D'oh, somehow I always had the image of Simon the Sorcerer 3d in my head when thinking of this game. :wall: Gotta get this one, looks nice.

Hmmm... looks awesome, and really alot like Goblins. Same artists and concept art, I suppose. Anyways, anybody know how to make the 143Mb fit into 100Mb?

Using RAR instead of ZIP would help already. Why are all archives on Abandonia ZIP anyway? RAR would save some space and bandwidth...

Cause Zip is more standard for the technically clumsy people, I suppose. Got to take those into concideration too. It's more likely that they have an unzipper installed than an unrarrer, while the technical hotshots won't really mind zipfiles.

I think you don't really get by nowadays anyway without having winRAR installed, when you are downloading stuff from the net. You could have a short hint in the review on what to get and where to get it, or a quick tutorial. Right now download speeds from Abandonia are really fast, and I'd hate them to go to HOTU levels, so I'm just suggesting an improvement for the future. ;)

Wouldn't RAR SFX files be better. And they're cross-platform to i believe. :ok:

Because zip archive can be accessed in DOS(pure).Rar for some reason can't be read :crazy:
EDIT: SFX archives are windows dependant, so they are not supported in DOS

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
http://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm

They're supported by "UnRAR". Just like you need something like "PKUnZip" instead of "WinZip".

You can UnRAR any RAR file from any OS, and that Includes SFX files.
e.g. "c:>Unrar sfx.exe c:\Games\SFX" for DOS

SFX would just make it simpler for Windows users.

I remember i had trouble with the files from the underdogs, rar files, couldn't be read under DOS.I would try ace, and it would say it couldn't extract(unknown compression method).Rar wouldn't even recognize it as a archive :blink: .Regarding SFX, i always got the "This program can not be run in DOS" error...

If you try and run the sfx as a program, it gives you an error, but if you just try and unzip it using UNRAR, it treats it just like any other compressed file, and ignores the fact that it's an executable.

I use the method frequently to transfer files from my PC to an old Laptop i have (floppy drive only :cry: )