Search results (39)

DxWnd v2.06.01

SYSTEM on 11 Jan 2024
  • 19MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 Jan 2024
  • Suggested by Special

DxWnd lets you run many applications that default to fullscreen in a window, ideal for games. The program is a Win32 "hooker" program that intercepts and alters the behavior of window messages and APIs. It picks up events and injects code into the configured tasks to run fullscreen programs in a windowed environment while maintaining expected behavior.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the RAR package and extract to a folder of your choice.
  2. Launch dxwnd.exe.
What's new?
    fix: [cpulimit.cpp createproc.cpp kernel32.cpp] fixed IgnoreScheduler shim emulation
    fix: [ddraw.cpp opengl.cpp] fixed hot-patch hooking using a final commit
    fix: [ddraw.cpp] fixed flipchain handling when backbuffer surfaces are added at later time (fixes "Alchemist")
    add: [dinput.cpp, GUI] added tracking of dinput mouse position
    add: [dinput.cpp] added SHAREDMOUSE flaf, needed for "Poska Goola"
    add: [dxhook.c xbox2kbd] added XBOX2KEYBOARD key remapper
    add: [dxwcore.cpp] more error logging in mixer emulation
    add: [kernel32.cpp] added CDHACK flag
    fix: [hd3d.cpp] proper cursor position scaling in IDirect3DDevice8/9 cursor methods
    fix: [kernel32.cpp] fixed directory attributes in Win95 emulation
    fix: [kernel32.cpp] handling of LoadLibrary calls on files in fake devices
    fix: [kernel32.cpp] fixed bugged DISABLEDELETE flag condition
    add: [kernel32.cpp] added wrappers for FindFirstFileExA/W calls
    add: [mciwrapper.cpp] improved logging
    fix: [mciwrapper.cpp] fixed id reservation for widechar mci calls
    fix: [mciwrapper.cpp] handling of MCI_WHERE and MCI_PUT messages for video stretching
    fix: [msvcrt.cpp] fixed bugged log message potentially throwing exceptions
    add: [msvfw.cpp] added video stretching handling in drawDibDraw wrapper
    add: [sdl.cpp] added tracing wrappers for SDL_SetWindowGrab SDL_SetWindowResizeable SDL_SetRelativeMouseMode
    add: [shell32.cpp] added tracing wrappers for IsDirty, Save and SaveCompleted methods
    fix: [user32.cpp] fixed (again) SetTopWindow wrapper. Needed to run "Monopoly Junior"
    add: [user32.cpp] added tracing #ifdef-ed wrappers for Get/SetPropA/W calls
Latest comments
Special on 2017-03-25 17:18

Who are you? Like if gho the main guy behind DxWnd move over to Github, only then I would consider it an "official" repo, but other wise it seems pretty unofficial to me when a random person sets one up.

What are some of your contributions to DxWnd? Why didn't gho set it up instead?

refack on 2017-04-22 14:53

@Special, I'm just helping gho with the "mechanics" of the mirror. He owns and approves the mirror.

Midas on 2017-07-04 10:04

Tip: no help files are included in recent builds, so it is advised you grab v2_04_10 from Sourceforge which has the most up to date files.

BTW, the GitHub repository mentioned above by refack is currently empty.

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GameBox v1.2

webfork on 12 Dec 2016
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 26 Jun 2012
  • Suggested by pablorrr

GameBox is a tool to play and organize flash games without a web browser. Putting .SWF files into the "games" folder will make the program recognize them. Comes with 5 games.

Main site is offline. Linking to archive.org mirror.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Dependencies: Adobe Flash Player
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the RAR package and extract (using a program like PeaExtractor) to a folder of your choice. Launch gamebox.exe.
Latest comments
smaragdus on 2015-02-14 00:59

The official web-site has a new address:
http://digitalblast.net76.net/

webfork on 2015-02-14 15:58

Thanks for the note, smaragdus

webfork on 2015-02-15 19:11

lol ... like a day later and I'm getting 404 messages. Sigh.

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Discord Portable v1.0.9035 Updated

lwc on 23 Mar 2024
  • 281MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 10 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by Userfriendly

Discord is an easy-to-use, video and voice-over-IP program focused on gamers. The program functions with groups, includes high quality audio and maintains low CPU usage. The program also supports text chat, direct messaging, hotkeys, channels, permissions and embedded file exchange. The program integrates privacy settings, themes, streaming mode, notifications and more.

