The Wayback Machine captured the Runner entry, the poster mentioning that he ".could not get Runner to work in a Windows 3.1 installation in DOSbox, it always claimed it couldn't open RUNNER.DAT. Probably other stuff too, can't remember.Īlso, interestingly, this error has been mentioned before once, but on the now-defunct Download-Central gaming archive. Accessing DOSBox configuration to change between video system outputs (e.g opengl, openglnb) and CPU types (e.g 386_slow, 486_slow, pentium_slow). Changing between different color palettes and resizing the desktop area (Display Properties -> Settings) Opening the "RUNNER.DAT" before running the "RUNNER.EXE". So far, what I've tried was (all resulting in the same error): The first 3 KB of the full version appears to be the same, with the additional 13 KB new content. So, there's not definite way to determine if it's corrupted, it's the exact same for all 3 KB copies. Upon inspection, it does have contents (seemingly used as a sample template for the levels) that reads as gibberish. The "RUNNER.DAT" file size for both are 3 KB and 16 KB, respectively. DAT file or simply because it's running in an emulated Windows 95 instance.ĭo take note that this happens with all shareware version (1.0) copies that I've downloaded, as well as with the full, registered version (1.0), which I also possess. Here I am unsure whether the problem lies with the. When I do attempt to run the game, up pops an error message saying, " Cannot open RUNNER.DAT Game file!". However, Runner sticks out like a sore thumb, as it cannot run the. On my laptop (Windows 7 OS), DOSBox 0.74 is able to run Windows 95 flawlessly, and as a result, most 3.x/9.x games are playable. The shareware version has 3 levels in total, whilst the registered version apparently has 16. The concept is similar to those of the "Lode Runner" series, but with some gameplay and playfield differences.
To refresh informed readers' memories, Runner 1.0 is an arcade-style game for Windows 3.1/9.x, designed by SouthBay Software in 1993.
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