Download for MS-DOS

Download the .ZIP archive and then EXTRACT the files from the 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.

Downloads for Windows 98SE..XP


The Fool’s Errand


At the Carnival


3 in Three


all three games

With moderate fuss, you can play the original Fool, Carnival, and Three using the official forever version of Executor. If you already have an expired version of Executor, uninstall it and then download this new version.

Download the forever Executor Emulator.

Use the serial number 99991004 and the authentication key n9rk57f369byp.
(Alas, you need to type these in manually. No copying and pasting.)

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

IF YOU’VE ENCOUNTERED 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).

Download the .ZIP archive and then EXTRACT the files.
(If necessary, download the free PKZIP Reader.)

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

Download the forever Executor Emulator, if you haven’t already.

Use the serial number 99991004 and the authentication key n9rk57f369byp.
(Alas, you need to type these in manually. No copying and pasting.)

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.

Also, 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.

Problems? Then right-click the link and “Save Target As...”
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