Discord Portable is a portable wrapper for the Discord instant messaging and VoIP program. The program is cross-platform with clients available for Web, Android, iOS, Mac and Linux. Alternatively, there is a bit outdated (from 2022) another wrapper developed by demon.devin.

Although most functions are free, some channel creations include premium features and games can be purchased via an integrated store.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware/Open Source (wrapper: MIT, Discord: freeware)
How to extract: Download the self-extracting "setup" EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch discord-portable.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Teamspeak, sPortable, qTox
What's new?
  • Discord 1.0.9035
  • Portapps 3.10.0

MAME v0.263 Updated

Andrew Lee on 14 Mar 2024
  • 531MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Feb 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is a hardware emulator that enables you to play many ancient, long-lost mostly arcade games and even some newer ones.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch mame64.exe.

Note: This is just the emulator. You need ROMs which are the actual games to play. You can find a few on MAME's homepage, but you'll need to search online for game ROMs. Put game files in the "roms" directory of MAME, then launch MAME.
What's new? See: https://www.mamedev.org/
Latest comments
a on 2011-02-01 02:16

latest version is 0.141

Wolfghost on 2011-02-01 18:10

>a Updated ;)

bitcoin on 2019-03-28 17:47

brings back good memories - Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, etc

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Tetzle v2.2.3 New

Andrew Lee on 29 Feb 2024
  • 20MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 16 Jan 2024
  • Suggested by MnX

Tetzle is a jigsaw puzzle game that uses Tetris tetrominoes for the pieces. Any image can be imported and used to create puzzles with a wide range of sizes. Games are saved automatically, and you can select between currently in progress games.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Tetzle.EXE.
What's new?
  • Replaced deprecated code

Freeciv v3.0.9 Updated

Stephen Leibowitz on 6 Feb 2024
  • 118MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 11 Nov 2023
  • Suggested by Sam Collett

Freeciv is a single or multiplayer, turn-based strategy game modeled after Civilization™. In this game, each player leads a civilization and fights to become the greatest in the world. You can play with the computer or with other players over the network.

The program is cross-platform with support for Mac, Linux, BSD, Solaris and many more.

Alternatively, Freeciv Portable is also available.

Note: last 32-bit Windows download available from
https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeciv/files/Freeciv 2.6/2.6.11/.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract using 7-Zip to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete $PLUGINSDIR
  3. Move all subfolders contained in $_OUTDIR to the root folder, then delete $_OUTDIR
  4. Launch freeciv-mp-gtk2.cmd, freeciv-gtk2.cmd or freeciv-server.cmd
For info on playing the game, read the Introduction
What's new? Full changelog at http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/NEWS.
Latest comments
webfork on 2011-05-23 18:54

link: thanks, updated

SYSTEM on 2011-12-16 09:00

Apparently UniExtract got into an infinite loop when I tried to extract the installer. I have edited the instructions a bit.

lintalist on 2015-04-27 12:36

For v2.5.0: I don't think civclient.exe is present anymore and it should now be freeciv-gtk2.cmd or freeciv-gtk2.exe which would start the game.

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WinAuth v3.5.1

freakazoid on 6 Jul 2023
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 24 Oct 2017
  • Suggested by Orca

WinAuth generates 2nd-factor authentication codes. The program provides either counter or time-based RFC 6238 authentication and common implementations, such as the Google Authenticator. Supported services include Bitcoin trading and games sites Battle.net (World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Diablo), Guild Wars 2, Glyph (Rift and ArcheAge), WildStar, RuneScape, SWTOR and Steam.

Windows 7 users should download the "NET35.zip" version from the GitHub page.

As of 2019, this app is no longer in development.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder.
Dependencies: .NET 4.5 (.NET 3.7 for Windows 7 users).
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware/Open Source/GPL3
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice.

In the same folder, create a file called winauth.xml with the following contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<WinAuth version="3.5">
<alwaysontop>false</alwaysontop>
<usetrayicon>false</usetrayicon>
<notifyaction>Notification</notifyaction>
<startwithwindows>false</startwithwindows>
<autosize>true</autosize>
<width>0</width>
<height>0</height>
</WinAuth>


Launch WinAuth.exe.
What's new?
  • Issue#366: fix spamming notifications when Steam is down. Hide confirm/cancel all buttons on login.

Full changelog at https://github.com/winauth/winauth/releases.
Latest comments
Midas on 2019-12-11 10:14

Beta release v3.6.2 also available from https://github.com/winauth/winauth/releases/.

freakazoid on 2023-07-06 22:03

@HairyPorter I know it's late, but I just upvoted this useful app so others can find it :)

h13.Bishop on 2023-07-07 03:02

Come on. I thought it came alive)
Quite a security risk to use 6 years dead program for 2fa.

