Johnny Castaway is a screensaver released in 1992 by Sierra On-Line/Dynamix, and marketed. Microsoft Windows - Image: Windows 10 (version 1709). Sep 16, 2015 - Remember screensaver from the Johnny Castaway? Quite liked the solution, I installed it on my Windows 10 from 64 bits and it worked.

How to run Johnny Castaway on Windows 64-bit The biggest downside to the classic 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. 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. As a result, the growing number of Windows 64-bit users are unable to install and run Johnny Castaway out of the box.

Thankfully, a Reddit user going by the nickname ztjuh has come up with a similar to our workaround that allows the installation of, but designed specifically for Windows 64-bit, allowing these users to enjoy Johnny's antics on their modern computers without needing to run virtual machines. How it works In our tutorial for Mac OS X, we explain how to use the Wine software to emulate a Windows environment. The DOSBox application that is used in this method is similar in that it allows us to run old MS-DOS applications on a modern version of the Windows operating system. Being able to start Johnny Castaway on Windows 64-bit via DOSBox is one thing, but we will also need to turn it back into a screensaver.

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To accomplish that, we will download and install the Screen Launcher utility, which allows you to run any program as your screensaver, whether that's a web browser, PowerPoint presentation, a video or, indeed, DOSBox. The process we describe below has been tested to work on Windows 7 Professional (64-bit), but should also work on other versions of the OS, such as Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 10. Please note that this method does not allow the use of DOSBox for running programs other than the Johnny Castaway screensaver without, in fact, breaking the screensaver set-up. Install DOSBox • Head over to the and get the latest version of DOSBox for Windows.

• Double-click the file you downloaded to start the setup program, and follow the on-screen instructions to install DOSBox onto your computer. • When the installation of DOSBox has successfully been completed, a DOSBox icon will be placed onto your desktop. Double-click it to make sure DOSBox is working, then type 'exit' on the command line and press Enter to close it again.

Download the dosbox.zip package ztjuh created a ZIP container file that includes various third-party programs that are required to get Johnny Castaway up and running. The original screensaver is also included, which explains why we do not need to download the screensaver itself in this tutorial. • Download the file to your computer. • Locate the file in your Downloads folder and double-click it. This will open the archive file in the Explorer if your version of Windows has the built-in capability to open and extract ZIP files without a need for third-party software. If your installation of Windows does not support opening ZIP files, you will need to download and install an additional application such as to extract the contents. • Extract all contents of the ZIP file, including the main 'dosbox' folder, to the root of your hard drive.