As a result, the growing number of Windows 64-bit users are unable to install and run Johnny Castaway out of the box. This is due to the fact that Johnny Castaway is a 16-bit program, and while 32-bit versions of Windows have built-in compatibility for 16-bit applications, all modern 64-bit versions of the operating system only support programs that are 32-bit or newer. The biggest downside to the classic Johnny Castaway screensaver, which remains popular today even though it was first released way back in 1993, is that it will not run on 64-bit versions of Windows. While not a product of Al Lowe, or a part of the Leisure Suit Larry series, we feel that the Johnny Castaway screen saver was a remarkable piece of Sierra history, as it’s the “first screen saver to tell a story.”Īlternatively, if you have a 64bit Windows machine – the folks at Screen Savers Planet devised a way to make it work! For simplicity sake – I am just going to copy and paste the instructions here (in the event anything ever happens to that site!) How to run Johnny Castaway on Windows 64-bit This version of Johnny Castaway works on 32Bit Windows XP (and does it in full screen).
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