Fyi. I found quite nice 2fa app for Windows recently. It has native look but sadly Microsoft Store only.
https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9PJX91M06TZS

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FCEUX v2.6.5

lwc on 5 May 2023
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 7 Feb 2023
  • Suggested by PowerCat

FCEUX is a games emulator for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Famicom, Famicom Disk System (FDS), and Dendy. It supports NTSC (USA/JPN), PAL (European), and NTSC-PAL Hybrid modes.

Note that to actually play any game with FCEUX you will need ROM images in one of the supported formats, not included with the download.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch fceux.exe
What's new? See:
https://fceux.com/web/version.html
Latest comments
ChemZ on 2011-04-29 15:05

This program is now called FCEUX, and version is at 2.1.4a (older version still available on website).

"The concept behind FCEUX is to merge elements from FCEU Ultra, FCEU rerecording, FCEUXD, FCEUXDSP, FCEUXDSP CE, and FCEU-mm into a single branch of FCEU."

http://fceux.com/web/home.html

Not sure about portability though...

Loner on 2012-04-19 17:46

For those of us who check these pages every day to see whats new, this program isn't categorized but from what I've read, I "assume" its a game. The description is very vague to those of us uninitiated.

thepiney on 2012-04-19 22:24

It's really not a game but an emulator similar to Mame and others. You add ROM files and you can play older games on your PC. In this case it's an emulator for NES and Famicom based games.

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Stella v6.7

lwc on 27 Jul 2022
  • 13MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 13 Jun 2022
  • Suggested by Magibon

Stella is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator, allowing you to play Atari 2600 games.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Stella.exe from inside the 32-bit or the 64-bit folder with the argument:
Stella.exe -baseinappdir
OR
Stella.exe -basedir configfolder (replace configfolder with a name of your choice).
What's new? See:
https://stella-emu.github.io/changelog.html

ReIcon v2.0

Andrew Lee on 18 Mar 2022
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 15 Mar 2022
  • Suggested by klon

ReIcon lets you save and restore your desktop layout. If you frequently change your screen resolution (e.g. to play games or use applications that require a specific resolution), you are probably familiar with the problem of your desktop icons being jumbled into a mess after you switch back to your normal resolution. ReIcon solves this problem by allowing you to save your desktop layout and restore it later with the click of a button (or with the right-click context menu).

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ReIcon.exe (32-bit version) or ReIcon_x64.exe (64-bit version).
Latest comments
Pendrive on 2022-03-18 07:12

I like it and think that it can be considered better than similar programs as it offers command-line options, which means one can make the saving of the current icon-layout a set-it-and-forget-it regular scheduled task in task-scheduler.
I'd vote for it but but I have zero rank.

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Clipdiary v5.7

Andrew Lee on 12 Dec 2021

Clipdiary is a clipboard manager that records all data that is copied, making it easy to retrieve any piece of information previously on the Windows clipboard, even after system reboots. The customizable interface and hotkeys make it easy to reference a history of clipboard elements.

The program includes database encryption, application blocklist (both to avoid conflicts with games and security programs) and much more.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Free for personal use
How to extract:
  1. Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch clipdiary-portable.exe
  3. Go through the setup wizard
  4. From the Help menu item, select Activate Free and follow the instructions

Optionally, disable update checking by going into File - Options - General, and unchecking the box next to Check for updates
Similar/alternative apps: Clibor, ArsClip, CLCL, Ditto
What's new? See:
http://clipdiary.com/download.php#whatsnew
Latest comments
IanFromBarrie on 2020-09-18 12:59

Website no longer says anything about free for personal use.

Ennovy on 2020-09-18 15:06

Free personal license: http://clipdiary.com/register.php#free

IanFromBarrie on 2020-09-18 18:12

Thanks, Ennovy. Indeed it continues to be free for personal use, as a small blue link on the right of the download page says. It's an understandable mistake and a rookie move not to read everything on the page, but the "60 day free trial" blares loudly.

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Screenshot Captor v4.41.0

Ennovy on 28 Nov 2021
  • 15MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 31 May 2021
  • Suggested by Ehtyar

Screenshot Captor (SC) is a feature-rich image tool for grabbing, manipulating, annotating, and sharing images. While the program is optimized for taking lots of screenshots with minimal intervention, it also includes multiple sources including games, webcams, and scanners. The program supports photo edition, watermarks, text boxes, arrows, thumbnails, hotkeys, and can export to a host of new and old formats, including sending multiple files to a PDF or animated GIF.

