Downloads for old MS-DOS

Download MS-DOS
The Fool’s Errand. Unlike the high-resolution black &
white Macintosh original, this IBM conversion is 16-color
low-resolution. This is not my preferred version, but it may be
yours. Select any five symbols to get past the opening screen.

Download MS-DOS
Puzzle Gallery at the Carnival. The conversion visuals are
wretched. You were warned.

Superior Downloads for
Windows

The
Fool’s Errand

At
the Carnival

3
in Three

all
three games

On any Windows platform, with minimal fuss, play
the original Fool, Carnival, and Three using
the 30-day trial version of Executor*. This means you only
have 30 consecutive days to play
Fool, Carnival, and Three. Therefore don’t
install Executor until you are ready to play for 30 days.

*This is not a promotion to buy Executor. They have
gone out of business.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A BUG WHEN
SOLVING THE SUN’S MAP IN EXECUTOR, click
here.

Installing Executor

Be certain to follow all instructions. Create a new folder on
your main hard drive (not the desktop).

Unzip them with PKZIP.

{Click the link to download the free PKZIP Reader.}

Yes, the files look strange because they’re prepped
for use with Executor.

Download the Executor
30-day demo.

Launch Executor Win32 Demo (not the full
screen version).

Press ALT-SHIFT-5 to get this dialog box.
Make these adjustments.

IMPORTANT — Press before you press .

Click the File
Cabinet
icon...                                      ...
and file cabinets appear along the top.

Double-click the correct file cabinet to open your
hard drive.

Double-click to open your game folder. Now the
Macintosh icons appear.

Executor has some peculiar ideas about file
launching so follow these guidelines.

To view The Fool’s Errand —
Prologue, double-click

To play The Fool’s Errand,
double-click

not

To view The Fool’s Errand —
Finale, double-click

not

To play At the Carnival,
double-click

not

To play 3 in Three,
double-click

not

Executor
Quirks

If you double-click any data file, it launches the
proper application, however, it never loads that data into that
application.

Instead, once inside an application, you need to
load the data file manually by using the File Menu and
Open command and dialogue box.

Note the gray pattern aberration along the right
edge.

The space character is mysteriously missing from the
font alphabet.

There is limited application memory in
Executor. This doesn’t affect game play or functionality,
however, in 3 in Three, it does cause annoying bitmap
echoes.

If Executor crashes just as
you solve the Sun’s Map, here’s a saved
game to recover.

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