Holiday Lemmings for Windows?

Started by Tsyu, October 02, 2012, 11:28:12 PM

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Tsyu

I have seen what looks like a Windows version of Holiday Lemmings in a few places, such as http://uk.shopping.com/xmas-lemmings/info" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">here and http://www.mobygames.com/game/lemmings-x-mas" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">here. Do these products actually include an updated Windows version or the DOS version, or is it something else entirely?

Prob Lem

I wouldn't like to guess at the first link, but I can say with certainty about the MobyGames one, due to the publisher being Dice Multimedia, that it would definitely be the MS-DOS version on that disc. Reason being, Dice released a budget version of Lemmings 3D with a Microsoft Windows logo on it, too, but the software on the disc is the same as it ever was, and not updated in any way. http://www.lemmingsforums.com/Smileys/lemmings/tongue.gif" alt=":P" title="Tongue" class="smiley" />

EDIT (Oct-5th-2012): Further research has revealed that the first one was also published by Dice Multimedia. The system requirements from the back of the case for that one are as follows;

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Windows or DOS 5.0 and up; MSCDEX 2.1 and up; 570K of free conventional memory required

So that one is just a straight repackaging of the MS-DOS version, too.

EDIT (Oct-10th-2012): I was actually able to find a copy of the first disc to buy, and since it was only a few pounds, I snapped it up. I can confirm that the only Windows-related thing on the disc is an odd little program launcher (which proudly proclaims "Made With Macromedia" when you quit it, which shows its age a bit) that just runs the MS-DOS executable (I imagine that it will fail in some fashion on versions of Microsoft Windows that don't use MS-DOS), and has the box-art emblazoned on it;

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I took this screenshot via WINE (there are no Microsoft Windows boxes in my household http://www.lemmingsforums.com/Smileys/lemmings/tongue.gif" alt=":P" title="Tongue" class="smiley" />), so I didn't try to run the game from it, as it wouldn't have worked, but there it is. It's more than they did for their Lemmings 3D re-releases.

Tsyu

I figured it would be the DOS version. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't some obscure Windows version with high-resolution graphics.

If your copy came on a CD, could you check to see whether it has any Redbook audio tracks (that is, the kind that you can play in a CD player)? There probably aren't any, but I want to be sure.

Prob Lem

It did come on a CD (Dice Multimedia only seems/seemed to publish budget-priced CD-ROM re-releases), and there are no redbook audio tracks present. Sorry about that!

(If there were any, I would have been the first to rip them, I assure you. http://www.lemmingsforums.com/Smileys/lemmings/laugh.gif" alt=":D" title="Laugh" class="smiley" />)