For screenshots, the program supports multiple monitors, is able to capture partial transparency effects, and has a powerful scrolling capture tool. Numerous tools are available to emphasize, diminish, or hide screen elements, such as highlight, blur, and cover.

Sharing is available via automatic or on-demand upload to image hosting services or sending by email. Settings menu allows detailed control of program behavior, menus, automatic functions, and even memory usage.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder.
Note: ColorCop's version included with SC is no longer natively portable -- you'll have to revert to v5.3 if you use the color picker.
Stealth: ? No. Creates HKCU\RtColorPicker registry key, if you use the color picker included.
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Registerware for personal use; a license key must be obtained from DonationCoder (either by donating or by registering in their forums for free) to remove the nag message.
How to extract:
  1. Download the portable ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Rename the file ConfigDir_Default.ini to ConfigDir.ini
  3. Launch ScreenshotCaptor.exe
Similar/alternative apps: ShareX, PicPick, FastStone Capture
What's new? See: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=3474.0
Latest comments
Midas on 2015-02-18 16:22

@ripu: thanks for reporting.

webfork on 2018-06-23 14:09

I just need to say again, good god this has a ton of features. It's far from smooth or intuitive, but if you do a lot with screenshots, you should get acquainted with what this can do.

vmars316 on 2022-04-15 15:55

An Excellent ScreenCapture Gadget , use it a lot !

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The Battle for Wesnoth v1.14.15

billon on 20 Dec 2020
  • 490MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 19 Dec 2020
  • Suggested by Sam Collett

The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand! Choose units from a large pool of specialists, and hand-pick a force with the right strengths to fight well on different terrains against all manner of opposition.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and install to the default folder
  2. During installation, select "Store userdata in the install location"
  3. After install, copy all files to a folder of your choice
  4. Uninstall the application
  5. Launch wesnoth.exe
What's new? See:
https://www.wesnoth.org/start/1.14/
Latest comments
darkest on 2012-02-24 18:07

revering to the version number, that is. (sorry for double-posting)

Napiophelios on 2017-12-03 08:41

Wesnoth @ v1.12.6 : Maintenance Release

shnbwmn on 2018-05-13 16:30

I'm glad that Wesnoth made it to Steam. Hopefully the community will grow and attract more enthusiasts.

On an unrelated note, I still have the Wesnoth 0.8.8 setup file from 2004/05, only 32Mb. A game must be very good if over a decade later it is still endlessly playable :)

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Iter Vehemens Ad Necem v0.58

billon on 23 Nov 2020
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 16 Mar 2020
  • Suggested by Fluffy

IVAN, short for Iter Vehemens Ad Necem, is probably one of the meanest rogue-like games out there. It uses graphical tiles instead of ASCII graphics, and also features all kinds of unique features, such as a fully functional locational damage system (losing limbs won't kill you, but it sure doesn't help), flexible character development environment, and a fluid system where you can track monsters by their blood trails.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch IVAN.exe.
What's new? See:
https://github.com/Attnam/ivan/releases
Latest comments
aazard on 2020-11-11 23:51

UPDATE: 0.58 under new site & Github

Iter Vehemens ad Necem - a continuation of the graphical roguelike by members of http://attnam.com

Site: https://attnam.com/
Github: https://github.com/Attnam/ivan

Info:

Ivan058
@fejoa fejoa released this on Mar 15

New Quest: Kingdom of Aslona

A new main quest will see you trying to bring peace back to the kingdom of Aslona, currently in the middle of a civil war.
Add five new locations.
Player can now have a ship to sail the oceans of worldmap. This also means that they can now bring pets that would normally be unable to cross the ocean with them.
Moving over the ocean is slightly slower than on dry land.
Changes:

