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Neko x64!
For no real reason today I remmeber that there used to be this cool program back in the Windows 3.0 days called Neko. I was trying to explain it to my girlfriend about this cat that would chase your mouse! Click the picture above to play with neko in jdosbox.
I recal that Neko even made it to OS/2 as it was more interesting then the mouse trails alternative from Microsoft.
At any rate, I was wondering if there ever was a 32bit version of Neko… And much to my amazement I found there was a Neko95, and a Neko98! And they even ran on my x64 version of Windows… So after googling around, I found the source code to Neko 98!
So I did the next best thing, which is download the source, fix a single casting ‘error’ in some square root function and I got it building under Visual C++ 2008. Then I figured, what the hell, added a target for the x64, and built… a 64 bit version of neko!
You can download the x64 binaries, and the source directory that I used here.
You may need some VC runtimes if your system is an old x64… At this moment it can be found here:
Or by searching for Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64)
Oh well at any rate, it’s cool to see Neko still kicking!
PS When I get back I’ll have to see about an i386, MIPS, Dec Alpha and Itanium build… wink wink!
—edit
Neko98′s source code has been rescued, all saved here.
—years later
I just received this screen shot of Neko x64 rocking it on Windows 8 (Desktop mode)
Neko on Windows 8
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Now that brings back memories. I remember Neko from my 486 with Windows 3.1
Oh I wish someone ported eSheep to at least win32 too…
Ah, Neko, you little scamp! Thanks for this!
Very nice!
Neko rules! I think I have the latest version but I can't get it to work properly for windows 7. He keeps leaving a trail of clone images or squares… v.v Bye Neko.
Kuva
You made my day. I remember Neko from my younger days in the computer lab. It makes me smile to see it on my desktop again.
Be sure to make neko run 'always on top' otherwise it'll ghost….
I’ve updated this to include a jdosbox version which lets you run the old Windows 3.0 demonstration version, along with neko! Click on the picture of Neko for Windows 3.0 and you can run the real thing!
Uhuh, that’s cool and all, but I get a “Neko10 is not a valid Win32 application” error.
Using XP SP3, 32bit
So why not release a 32bit version? I tried to get the Win98 version but that site is down now. Seriously, it would’ve been much better to make a 32bit version because 32bit runs on both 32bit and 64bit systems. Guess I’ll keep the files around on my local drive for when I eventually upgrade to Windows 8.
64bit is cooler because you don’t need the WOW system running Win32 on Win64.. And the larger thing was to bring Neko to the Itanium, and the MIPS/DecAlpha …
But it is sad the site is down, and the source is … lost. Thankfully I did save a copy and I’ve uploaded it, and built a Win32 i386 version since there isn’t one anymore….
Hi, i just rembered the Neko from years back. I downloaded a couple of different Neko’s but they either do not run or they leave square ghost images behind… i tried the always on top option but it doesnt’ help. I run Windows 7 x64…
But still, glad to have found them still…
There is felix the cat as well, it walks around my desktop… but it is not Neko.
play with the settings I forget what it is now but something you toggle will stop it from ghosting…
Hello, thank you heaps for fixing the program.
I too, downloaded a few different Neko icon libraries but the program keeps saying that they don’t have enough icons and that there needs to be at least 32. However, I know for a fact that there are around 40 icons in the icon library file.
Why does this happen?
Just ran it on my new Windows 8 x64 (need to be on the desktop: metro is not a cat’s friend…)
See here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B75pVvg0lN7CcVZTT0N5RVVPTGs
>^^<
Hmm Metro Neko… Although there is this web widget that I wonder if it could be converted to one of those HTML5 thingies… Although a Metro Neko would be.. kinda weird. lol