Post by Neil Thapen in Venus Patrol comments

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That's a deep cut. I can't find it on my computer, but here is a link to a download, in fact of all the games from the Tigsource Cockpit Competition, 2009 (play Enviro-Bear 2000!): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wxdm2y1yylt

I remember the interesting thing about this version was there was a cloud of triangular flying aliens you could interact with, using some kind of flocking algorithm. Unfortunately, trying it now it's uncontrollable, as if something is weirdly wrong with the mouse. I am not 100% sure if this is a technical problem or some choice I made about control schemes at the time.

Alyx45058 days ago

Oh wow! I bet it's a goldmine! I'm going to check all of them out and let you know, i'm exited to see what those nausicaa looking aliens are about, many thanks for the download.

Alyx45058 days ago (1 edit)

i've tried a few (along with Euro-Bear 2000, great fun that was! Loved the music.) and they worked fine, but most games i just can't seem to get working, including venus patrol. it opens the console, does something (haven't found a log.txt file or similar so i can't tell what exactly) and then immediately closes itself. i've tried copiying "avbin.dll" as indicated in the readme file but it doesen't seem to make any difference.

Fells like i'm missing something pretty straightfoward and obvious, so i'll keep trying a bit longer.

In the meantime, i can reccommend C'est La Vie (https://cameronmeyer.itch.io/cest-la-vie), it popped back into my mind while playing Euro-Bear 2000, it's quite fun to mess round in and has a nice tranquil(?) atmosphere.