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Re: Run old games in DOSBox in the browser

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Post by angryasian »

ck2 wrote: post #6

Native client is a horribly bad idea on so many levels. Wiz-bang demos aren't enough to distract from the danger. Now trojans have one huge, lovely target. Just change browser settings and boom, easy attack. This in combination with hiding everything from users (status bar, url bar, etc.) is super dangerous. It's activex all over again. Do it in webgl or otherwise, leave native code execution outside the browser.

why not hold your pessimism till we actually see something. Security has been a major focal point for NaCl. Until then play some old school games.

Re: Run old games in DOSBox in the browser

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Post by jessexoc »

mirrorskin wrote: post #7

Looks interesting, but after activating Native Client, I just see a black box in Chrome 15.0.849.1 dev on OS X 10.6.8 – anybody else has that issue? Or do the games only work on Windows?

Similar issue here on Ubuntu 10.10 64bit:

  Chrome - 14.0.835.15 dev
  Chromium - 14.0.803.0 (Developer Build 90483 Linux) Ubuntu 10.10
I am getting a 403 when trying to load the dosbox client (http://nacl.naclbox.com/dosbox_14.nmf).

I wonder the server is refusing this request if the user-agent is not in their white list?

Or perhaps they are limiting it based on Country due to Copyright Issues?

Re: Run old games in DOSBox in the browser

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Post by [deleted] »

buster wrote: post #2

If this isn't clear to someone: This needs Chrome and the Native Client. From the page: Please Note: You must have Native Client enabled in Chrome 12 or 13 for this game to work in your browser. To enable Native Client, do the following: Go to "about:flags" in your address bar (without quotes) Click "Enable" next to Native Client Go to "about:plugins" in your address bar (again, without quotes) Occasionally you will…

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Re: Run old games in DOSBox in the browser

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Post by jbri »

jessexoc wrote: post #13
mirrorskin wrote: post #7

Looks interesting, but after activating Native Client, I just see a black box in Chrome 15.0.849.1 dev on OS X 10.6.8 – anybody else has that issue? Or do the games only work on Windows?

Similar issue here on Ubuntu 10.10 64bit: Chrome - 14.0.835.15 dev Chromium - 14.0.803.0 (Developer Build 90483 Linux) Ubuntu 10.10 I am getting a 403 when trying to load the dosbox client ( http://nacl.naclbox.com/dosbox_14.nmf ). I wonder the server is refusing this request if the user-agent is not in their white list? Or perhaps they are limiting it based on Country due to Copyright Issues?

I also get a 403 trying to load what you've linked, but dosbox_13.nmf loads fine and so do the games.

It determines the filename based on the major version number in the useragent - it would probably work fine if your browser reported chrome 13.something.

Re: Run old games in DOSBox in the browser

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Post by 5h »

so my morning went like

1) skim tech crunch article 2) figure it will take a while for anything interesting to come out 3) come back to HN, this is next story

this will not be a productive morning

Re: Run old games in DOSBox in the browser

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Post by nolok »

cool-RR wrote: post #16

Totally awesome. Though I kinda wonder, why Simon the Sorcerer, that used to run on a 386, now takes 100% of a processor core of a Core 2 Duo.

You have to realize that not only are performances of nacl probably going to improve with time, but more importantly this is not a port of the game in nacl, this is a port of the game, running in the dosbox emulator running in nacl (Dosbox emulate a whole old computer, which then load the game). Redoing such a game from scartcg in Nacl and getting rid of the emulator layer would have much better performances.
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