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Action platformer / Original demo player

Captain Claw

The Captain Claw player runs your original Windows demo files in the browser. Import ClawDemo.exe, CLAWDEMO.REZ and MSS32.DLL first. The tested edition opens La Roca; the retail campaign is not verified.

Content reviewed · Retro Hideout project · How we test

Original demo playerKeyboard + touchOn-device progress
Open Claw player

Import ClawDemo.exe, CLAWDEMO.REZ and MSS32.DLL from your installed original demo folder. The game files are not supplied by this arcade.

Captain Claw preview with stone platforms and treasure
Captain Claw preview artwork. The player runs your imported original demo.

How to play Captain Claw

Captain Claw is Monolith Productions’ 1997 action platformer. This player runs the original Windows demo through a browser compatibility runtime rather than recreating its levels.

Import ClawDemo.exe, CLAWDEMO.REZ and MSS32.DLL from your installed original demo folder. The game files are not supplied by this arcade.

Controls

InputAction
Arrow keys / touch arrowsMove
Ctrl / AttackAttack
Alt / FireFire
Space / JumpJump
Menu / EscapeOpen the original menu
Fullscreen / StopExpand or stop the player

What’s included

  • Browser execution of your original Windows demo executable.
  • The original Single Player menu and La Roca demo level.
  • Keyboard movement and held touch movement.
  • Menu, fullscreen, Stop and on-device imported-file storage.

Saves and progress

Imported files stay in this browser’s IndexedDB and are not uploaded. Clearing browser storage can remove imported files and locally stored data.

Browser storage is specific to this device and browser. Clearing site data can remove your local progress.

About this browser edition

The original demo has been exercised in Chromium, Firefox and Linux Playwright WebKit. Actual Safari remains untested. Full retail campaign compatibility, level completion, physical-device behavior and exact audio parity remain unverified.

Testing evidence and sources

Retained Chromium checks cover the original demo menu, La Roca gameplay, keyboard and held touch movement, local imports, fullscreen and observed mixer audio.

Level completion, native checkpoint restoration, full retail compatibility, exact audio parity and physical-device behavior remain unverified. Game files are not supplied or uploaded by this player.

Recorded test scope and limitations ↗

Retained local Chromium capture of the imported original demo in La Roca. The game files remain on the player’s device.
Retained local Chromium capture of the imported original demo in La Roca. The game files remain on the player’s device.

Sources and what they support

This page was reviewed against retained validation records. Review dates do not mean every game test was rerun that day. Screenshots show individual recorded scenes; they do not establish full campaign, device or native-game parity.

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