Added Aslona!
Added new ROOM_OWNED_AREA type for generic owned rooms. Uses code similar to the Cathedral or Decos' house.
Change structure of quests. Petrus now takes the encrypted scroll and gives you some alone time. If you chat with him again, you will receive the GC quest, or you can find other people to chat for other quests.
Add some new monsters, items, artifacts, materials and crafting recipes.
Hotness can now be used to define materials that deal fire damage on contact, just like Acidicity for acidic materials.
Use GitHub app for LGTM.
Cats can be tamed with fishes.
Orcs have black blood.
Lobh-se is a bit more fun.
Make amulets easily recognizable by color.
Land mines can now be sometimes defused if you levitate over and pick them up.
Willpower now protects against some hostile magic.
Add autopick regex.
Add an option to show info about gods, displaying their last reaction to prayer.
Better 'F1' command in menus:
Some items now have descriptions.
Better help for crafting actions.
New help for config options.
Add options to start with no pet and to use health descriptions.
Add alternate door traps.
Prevent very dumb creatures from using wands.
You cannot unequip locked chastity belt.
Update README and add MANUAL.
A wise player can look at an enemy for a rough estimation of their health.
Add day/night cycle to all above-ground locations.
Enable weather effects for more above-ground locations.
Let monsters also benefit from Detecting status effect.
Coffins now generate with grave goods and do something when you steal from them.
Hammers are good with the undead.
Some monsters now have different diets.
Add many new sound effects.
Fixes:

Decos no longer lets you steal from him.
You can no longer leave the Black Market through walls.
Slightly nerf Black Market.
Display Willpower in wizard mode secrets.
Running in wilderness now correctly takes stamina.
Fix some quest messages not being saved as already displayed.
Reveal gas traps when you step on them.
Fix several places where panic immunity or disease immunity was not respected.
Fix several crafting bugs, hopefully preventing crashes.
Fix Terra not offering priestly services after you killed Lobh-se.
Spill more water over a burning player when they pray to Silva, so there's a better chance to be extinguished.
Prevent long strings in config options from overflowing when displayed.
Prevent building features in owned rooms.
Explosive liquids can no longer be used to douse flames.
Wands of webbing were not causing hostility.
Fix horns of fear causing panic without checking the panic resistance of the victim.
Remove redundant messages from auto map notes.
Fix sitting on fountains and drinking from non-water fountains.
Fix AI not using equipped zappable items.
Make taming/possessing more powerful creatures scale correctly.
Fix a bug where boots were not correctly considered for kicking effects.
Fix teleport lock from non-equipment sources never timing out.
Assorted minor fixes and balancing.
See v057...v058 for a list of changes since 0.57

aazard on 2020-11-12 00:00

NOTE to my update post, tldr: v0.51 is last "fix" of original game: https://github.com/Attnam/ivan/releases/tag/v051

v0.52+ (to current v0.58) are "add-ons + more add-ons & patches to them" at 28.7mb zipped, 36.8mb UPX (lzma) compressed

v0.51 is last "fix" of original game the zip is 4.32mb, unzipped & UPX (lzma) compressed its 9.16mb
https://github.com/Attnam/ivan/releases/tag/v051

aazard on 2020-11-12 01:09

sorry for comment spam (no edit function): extended testing report

Versions v0.51 to current really should be seen as a "GOLD LABEL/GOTY" GAME, the base is the same, but its basiclly expansion on expansion, added to the game.

the v0.50 is ITS OWN "classic" TITLE, imho,

It size to, on USB drive UPX (lzma) compressed to: 1.63mb, compared to a whopping 36.8mb in the "continuation" game

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DOSBox v0.74-3

lwc on 1 Apr 2023
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 26 Jun 2019
  • Suggested by Rob Loach

DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, modem etc. that are necessary for running many old DOS programs and games incompatible with any modern OS.

Alternatively, Portable DOSBox is also available.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: No
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract using an extractor (like 7-Zip) to a folder of your choice
  2. [Optional] Delete uninstall.exe
  3. Create an empty file called dosbox.conf
  4. When run from another folder, launch DOSBox.exe -conf "[application folder]\dosbox.conf"
What's new? See:
https://sourceforge.net/p/dosbox/news/
Latest comments
Smurflover on 2011-02-01 14:10

Frontend and easier config can be found here http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/

a on 2011-02-01 19:54

Smurf, that looks sweet, if it is portable I suggest this be added to database. (possibly as a replacement?)

There's a note:
D-Fend Reloaded may be installed in a portable operation mode (for USB-Sticks etc.).

My eyes lit up when I read that.

SYSTEM on 2011-07-17 09:39

I have updated the extraction instructions. Chris Morgan had pointed out that DOSBox is not portable if launched without any command-line switches.

http://portableapps.chrismorgan.info/irc/logs/?t=2011-07-16#T16-58-39

Thanks Chris. :)

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Spews v1.1.3

billon on 22 Jan 2019
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 22 Jan 2019
  • Suggested by Checker

Spews (Simple Process Excluding Wallpaper Switcher) is designed to automatically switch your wallpapers on a configurable schedule. You can add image folders, choose wallpaper options and check/uncheck the images paths as needed; only checked paths will be scanned for images.

