Classics For X News

DOSBox Save States - Proof of concept

"general support for save states would be an awesome feature. Currently there doesn't seem to be a timeline when this feature will be in the official release."
(Please read the complete thread at VOGONS)

Conclusion:The author of Dapplegrey don't think this will ever be a feature for DOSBox. As I understand this concept, it is not saved on hard disk for a later re-opening to be continued after a while, but only for the current session at once.

About the compiler used for the Classics For X projects

"Apple's switch from the 68000 series processor to the PowerPC was a bold move. The fact that they made that transition so smoothly is nearly miraculous. The switch to using the Intel processor was another bold move though having gone through a processor switch already, it was certainly easier."

"It's been four years since Apple announced the transition from PowerPC to Intel. With such a small percentage (about 5% to 7%) of Mac users using PowerPC, we have decided to phase out our support for PowerPC."

"Beginning with REAL Studio 2010 Release 4, PowerPC support will no longer be actively supported. This means that it will still be a build option but we will no longer be testing or adding features to our PowerPC-based Mac framework. We will fix bugs but only the most problematic. ... We will continue to provide PowerPC as a build option for another year or two."

Conclusion: While the programmer of these Projects is still using a PowerBook G4, this one will be replaced by a current Mac model very soon, independent from this message. To still offer PowerPC based applications, probably the last version of REALbasic offering the PowerPC option will be still used for a while, besides the then-current version of REALbasic. Or depending applications will still be hosted on the Classics-For-X site, but no longer being developed. But until the PowerPC option of REALbasic has been finally gone, one or two years will be pass...

'Abandoned Castle Remake' 4.0

This version changes the look of the inventory window, it looks like in Transylvania 1 Remake and Mystery House Remake now. Also some up to a lot of bugfixes has been done, which mostly has been introduced in previous version 3.0, regarding to the largest offered window size.

The 'Abandoned Castle' Remake still runs on a PowerPC G3 with Mac OS X 10.4 or newer installed.