 2011, and those hashes match mine.

_Microft 8y ago

Offtopic except for being about an old game being ported to windows: https://www.dxx-rebirth.com/ https://www.dxx-rebirth.com/ does that for Descent and Descent II. It's not a clone but actually trying to keep as much of the old game as possible. You'll still need a copy of the old games for the game assets though.

Nr7 8y ago

If you check the "Who?" page, the author mentions writing an SQL tutorial software "GalaXQL" and an 8051 simulator at school. I went to the same school and remember that they were used as teaching aids in different courses.