The program will automatically suspend wallpaper switching if it detects any process names you configure in the Exclusions section. This can be beneficial, for instance, when running games that will be disrupted if the wallpaper is changed.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Spews.exe.
What's new? See:
https://www.dcmembers.com/skwire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/apps/spews/changelog.txt
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Ganamyde on 2014-01-17 15:41

@Skwire,
You can easily clean up your temp left over, here is what I use...
run, CMD /C CD /D "%a_temp%" & PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 2000 & RMDIR /S /Q "%script_tempFolder%",,hide useErrorLevel

MIKLO on 2015-01-26 19:24

The word "Stealth" came into use recently in reference to the "stealth" airplanes the United States government started to use back in the 80's. As for these "stealth" airplanes they are in fact not invisible, what they show is a very small imprint in hopes to fool a radar operator into thinking that what they see is nothing to worry about. I suppose the fact of the matter is that there is no magic way to keep anything totally invisible on a computer. I for one can live with this free software calling itself "stealth" cuz that's what it looks like to me... Just sayin :) Thank you to the person for their hard work in bring me this free "stealth" software that does what it says.
MIKLO

misan on 2016-04-11 12:39

:-)

There are portable apps that are "stealth". I use lot of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth

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TreeView Player v2018 May 15

billon on 15 May 2018
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 15 May 2018
  • Suggested by joby_toss

TreeView Player (formerly Ubiquitous Player) includes a wide variety of programs in a single window. Includes a music player, web browser, image viewer, text editor, file manager, games, calculator and many more.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Free for non-commercial use
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TreeViewPlayer.exe.
What's new? See:
http://ubiquitous-player.blogspot.com/
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Checker on 2015-03-30 18:24

By the author of Ubiquitous Player:

I've decided to stop updating this program. In 3 years I received exactly zero feedback on it, so I guess no one really uses it.

Thanks.

shnbwmn on 2016-05-17 21:37

So ... is this program being actively developed again now?

MIKLO on 2016-08-23 14:32

WOW this is still being updated I'm surprised but anytime someone is willing to improve their software 4me its a good thing. I used this some time back it does a lot of things but to me is just way to busy although it did work well when I used. :)
MIKLO

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Nettalk v6.7.16

webfork on 30 Mar 2022
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 30 Oct 2012
  • Suggested by guwapo

Nettalk a lightweight, powerful, and easy-to-use IRC client with a tabbed interface. It offers comfortable management of multiple IRC connections, script and plug-in support, on screen displaying of messages (e.g. in games), DCC chat and file transfer, sock proxy support, configurable text and menu shortcuts, configurable colors and background picture and much more.

Supports 7 world languages including Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and German.

Warning: development of this program appears to have stalled and the software may be subject to security vulnerabilities.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Apache License
How to extract:
  1. Download the portable ZIP package (Nettalk6usb_EN.zip) and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch Nettalk.exe

Optionally, delete unnecessary language files.
Similar/alternative apps: AdiIRC, HexChat

D-Fend Reloaded v1.4.4

lwc on 12 Mar 2019

The program provides an easy, graphical environment for DOSBox (which runs a wide variety of DOS-based games on and programs modern hardware), helping with the management of program details such as configuration and tweaking.

The program also includes helpful configuration files and pre-sets for a variety of popular DOS games.
DOSBox is included in the installation.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download and run the installer
  2. Select "Custom installation" and then "Portable mode" in the installer and extract to a folder of your choice
  3. Launch DFend.exe
Note: A PortableApps.com installer is also available. On the Download page, look in the "Other packages" section under "Other installation packages."
What's new?
  • All path names in conf files stored in archive files are made relaltive.
Latest comments
smaragdus on 2014-04-02 22:37

Great tool! Using it now I can play my favourite DOS game BlockOut by California Dreams on my Widnows 8 system.

smaragdus on 2014-07-01 08:25

D-Fend Reloaded 1.4.0 is out.

Checker on 2014-07-01 14:41

@ smaragdus: Thanks ... and updated ;)

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DoomRL v0.9.9.7

webfork on 12 Nov 2020
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Fluffy

DoomRL is a fast-paced Rogue-like game that's heavily inspired by id Software's Doom. As with many Rogue-like games, graphics are represented with ASCii characters, but DoomRL uniquely incorporates sound as well.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application Folder
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch doomrl.bat.
What's new? This release is dedicated to NEW content. There are several new special levels paired with the old ones for greater randomness! Visit the Military Base, find Mt. Erebus or feel the dread of Limbo. Along with new special levels, there are new level generators and enhancements to the old ones.

