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I was able to run the Macintosh version of Deadlock on an iPad using Basilisk II.

You should be able to run Windows 95 in an emulator, then run Deadlock I or II on that. However, most of these emulators are optimised for x86 processors and can be a little slow on ARM processors, even Mac ARM ...

Hello Firetron,

Were you the chap that emailed me in December? Sorry for not getting back to you, as I was away for Christmas at the time.

I think Mac OS X’s built-in ZIP compressor that I used to make the archive over a decade ago might be the culprit, as I think it might have done some non ...

I had some fun asking ChatGPT about various Deadlock things and here were some of the results I got.

Asking it about OpenDeadlock:
As of my knowledge cutoff date in September 2021, there is no project or software specifically called "OpenDeadlock." However, there is a possibility that you may be ...

Deadlock II works okay under WINE if you use version 1.0 that came with the original retail CD, later versions have the issue you mentioned.

Happy 25th anniversary Deadlock!

uber_nick wrote: Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:03 am For instance, we don't need to use the original soundtrack if Chip provided us with a higher quality version.

I've met with Chip, he only has the six tracks he sent me in 2011. The others exist in mono only, 16-bit 22050Hz, from the Power Mac version.

The Gallius IV main site at http://www.galliusiv.com is finally back online, my web host got bought out and the new host made changes without notifying me that broke the site. In addition, I have posted a special article for Gallius IV's 10th anniversary, discussing a special Deadlock adventure I ...

Impressive so far. However, please ensure you can get this working with version 1.31 before testing this with other people (like Tggtt and myself). Not having the ability to save and reload multiplayer saves will be painful. Also, I'm sure the original documentation says that multiplayer games with ...

Tggtt and I did have success with Deadlock II multiplayer games using TCP/IP and Hamachi, so that will probably work here for testing with other players too.

Maybe it would be possible to add play over the internet directly? Still, that might be a bit too difficult.