Unused space on optical media with photos or videos
Unused space on optical media with photos or videos
If you sometimes burn CD-R, DVD+R or BD-R with photos or videos, you might notice that some place remains, because the amount of files, which would fit on a media isn't necessarily integer. (For instance, four videos fit on it and some place remains, it wouldn't be enough for a fifth video.)
One possibility to use this rest space is to fill it with some classic games that you have.
For instance, Commander Keen 4 or some mod like "Terror From Outer Space" or "Eight Accumulators". I prefer something freeware as place holder. Every mod for Commander Keen 1, 4 or Dreams seems to be freeware, as well as all the Commander Keen utilities.
One possibility to use this rest space is to fill it with some classic games that you have.
For instance, Commander Keen 4 or some mod like "Terror From Outer Space" or "Eight Accumulators". I prefer something freeware as place holder. Every mod for Commander Keen 1, 4 or Dreams seems to be freeware, as well as all the Commander Keen utilities.
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I think SupFanat is talking archive here, not just when you're looking to take files from one computer to another. It'll mean the games are less likely to be lost in some mass extinction or something.
I'd argue this would be a good move also if you're giving someone files on optical or flash media to get them in on the game
I'd argue this would be a good move also if you're giving someone files on optical or flash media to get them in on the game
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That's right, the thread is "archive", not just "transportation".
I am just saying that sometimes some place on any computer media remains unused. A HDD, DVD, Blu-Ray or Flash Drive with videos and no more space for the next video. This unused space might be filled up by something small-sized, such as classic games.
I am just saying that sometimes some place on any computer media remains unused. A HDD, DVD, Blu-Ray or Flash Drive with videos and no more space for the next video. This unused space might be filled up by something small-sized, such as classic games.
Or pr0n.This unused space might be filled up by something small-sized, such as classic games.
Oh come on. Do you think we don't know that? In the Paleozoic era of DVDs, when I used to burn almost everything, I made sure I used most out of each disk. So I end up having a pile of disks, standing in boxes, never used again.
Even if you have a DVD reader/writer, why should you archive DVDs if you're not ever gonna open them again? They'll be like gathering dust on the shelves.
I remember owning a batch of floppies* each containing 4 more bytes of storage space than is easily accessible from normal floppy drive. If I configured/forced the drive to read past the standard end, it would happily read or write those 4 bytes. Result: a space for squirreling away secret data, 4 bytes per disk. I never actually took advantage of this, but it was kind of interesting.
*I don't remember exactly whether it was the floppies that were special or the drive. (It was a few years ago.) Nevertheless, something made extra space accessible if set just right.
*I don't remember exactly whether it was the floppies that were special or the drive. (It was a few years ago.) Nevertheless, something made extra space accessible if set just right.
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Commander Keen is even playable from a CD image. Of course, it's then impossible to save game or settings.
As soon as I burn something on CD-R, DVD+R or BD-R, I would put also Commander Keen on the remaining space and try to play from a physical disc. It should work as well as from the disc image.
But the idea to play "Pyramid of the Forbidden" from a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray on "hard" difficulty is horrific.
Commander Keen doesn't need any specific file system or storage device (drive) - of course it should be readable, but not necessarily writable - if you can play without ever saving the game. At first, it was played on FAT12 (floppy disc drive) or FAT16 (hard disc drive). Then hard discs switched to FAT32, but Commander Keen was still playable. NTFS is also no problem for Commander Keen. Windows NT is a problem, but it's easily solvable by DOSBox. Of course, Commander Keen can be played also from USB Stick or from any memory card.
Commander Keen can be played on Android (with aDOSBox), but with touch screen it's horrific hard game.
As soon as I burn something on CD-R, DVD+R or BD-R, I would put also Commander Keen on the remaining space and try to play from a physical disc. It should work as well as from the disc image.
But the idea to play "Pyramid of the Forbidden" from a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray on "hard" difficulty is horrific.
Commander Keen doesn't need any specific file system or storage device (drive) - of course it should be readable, but not necessarily writable - if you can play without ever saving the game. At first, it was played on FAT12 (floppy disc drive) or FAT16 (hard disc drive). Then hard discs switched to FAT32, but Commander Keen was still playable. NTFS is also no problem for Commander Keen. Windows NT is a problem, but it's easily solvable by DOSBox. Of course, Commander Keen can be played also from USB Stick or from any memory card.
Commander Keen can be played on Android (with aDOSBox), but with touch screen it's horrific hard game.
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If you're including it on CDs you're giving to other people you need to make it clear that people should move the game to writeable media because I think being unable to save games might put people off.
I'm not sure what you're getting at with the file system discussion - that's hardly new news to anyone used to playing DOS games on modern systems. The games work on every file system, the issue is whether or not there's something which can interpret the files properly. I mean, it works on the much more advanced Linux filesystems, and there was never any doubt it would.
I'm not sure what you're getting at with the file system discussion - that's hardly new news to anyone used to playing DOS games on modern systems. The games work on every file system, the issue is whether or not there's something which can interpret the files properly. I mean, it works on the much more advanced Linux filesystems, and there was never any doubt it would.
Keening_Product was defeated before the game.
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