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OpenScreamer 0.1.0
The first release of OpenScreamer: THE SCREAMER (Magical Zoo / ASCII, NEC PC-9801, 1986) on today's computers, from your own copy of the original disk.
What you need
- A disk image of the PC-9801 version of THE SCREAMER:
.fdd,.hdm,.xdf,.tfd,.d88,.d98, or a.zipholding one. OpenScreamer contains nothing from the original game. The first time you start it, it asks for the image and reads the game from it. Only the original release is accepted. - The game for your system (below).
- English or French text (optional):
OpenScreamer-translations-0.1.0.zip. Unzip it next to the program (on macOS, in the data folder); each download's README.txt says where.
Downloads
| Windows (64-bit) | OpenScreamer-0.1.0-windows.zip |
| Linux (x86-64, Steam Deck) | OpenScreamer-0.1.0-linux.zip |
| macOS | OpenScreamer-0.1.0-macos.zip |
| English and French text | OpenScreamer-translations-0.1.0.zip |
Good to know
- macOS: OpenScreamer isn't signed by Apple, so macOS refuses it the first time. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway (on older macOS, right-click the app → Open).
- Linux and macOS: these builds haven't been tried on a real Linux machine or Mac yet. Reports are welcome.
- Android: not yet.
- F12 shows the controls. Saves, a map, a journal, gamepad and touch controls are included. The way to floor 6 is open by default, as on the PC-88, since the PC-98 version as shipped can't be finished.
The translations are not covered by OpenScreamer's GPL: they are a derivative of the game's text, shared on the copyright holders' non-commercial terms (see the README inside).
THE SCREAMER © 1985 Magical Zoo / ASCII Corporation. OpenScreamer is an unofficial, non-commercial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by the copyright holders. Not for sale.