For the pro-players, we have brand-new Dual-Angel and Archangel challenges (with a corresponding hidden Badge level), and Custom challenges for everyone. Be sure to also check out Gunrunner, the new Scout master trait!
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Emka on 2012-07-07 15:11

v0.9.9.6 is available. Since there seem to have been some major additions, I don't know if it is still portable.

aazard on 2020-11-12 00:13

Now hosted on: https://drl.chaosforge.org/

Current portable: v0.997 in both HQ & LQ, from author, although LQ/HQ BORH stopped dev @ v0.997:

"Additionally a low quality version is supplied. It is generally deprecated — but if your system doesn’t run MP3 files properly, you want a small portable version or for any other reason, here they are."

ZIP'ed size: HQ = 100mb, LQ = 4.74mb

UnZipped & UPX (lzma) compressed: HQ: 102mb, LQ: 5.67mb

High Quality :doomrl-win-0997.zip DRL Windows version Zipped (High Quality)

Low Quality: doomrl-win-0997-lq.zip DRL Windows zip-version (Low Quality)

Source at github: https://github.com/chaosforgeorg/doomrl

aazard on 2020-11-12 00:16

In testing both HQ and LQ versions of v0.997 BOTH use TILES AS GRAPHICS BY DEFAULT

AKA: Graphics are NO LONGER represented with ASCii characters

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JoyToKey v3.7.9

webfork on 26 Mar 2017
  • 633KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by JFish

JoyToKey is a keyboard and mouse input emulator for gamepads that lets you bind keystrokes and mouse movements/clicks to your gamepad buttons. This is useful for games that do not support gamepads as well as using your gamepad to control other computer functions such as browsing, controlling media players, and more.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application Folder
Dependencies: Administrator rights on Vista, Win7, DirectX 6
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch JoyToKey.exe.

If your computer is running the Vista or Windows 7 Operating System you may need to carry out the following steps:

  1. Right Click on JoyToKey.exe
  2. Click properties
  3. Go to Compatibility Tab
  4. Check "Run this program in compatibility mode" (Make sure it's XP SP2 if you have Vista, or set to Windows 98 if you have Windows 7)
  5. Check "Run this program as an administrator"
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Gannon8 on 2008-07-19 20:06

GlovePIE is more powerful than this, and it is portable.
Play games with your wii remote.

Xbox360-controller-gamer on 2009-02-25 09:22

Here's configuration for Xbox360 controller:

AxisX(0) Left Analog Right
AxisY(0) Left Analog Down
Axis3(0) Left Trigger
Axis4(0) Right Analog Right
Axis5(0) Right Analog Down
POV1:UP D-Pad Up
POV1:RIGHT D-Pad Right
POV1:DOWN D-Pad Down
POV1:LEFT D-Pad Left
Button 1 A
Button 2 B
Button 3 X
Button 4 Y
Button 5 Left Bumper
Button 6 Right Bumper
Button 7 Back
Button 8 Start
Button 9 Left Analog stick's button
Button 10 Right Analog stick's button

Midas on 2013-08-20 11:27

JoyToKey freeware is still available from http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/2/I/JoyToKey/JoyToKey.htm, but latest version is 3.7.9 ...

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Project Invincible v2.10

webfork on 6 Sep 2015
  • 7MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by SYSTEM

Project Invincible is a chess game with a highly configurable artificial intelligence, as well as 3D graphics, animations, reflections and unlimited undo.

Cross-platform (Linux) and a PortableApps version is also available (thanks Gemini).

