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Hey guys, Does anyone know where to find the Netkeen source code? There's a nagging problem with it that has been bugging me for years. It does not allow you to set the Gravis Gamepad buttons - if you attempt to set them, it pays no attention to your settings and simply keeps whatever default values...

I could see this being an extended feature of DOSBox sometime in the future.

On real hardware, the border color only shows up if you are using a monitor that can be adjusted to show it.

Once in a while you will find a laptop that shows the border color when you run Keen natively. I have only seen one such machine.

LOL.

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That looks like EGA colors mapped to VGA display mode.

Please enlighten me so I do not have to watch the whole thing

"half a hot dog" my arse. Clearly a dick reference; not appropriate for a kids game. This isn't a game, it's just a cartoon drawn with a wonky, incorrect art style, with something resembling a "game" tacked onto it. Seriously, this is something an 8-year-old would come up with if you asked him to ma...

The “Minecraft enchanting table” is making the rounds on the Internet.

It’s just the SGA.

I play a lot on real hardware, and I haven't had issues with the conveyor belts on anything from 286 to Pentium III. DOSBox will be about the speed of a 386 on cycles=3000, and maybe a fast Pentium/MMX or Pentium II on cycles=max on an average modern PC. Edit: actually, I'm not sure if I've tried it...

It'd be great if we could band together and buy the rights to Keen, but that's unlikely to happen.

I've been trying to start development on a new Keen-inspired DOS game for years...

Current PC's are the antithesis of the very reason I enjoy retro systems. I anticipate only nostalgia factor associated with them in the future... kind of like Windows XP machines today.

There's something about, for example, an original IBM PC that transcends mere nostalgia.

Benvolio, may I help you with your dream? In other news, I have discovered that Netkeen will not run on a 286. Just hangs the entire system. Very sad! Beats me whether the 286 has enough power to do netplay though. Next project: Netkeen that runs on an 8088/286 and has a null modem serial connection...

What happened? You ok?