g***@aol.com
2024-07-14 23:38:20 UTC
I have been playing Bookworm Deluxe 1.13 a 32 bit game written for XP
(way too much) . All was going better than I expected when my score
outgrew the box, it just colored outside the lines. Scores got higher
as you progressed but I never got to the 6 letter or 7 letter bonus
words and I think they give up when you get "Bookworm" when asked.
The problem is you never get there. The scoring itself keeps rolling
along but the levels go haywire at 2.141,xxx,xxx. I know there is a 32
bit application limit of <nominal> 2 gig but I am not sure how that
would affect the game. I am guessing some table stops at 32 bits.
This is abandonware so I doubt there will be a fix coming any time
soon..
OTOH the failure did not happen right at 2147483648, it was early so
the scoring might go wonky at that number.
(way too much) . All was going better than I expected when my score
outgrew the box, it just colored outside the lines. Scores got higher
as you progressed but I never got to the 6 letter or 7 letter bonus
words and I think they give up when you get "Bookworm" when asked.
The problem is you never get there. The scoring itself keeps rolling
along but the levels go haywire at 2.141,xxx,xxx. I know there is a 32
bit application limit of <nominal> 2 gig but I am not sure how that
would affect the game. I am guessing some table stops at 32 bits.
This is abandonware so I doubt there will be a fix coming any time
soon..
OTOH the failure did not happen right at 2147483648, it was early so
the scoring might go wonky at that number.