An OS-independent Exile series?

[Lars]

Hey, sorry if this has been brought up before but I couldn't find it. I've missed playing Exile 1-3 since the move to MacIntel, and I know that no modern computers, Mac or Windows, can play the older Exile series. I was wondering, rather than call for a newer version specifically for OS X or an open source project, how hard would it be to rewrite the game in Java so it could be hosted online, and played on multiple operating systems?

[Lilith]

yeah uh good luck with that

 

blades of exile has been open-sourced but the exile series hasn't, although i guess it's a possibility in the future

 

for now, though, the exile series is basically unsupported

[Celtic Minstrel]

It would probably be harder to rewrite the game in Java than it would be to create an OSX-Intel compatible version of the game. Neither is likely to happen, though.

 

Windows users can run the Exile games, I believe, even in Vista (no idea about Win7 though). Linux users can run the games under WINE, as can Mac users (with CrossOver)*. Mac users can try Basilisk II, CrossOver, or a Windows emulator such as Parallels.

 

 

...I wonder if it would work in Win3.1 or Win98 under DOSbox...

[The Mystic]

Running the Exile series can be done in Vista, but it can be a real pain. I just bought a copy of Win7, but I haven't tried playing any games in it yet, so I don't know how well they run. Currently, I play the Exile series in VirtualBox using WinXP as a guest OS, and they run great.

[Erebus the Black]

I was able to play the exile 3 game on XP-32 with only problem being the characters' pictures where a little off.

it was on a pentium 2 though