Gems v1.4

This Columns clone comes with four seperate tilesets. On screen resolutions of 1024×768 and above it will use 32×32 tiles, on smaller resolutions 24×24 tiles. Both sizes come in two versions, one for 16 color desktops, and one for desktops of 256 colors or more. However, for some reason the two 24×24 tilesets enclosed in the archive are identical. The screenshot above shows how the game looks on a smaller monitor; click on it, and you see the 32×32, 256 color tiles in action.

Custom Tiles

Since the tiles are stored in standard Windows bitmaps, you can edit them or create your own. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to select between multiple tilesets. It can only be done over the GEMS.INI the game writes into the Windows directory. Under [Settings], add the line FileTag=XXX, where XXX are one to three characters. Gems will then look for a bitmap starting with those characters. Only the bitmap for your actual desktop setting needs to be present. If it does not exist, the game will throw an error message and exit.

Steckbrief

• Author: Kurt Lundqvist
• Year: 1996
• Country of Origin:
• Needs: OC25.DLL, VB40016.DLL

Download

• Gems v1.4 (45kB, ZIP)

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