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I loved this as a kid, and remember when we got a new computer (a 286?) and it was "too fast" to run Battle Chess [not sure how that was, but memory]. So, a fe
by sam_goody 7y ago
I loved this as a kid, and remember when we got a new computer (a 286?) and it was "too fast" to run Battle Chess [not sure how that was, but memory].
So, a few years ago I looked for it online - found an exe that I tried to run with WIne on my Mac, but could not get it to run.
Would love it if there was some way to still play!
- stevula 7y agoIt’s on gog.com: https://www.gog.com/game/battle_chess_special_edition https://www.gog.com/game/battle_chess_special_edition
- JshWright 7y ago> it was "too fast" to run Battle Chess [not sure how that was, but memory] The Clipper database program ran a check on startup to see how fast the CPU was (it ran some code and timed how long it took). "Modern" CPUs are fast enough that the runtime of the function is effectively zero, so when it gets used as the denominator of a division a bit later on in the startup the program crashes on a divide by zero. http://computer-programming-forum.com/19-clipper/2cd478f1fcf154cb.htm http://computer-programming-forum.com/19-clipper/2cd478f1fcf...
- taneq 7y agoSame thing happened in Screamer 2 (the racing game). Worked fine up to a certain CPU speed but crashed on anything faster than that.
- Fnoord 7y agoI also loved and played this game as a kid and I don't remember it being "too fast" (on my 80286). > So, a few years ago I looked for it online - found an exe that I tried to run with WIne on my Mac, but could not get it to run. Well, Wine is for Windows software; this is MSDOS software. It probably works fine in a DOS emulator such as DOSemu, or a VM which runs say FreeDOS.