Topic: Sierra launcher thingo?

[Nixxon]

Heya, quick question...
Recently got my supple hands on ScummVM, 'OH GOD the wonder of it all'.
Was just wondering if there is an equivilant programme for running the sierra classics?
Cheerarse  

EDIT - wooop shit... just realized i was in gen, please move this to adventure talk and chat all mighty authoritarian

[GarageGothic]

Well, ScummVM is more than just a launcher program, it's actually a virtual machine ("VM") emulating the original SCUMM interpreter. It's a completely different program using the original game's resources (graphics, sounds, scripts). That's why you can run non-pc versions of the games in it.

I don't think there's a similar program available for Sierra games (there is at least one "new" AGI interpreter that allows the old games to use your soundcard instead of the PC speaker, though), although we could really use a SCIV emulator. I can't remember how long it's been since I heard a digital sound in a Sierra game (hasn't worked since I abandoned my SB16).  If you want "just" a launcher program, that will allow you easy access to old games, try Abandonloader (http://www.angelfire.com/realm/zeroone/)