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Re: older games
Are these full retail games or games on a website ?
"Teddy" <Teddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F2EE4414-A1D9-4DC2-B618-D451511390BA@microsoft.com...
> cake mania
> all three mfc games
> fish tycoon
> sim theme park
> sim tower
> family fued
> hidden treasure titanic
> and others of similar style. i got one of the nancy drew's to work with a
> change in the install to change the path of install. (found this hint on
> the
> her interactive DB).
> this is just a few of the games but some of my faves.
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> "Dale White" wrote:
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>> What older games are you having trouble with. I installed and played
>> WarCraft 3, which is a 1999 game. I have Math Blaster 12 running, The
>> girl
>> friend plays Hoyles Card game. I don't do alot of the MSN style games,
>> but
>> so far, I haven't found a game that doesn't work.
>>
>>
>> "Teddy" <Teddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:36995D6A-696C-4FF2-961D-8D4AC57F63B6@microsoft.com...
>> > You are probably like me in this situation and it is not just older
>> > games
>> > but
>> > cheap games or non RPG big money maker games.. i have read MS went to
>> > alot
>> > of
>> > trouble to make vista compatable with WOW, AC, Halo etc but those of us
>> > who
>> > have older or cheaper games ie. the yahoo, msn, oberon download games,
>> > nancy
>> > drew games, older sim games are just out of luck unless the
>> > manufacturer
>> > of
>> > the game prepares a fix in which we will prob have to buy an entirely
>> > new
>> > game to play. in my search for fixes, causes and such i also read that
>> > vista
>> > won't even play some of the games on the MS zone game site.. tells you
>> > how
>> > important some pple are in comparison to the big gamer.. p.s. nothing
>> > personal to the big gamer i used to be one. . in fact played ac, wow,
>> > linage
>> > and more but can not anymore due to health issues so the enjoyment i
>> > get
>> > is
>> > now limited to these lesser games and i am very angry MS overlooked us
>> > in
>> > their quest for a great gaming OS.. makes me wish i had not bought my
>> > new
>> > computer.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "w" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi all
>> >>
>> >> Trying to Get an older game installed and working for the kids
>> >> "Scooby-Doo! from SouthPeak Interactive
>> >>
>> >> Starts through installation process, then I receive this error message
>> >> "Windows cannot find 'C:\Progra~1\Plus!\themese.exe'. Make sure you
>> >> typed the name correctly and then try again."
>> >>
>> >> What can I do to get these working
>> >> Thanks much!
>> >> -w
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