The Feeble Files
- CPU: 75 MHz
- RAM: 16 MB
- SVGA graphics card
- Sound card
- 4x CD -ROM drive
- 25 MB of hard disk space
- DirectX
Floyd: There are heroes (English Original title The Feeble Files) is an adventure computer game Developer Adventure Soft. The player controls after the point- and-click principle aliens "Floyd " by a satirical, ajar to science-fiction novels and movies world. It was published in 1997 by Bomico.
History
Floyd, whose job it is to create crop circles on other planets collide after a visit to the Earth with a ground probe, which his spaceship is slightly damaged and probe crashes into an observatory. Then turn over the events that Floyd is interrogated by his employer and taken away in a prison. Then arises in Floyd rethinking and from then on he fights against the Group.
Background
Lives in society in the Floyd, the so-called "Group" employers, government, police and military at the same time. The highest governing body is the so-called " Omnibrain ". The "Group" oppresses its citizens or is this drugged. Rebellious behavior is punished. Floyd himself referred to the "Group" aptly called Stasi. The system shown is also oriented toward the novels "1984 " by George Orwell and " Brave New World " by Aldous Huxley.
Measures for compatibility with ScummVM
To play Floyd on modern systems, the use of ScummVM offers. Because of this, however, initially could not play the video format used for the cutscenes, the user had to decode and encode the videos using a program that accompanies the development version of ScummVM, again. This process can take depending on the system over six hours to complete. Meanwhile ScummVM supports the said video format, but these videos have depending on the size longer charging times. For this reason, it is recommended to continue to use converted video sequences.
Alternatively ScummVM example, there is the possibility of a Windows 95 or Windows 98 system using a virtual machine to emulate in the game should then run fine.
Others
Floyd is in the German version with the voice of Tobias Meister embodies (Brad Pitt, Sean Penn ) and Regina Lemnitz ( Whoopi Goldberg, Roseanne Barr) takes over the role of Dolores.