Help needed ... old revision of Classic99 for Linux

[+Retrospect]

This may sound an odd request, but can someone find an old revision of Classic99 so I can use it for my WINE on Linux?

 

I've tried compiling MESS but without success.

 

However - WINE does accept Classic99 just not the newest revisions (I'd be wanting something before V359 most likely) .... reason is mainly 'cos Tursi updates Classic99 far more often that WINE updates itself

 

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

[+mizapf]

I've tried compiling MESS but without success.

 

Please contact me, it should be possible to get MESS to compile without problems.

[RobertLM78]

I've tried compiling MESS but without success.

I was just missing a dependency package when I was having trouble compiling it . Now as far as getting MESS to find the roms, that's another story, and Michael has been kindly helping me figure that out. I'm sure you'll be up and running soon - be patient, MESS is a mess!

 

Edit: BTW, I'm not sure how old it is (maybe up to a year old), but QI361 works for me in WINE.

Edited July 18, 2013 by RobertLM78

[+Retrospect]

I've got one old revision to work so far, however a strange screen update thing happens .... the splash screen only comes on if I hover my mouse over the Classic99 window ..... the same happens sometimes with sprites I have made in Basic

 

Edit:

 

The splash screen BEEP sounds, it's all there, except I can't see it until I move the mouse over the window.

Edited July 18, 2013 by Retrospect

[RobertLM78]

WINE does some weird s#$@ sometimes - LOL.

[Tursi]

I'm curious why it doesn't like the more recent versions.. I haven't changed the video or timing code for quite a while, and the only windowing changes was expanding the menus a bit. I guess it's always been a bit weird on Wine though.

[+Retrospect]

I think it's because it uses so many Windows dependancies .... to be honest Classic99 is not the only windows program that has trouble with the screen update .... It's a bit of a strange one, because if you move your mouse over the Classic99 window, it sort of makes it acknowledge that it's there, and the screen then draws ..... however, games do play well, Munch Man plays very well, Parsec is about 80 percent running well .... Tombstone City is a bit draggy (I often find the ship has jumped an extra character space and aiming is a dog)

[RobertLM78]

WINE is a pain. What distro are you running? Surely we can get you rolling with MESS - I'm playing with a serial bridge right now between MESS and the TI .

 

Edit: And the best part of all? No WINE and no Windows . (I do like Classic99 - but I have a hunch Tursi is far too busy with other neat projects of his to port C99 to Linux or Mac, and WINE isn't up to the task for about 70% of Windows applications)

Edited July 19, 2013 by RobertLM78

[unhuman]

MESS should build on linux - you'd probably be better off trying to find a binary or building your own (I know you said you had troubles, but better to research those out).

[Tursi]

Edit: And the best part of all? No WINE and no Windows . (I do like Classic99 - but I have a hunch Tursi is far too busy with other neat projects of his to port C99 to Linux or Mac, and WINE isn't up to the task for about 70% of Windows applications)

 

I am... but the interest has been growing over time and I have a reasonable idea how I want to try it. But it probably won't happen.

 

Classic99 has always hit the video system hard. I think it's the only emulator out there that runs in a video display independent mode and lets the driver convert the image. There's probably a reason for that.

[+OLD CS1]

Classic99 has always hit the video system hard. I think it's the only emulator out there that runs in a video display independent mode and lets the driver convert the image. There's probably a reason for that.

 

I wonder if that is what causes my Intel video decelerator to run so hot when I run Classic99.

[+acadiel]

I just used the latest Crossover and Classic99 here on OS X (10. , and I was able to play a decent game of Parsec on it. The speech sounds horrible, but the game played OK. (There was an issue periodically where I had to fire before I could move up or down, but really no other quirks.)

 

 

Heh, and I just tried the "crash into the ground and get warped" trick. Got all the swoopers, and then instead of the last one, got a killer satellite. And then a few more. And, then the level stayed yellow, but it was a "three hit" stage. Cool. Never tried that before!

Edited July 21, 2013 by acadiel

[Willsy]

Those killer satellites are evil b*****s!

[Tursi]

Classic99 speech is horrible anyway, that's not your environment's fault.

[+Retrospect]

I've changed my OS from LUBUNTU to XUBUNTU (13.04) and it has solved the screen update issue in Classic 99 !

 

It boots up and runs great. it's about 10 percent slower than it should be but I can live with that,

 

I also got a recently updated WINE 1.6 which is a stable edition.

 

I'm also gonna have another go at installing MESS, a nice man on here has shown me how to compile it ... all I need now is more time to try and download MESS and route it to a certain folder to compile.

 

Thanks everyone for your help and input

[RobertLM78]

Retrospect - thanks for reporting your OS - I use Mint, also an Ubuntu derivative. I was missing these packages, so try:

sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgconf2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev

or install libsdl1.2-dev, libgtk2.0-dev, libgconf2-dev, and libsdl-ttf2.0-dev from Synaptic. Make sure you have build-essential installed as well .

 

Edit: BTW I just found this by accident in my .bash_history while looking for something else

Edited July 22, 2013 by RobertLM78

[senior_falcon]

I was finally able to get Classic99 running in wine. (FWIW I am using Linux Mint with the Mate desktop.) Here are the steps showing how I did it using PlayOnLinux:

Click on + to install.

In the lower left click on "Install a non-listed program"

A window opens saying it might not work. Click on "Next"

Install a program in a new virtual drive - click "Next"

Enter a name for the new drive - I used "Classic99", then "Next"

"What would you like to do....." - just click "Next"

The virtual drive is created.

Classic99 has no install file, so click "Cancel"

Now open your Home folder, find and open PlayOnLinux's virtual drives. You will find Classic99 there. Open the folder, then open Drive C. Copy and paste the Classic99 folder in there next to Program Files, users, and windows.

Now go back to PlayOnLinux which should still be open and click on "Configure"

On the left, find and hilight Classic99. On the right you have an option to Make a shortcut. Click on that, then in the new window hilight "classic99.exe", then click "Next". Enter "Classic99" for the shortcut name, then click "Next". After that you don't want to make any more shortcuts so click "Cancel". Back in PlayOnLinux configuration click the "Display" tab. Change Direct Draw Renderer from Default to GDI.

You're done and it should work. BTW, Win994a seems to run fine under wine. It uses an installer so choose the install file and go from there. It too needs to have the Direct Draw Renderer set to GDI. Also Notepad++ and Licecap work perfectly under wine.

Now for the bad news about Classic99 and linux. Both the clipboard and the debugger do not seem to work and I don't know if there is a workaround for that.

In case the above isn't clear, there is a short GIF video in my gallery that shows how to do this.

Edited January 12, 2014 by senior_falcon