have been trying to emulate this outside of the rhizome site, bc the online emulation there has worsening audio lag as it goes on and this is the only theresa duncan game with a rom ive yet found, but no luck. starting to think the rom itself was dumped wrong too. its too upsetting to think about these games just not being playable without problems anymore.
despite that, this and duncans other 2 games are still some of the best game worlds ive ever encountered, full of imaginative energy and subtle interpretive detail that every new playthrough creates new associations. the most memorable part for me is exploring the "loved and lost" aunt vera's room, taking on the playful curiosity of the bugg sisters having fun with her; still makes me want to cry for how fantastically real it feels.
edutainment genuinely made to show children something beautiful and that is a greater duty to fulfill than any "highbrow" conceit for cd-rom games, or any games really. rip theresa duncan and jeremy blake (the artist not for this game but smarty and zero zero, which are also worth playing)
if interested in playing despite the problems i mentioned, here: https://sites.rhizome.org/theresa-duncan-cdroms/ i recommend resetting often to keep the lag from getting too bad EDIT: scummvm should emulate it decently enough now!! unfortunately ive not been able to find downloads for smarty and zero zero, we're stuck with rhizome for them for the time being :(
despite that, this and duncans other 2 games are still some of the best game worlds ive ever encountered, full of imaginative energy and subtle interpretive detail that every new playthrough creates new associations. the most memorable part for me is exploring the "loved and lost" aunt vera's room, taking on the playful curiosity of the bugg sisters having fun with her; still makes me want to cry for how fantastically real it feels.
edutainment genuinely made to show children something beautiful and that is a greater duty to fulfill than any "highbrow" conceit for cd-rom games, or any games really. rip theresa duncan and jeremy blake (the artist not for this game but smarty and zero zero, which are also worth playing)
if interested in playing despite the problems i mentioned, here: https://sites.rhizome.org/theresa-duncan-cdroms/ i recommend resetting often to keep the lag from getting too bad EDIT: scummvm should emulate it decently enough now!! unfortunately ive not been able to find downloads for smarty and zero zero, we're stuck with rhizome for them for the time being :(
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i feel exactly the same n i miss her too. feel like i didnt use enough words to describe how much her games mean to me but even spending just 10 minutes with them reminds me of how difficult it is to do it justice
Idk if you're aware but there's a program I found recently called Otvdm that'll allow you to play the game natively in windows 10 with not many issues. Audio stutters in a few areas but there's no lag or visual choppiness.
oh i dont think i tried that one, thank you!! ill give it a go in the near future and update this if it does the trick
It actually runs pretty good on ScummVM now that the devs have been working on adding support for 90's CD-ROM games made in Marcromedia Director.
its the near future of 3 months later and i still havent tried otvdm...i did try scummvm once but that was a while ago with an even worse computer admittedly, so maybe itll be different this time. i will update this SOMEDAY with my results on both
update: i cant even get otvdm to work on my computer and scummvm, which seems like the most intuitive option so far, refuses to boot this game. upsetting :[
Just going to make an update about my original post by saying ScummVM just updated with full support for Chop Suey just now instead of the WIP state it was in before. Hopefully it will work for you now.
thank you for the heads up! ill try it again sometime soon
IT WORKS GREAT ON SCUMMVM NOW IM SO HAPPY!!!! THANK YOU @ZapRowsdower!!!!!!!!!!!
No problem! Hopefully support for Smarty and Zero Zero comes soon too.
PansyDragoonSaga
3 years ago