Johnny Cast Away rewrite

I watched this program when it came out in the 90's. Have had it on most of my computers ever since. I hope there is a programmer out there who can rewrite it for the latest windows generation. I'm not a programmer or I would rewrite it myself and offer it for free. I would also offer many more situations that he gets into. There is probably 30 or so now and you can watch it for hours but a few more would be great for the next generation of viewers..

Alan2 weeks ago

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• Hi Alan,

  While the original screensaver can still be run on modern version of Windows, e.g. by using our tutorial, I agree that a rewrite with new scenes would be great!

  It's unlikely that the original developer (Sierra, now part of Activision Blizzard) will create a new version of Johnny Castaway, however, and for a hobby programmer it would be quite an undertaking to recreate the whole thing.

  But who knows! If it ever comes, we'll be sure to let you know here :-)

  In the meantime, hopefully you can enjoy the original on your Windows computer.

  Rob (Screensavers Planet)2 weeks ago

• Thanks... I have had it on all my computers since it was released. Quite an amazing program at the time. I even allowed my people to install it on our company computers because it was so popular then. I use DOSBox to run it now.
  I'm a retired IT Professional 10 years and I'm sure back then if I put a team of my programmers on it they could convert it or rewrite in a week or two but sadly those days are behind me.
  I appreciate your reply and we can only hope that someone in this generation can rewrite an enhanced version so people can enjoy it for another 35 years....Wow it seems like just yesterday I remember loading it from a Floppy disk.
  Regards,
  Alan

  Alan2 weeks ago

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