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Project Invincible.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: NagaSkaki, Pawn, Slow Chess Blitz
What's new?
  • Dropped support for old GNU/Linux distributions.
  • All processor architectures are supported again.
  • Added detection for all draw conditions:
  • threefold repetition
  • insufficient material
  • fifty-move rule
  • stalemate was already detected
  • Added undo and redo.
  • Added options to change piece colors.
  • Added an option to make knights face sideways.
  • Added support for the XBoard protocol commands "?", "undo" and "remove".
  • Now changed settings are applied instantly even when the engine is thinking.
  • Now the status labels indicate if the game has ended and the reason, if any.
  • Now the engine can use results from partial searches.
  • Significantly improved engine performance.
  • Improved exit time when the engine is thinking.
  • Added repaints to fix some cases where nothing seems to happen until you move the mouse.
  • In XBoard mode, now Project Invincible stops thinking when it receives the command "new", "force", "white", "black" or "result".
  • Improved responsiveness in XBoard mode when a process with higher priority has high CPU usage.
  • When the engine finds that it can be mated no matter what, now it makes the move that leads to the slowest mate. Previously it made a random legal move.
  • Improved startup time in XBoard mode.
  • In XBoard mode, now Project Invincible rejects clearly invalid positions.
  • Fixed a deadlock when changing the number of threads when the engine is thinking.
  • Fixed: the process didn't terminate if you attempted to exit the game when the game showed a dialog that asked something.
  • Fixed an use-after-free on exit if a dialog that asks something has been shown.
  • Fixed theoretical race conditions.
  • Fixed minor memory leaks.
  • Windows: fixed crash on exit with QeffectsGL.
  • Unix: fixed an error message on exit with the closed source "fglrx" AMD graphics drivers.
  • Unix: improved performance by enabling more compiler optimizations.
  • Unix: made the binary smaller by stripping information that you don't need to run Project Invincible.
  • Unix: when Project Invincible is installed, now it stores its settings in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or $HOME/.config as required by the XDG Base Directory Specification.
  • Minor changes.
Latest comments
SYSTEM on 2012-12-15 09:16

@Magibon: version 2.00 has mouse controls. :)

Lyon11111 on 2013-03-16 12:52

I like it very much. Thanks for providing it for free.

Gemini Apollo Gomez on 2013-03-26 17:22

Alternatively, Project Invincible Portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/games/project-invincible-portable
is another portable version.

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QuickDic v7.3 db 48

webfork on 14 Jul 2016
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by outskirter

QuickDic is a complete, offline German-English (and visa versa) dictionary. The program can automatically recognize the language in search, can pop up from a minimized state in response to clipboard entries (i.e. from a copy operation in a text editor, etc.), and contains some language lessons, games, and a included help file.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes. To have German umlauts and phonetic transcriptions displayed correctly you need a Unicode-enabled font.
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch QuickDic.exe.

Clicky Gone Portable v1.4.4.1

webfork on 13 Jul 2013
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by donald

Clicky Gone Portable pulls windows out of view of the task bar or system tray and puts them into it's own menu. This can be an de-cluttering, organizational tool or a privacy issue (often known as a "boss key"). Available options include click-and-hide to quickly push visible windows out of the way, hide active, show/hide all, and "boss key" that both hides and mutes a window.

Optionally, the program can reduce the process priority of hidden windows, suppress pop-ups or notifications, and ignore "full screen" applications (games). Other user interface options include making windows not in focus transparrent as well as adding options to application windows for hide, priority, and pin on top. The program can even be run invisibly, entirely dependent on hot-keys alone.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ClickyGone.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Minime
What's new? 2-11-2010 | MOD | Added extra depth to the lower menu in Clicky Gone Config
2-11-2010 | MOD | Icons hidden in the system tray no have a transparent effect on 32bit displays rather than the old dark icons
Latest comments
azizrahman on 2010-07-11 16:22

the best hiding progamme i have ever came acrossed.. good work

webfork on 2013-10-16 02:12

Outstanding program - very lucky it's freeware. Use it daily to help keep my desk clean. The click-to-hide feature lets me push to the side everything I need moved out of view.

webfork on 2014-02-03 01:10

One odd note: the program won't hide Mozilla SeaMonkey when you hold the hot key and click the top bar: you have to click IN the window. Also, it won't hide YoutubeDownloaderHD at all. Other than those two programs, it seems uniform when hiding all other windows.

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Pawn v4.01

webfork on 30 Oct 2016

Pawn is a simple chess program with a simple interface and a beginner-friendly engine.

Note: Main site offline, mirror provided. Additionally, old games from previous Pawn versions cannot be loaded due to format changes.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Requires DirectX 9 or better on your system and a screen resolution of at least 1024x768.
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Pawn.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: NagaSkaki, Project Invincible, Slow Chess Blitz
What's new? http://pawn.sitesled.com/html/history.html
Latest comments
name on 2010-03-05 20:45

new version out

Loner on 2012-04-04 01:22

I don't know how to play chess, and thought this game would help me learn because it said its "more suited for beginners". I even selected "Novice" in the game choice, and each game went so fast, I was Checkmated before I knew what hit me. I'm sure this is not a game for beginners like me with no knowledge of the game, but its misleading to say its "more suited for beginners". It should say for beginners with some knowledge of the game.

Just wanted to warn anyone who might be a beginner like me and might want to download the game.

Emka on 2013-12-16 13:59

link broken

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