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Old Sierra games are availble with HTML5 at http://sarien.net/ http://sarien.net/ - is the html5 ScrummVM really new? http://mikeconley.ca/blog/2012/01/08/monk

by wingi 13y ago

Old Sierra games are availble with HTML5 at http://sarien.net/ http://sarien.net/ - is the html5 ScrummVM really new? http://mikeconley.ca/blog/2012/01/08/monkey-island-1-the-secret-of-monkey-island-running-via-javascript/ http://mikeconley.ca/blog/2012/01/08/monkey-island-1-the-sec...

pygy_ 13y ago
The port you link to is a rewrite in JavaScript[0], while this is the original ScummVM code, compiled with Emscripten. [0] https://github.com/mutle/jsscummvm https://github.com/mutle/jsscummvm
shawndumas 13y ago
I truly hope this does not become the highest voted post on this thread. I sometimes feel like HN is chock full of people that tend to become absorbed with minutia and details that most would not normally consider important. So it's not completely, wholly, and totally new... big deal. For my edification could you explain to me why this gets your goat?
- danso 13y ago
  No no no, the GP was absolutely the question I was thinking -- and I'm sure others too, because a HtML5 JS port has been done before and was well-voted on by HN. But the GP's question brought out the real answer of how this is new, and the detail is interesting to web devs
  - shawndumas 13y ago
    "No no no" -- great start. "the GP was absolutely the question I was thinking -- and I'm sure others too" -- which was my point; chock full. "the GP's question brought out the real answer of how this is new" -- and the person that elucidated you found out his information how? Yes, that's right... he looked at the site. Could we quit it with the knee jerk negativism? Please and thanks.
    - danso 13y ago
      Sorry I was on a tablet when I typed that response (I've given up on stylistic punctuation in that situation, such as: "No, no, no."). Also, being on a tablet I presumed that I wouldn't be able to get it working in the first place, and others had already commented on the site being brought down by the traffic...and to be honest, unless the OP writes it out explicitly in the landing page, I wouldn't have know that the emscripten version was different than the past version. This isn't negativity, quite the opposite. It's very exciting to see this kind of application done with different approaches.
    - gruseom 13y ago
      danso's comment didn't seem negative to me ("no no no" is just colloquial). This comment does, though.
    - Dylan16807 13y ago
      Your last line is the only really negative thing in the entire thread.
  - Diamons 13y ago
    @Shawndumas One thing I prefer on HN over Reddit is the mature and appropriate responses. Please keep the ostracization to a minimum.

by wingi 13y ago

pygy_ 13y ago

The port you link to is a rewrite in JavaScript[0], while this is the original ScummVM code, compiled with Emscripten. [0] https://github.com/mutle/jsscummvm https://github.com/mutle/jsscummvm

shawndumas 13y ago

I truly hope this does not become the highest voted post on this thread. I sometimes feel like HN is chock full of people that tend to become absorbed with minutia and details that most would not normally consider important. So it's not completely, wholly, and totally new... big deal. For my edification could you explain to me why this gets your goat?

danso 13y ago
No no no, the GP was absolutely the question I was thinking -- and I'm sure others too, because a HtML5 JS port has been done before and was well-voted on by HN. But the GP's question brought out the real answer of how this is new, and the detail is interesting to web devs
- shawndumas 13y ago
  "No no no" -- great start. "the GP was absolutely the question I was thinking -- and I'm sure others too" -- which was my point; chock full. "the GP's question brought out the real answer of how this is new" -- and the person that elucidated you found out his information how? Yes, that's right... he looked at the site. Could we quit it with the knee jerk negativism? Please and thanks.
  - danso 13y ago
    Sorry I was on a tablet when I typed that response (I've given up on stylistic punctuation in that situation, such as: "No, no, no."). Also, being on a tablet I presumed that I wouldn't be able to get it working in the first place, and others had already commented on the site being brought down by the traffic...and to be honest, unless the OP writes it out explicitly in the landing page, I wouldn't have know that the emscripten version was different than the past version. This isn't negativity, quite the opposite. It's very exciting to see this kind of application done with different approaches.
  - gruseom 13y ago
    danso's comment didn't seem negative to me ("no no no" is just colloquial). This comment does, though.
  - Dylan16807 13y ago
    Your last line is the only really negative thing in the entire thread.
- Diamons 13y ago
  @Shawndumas One thing I prefer on HN over Reddit is the mature and appropriate responses. Please keep the ostracization to a minimum.