Farmer Sam’s Dog Day is the platform game I developed for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next computer. However, even if you do not own a ZX Spectrum Next, you can play it on your Windows or Linux PC or on your Mac, through the use of #CSpect emulator by Mike Dailly.
If you are a Windows user, you might also be interested in reading this step-by-step guide.
Before installing the emulator, ensure that you fulfill all required software prerequisites based on your operating system:
- Linux: you will need the latest Mono cross platform open source .NET framework.
If you are using Debian, you can install it with:sudo apt install mono-complete
Please refer to your distro package manager for details. - macOS: you will need the latest Mono cross platform open source .NET framework (you can find a detailed guide on full Spectrum Next emulation on the Mac here).
- Windows: you will need the latest Microsoft .NET Framework and the OpenAL audio library.
- ReactOS: as per version 0.4.12, you will need the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 and the OpenAL audio library.
Then, you can download the latest version of #CSpect emulator and unzip it to a directory of choice.
Now, you can download Farmer Sam’s Dog Day game from itch.io. You can either purchase the complete game or just freely download the demo version. The downloaded file is a .zip archive; unzip its content in the same directory as #CSpect, open a Command Prompt or Terminal and change directory to #CSpect directory.
To start the game, if you are using Windows or ReactOS, type: CSpect.exe -tv -w3 -zxnext dogday.nex
Instead, if you are using Linux or macOS, type: mono CSpect.exe -tv -w3 -zxnext dogday.nex
If you encounter errors or the emulator does not start, you can try disabling sound, by specifying the -sound option: CSpect.exe -sound -tv -w3 -zxnext dogday.nex
You can also specify your desired window size, by providing a value between 1 and 4 to the -w option:
CSpect.exe -sound -tv -w2 -zxnext dogday.nex
