Comments on: How to run DOS games from GOG.com, a practical guide for noobs http://thetarpit.org/2024/how-to-run-dos-games-from-gogcom-a-practical-guide-for-noobs "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:03:43 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: Sanitarium « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2024/how-to-run-dos-games-from-gogcom-a-practical-guide-for-noobs#comment-7133 Sanitarium « The Tar Pit Sat, 07 Feb 2026 20:21:07 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=554#comment-7133 [...] way back when I first played it, just as I did last weekend, just as I expect I'll do in 2046. The GOG version comes wrapped in a ScummVM which works almost perfectly on any modern system. Make sure to [...] [...] way back when I first played it, just as I did last weekend, just as I expect I'll do in 2046. The GOG version comes wrapped in a ScummVM which works almost perfectly on any modern system. Make sure to [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2024/how-to-run-dos-games-from-gogcom-a-practical-guide-for-noobs#comment-5493 spyked Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:25:26 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=554#comment-5493 No I agree, you're absolutely right, our good noob folks must necessarily show off their HoMM2, even if they never intend to actually play the game -- <em>especially</em> then. Thus I have decided to lead the process of exhibition by example, through the following low-effort exhibit: https://x.com/spykeder/status/1873479090252156969 . No I agree, you're absolutely right, our good noob folks must necessarily show off their HoMM2, even if they never intend to actually play the game -- especially then.

Thus I have decided to lead the process of exhibition by example, through the following low-effort exhibit: https://x.com/spykeder/status/1873479090252156969 .

]]> By: Cel Mihanie http://thetarpit.org/2024/how-to-run-dos-games-from-gogcom-a-practical-guide-for-noobs#comment-5492 Cel Mihanie Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:15:29 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=554#comment-5492 There is one final step to the installation of HoMM games which you have not mentioned here, perhaps because it is too obvious. Nevertheless, it is our duty to make sure that even the most clueless of noobs are enlightened as to the proper ritual, such that the Old Ones are placated. Once installation of complete, you must: 1. Gather as much of your local food as you can around the monitor 2. Take a pic of it all, with HoMM running, of course 3. Post the pic with the caption "Greetings from $YOUR_COUNTRY_HERE" on the social network(s) du jour No-one knows what happens if you fail to do this. I know of no-one who has dared. It cannot be guaranteed that your computer will not explode. There is one final step to the installation of HoMM games which you have not mentioned here, perhaps because it is too obvious. Nevertheless, it is our duty to make sure that even the most clueless of noobs are enlightened as to the proper ritual, such that the Old Ones are placated.

Once installation of complete, you must:

1. Gather as much of your local food as you can around the monitor
2. Take a pic of it all, with HoMM running, of course
3. Post the pic with the caption "Greetings from $YOUR_COUNTRY_HERE" on the social network(s) du jour

No-one knows what happens if you fail to do this. I know of no-one who has dared. It cannot be guaranteed that your computer will not explode.

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