Vista - Arcade

Hello,

just yesterday i started my journey with vista
after so many years with XP, i like to say it is not a easy thing to switch from the XP user interface to Vista. it seems to me a bit overloaded.
anyway i have a samsung r700, Intel Core 2 Duo T5550. GeForce Go 8600M GS, and
4 Gb (even Vista just recognize 3
i was curious how my games will do on the Vista. i have 4 kids and so we have a few arcade games. i tried Luxor and Luxor 2. Luxor started but nothing further happen. the game simple vanished
Luxor 2, Vista told there is Dll problem.
anyboday has idea if there is a way around or no way that this games will play on Vista.
are there a gamesite where i can see if there is this game Vista compatible

thanks
JH

Try checking for patches if any for those games. Next try right clicking on their icons, selecting properties, and then on the compatbility check the box to run the game in compability mode, but in this case select WindowsXP SP2 mode, and below the OS compability section check the box to disable visual themes.

If this doesn't work, it could be that you might have to setup a WindowsXP machine or redo your Vista machine to be able to do dual boot, which would enable you to boot between Vista and XP, to be able to run those games.

thank you for your answer, but as i said Vista is still wonderland for me
i will try your advice and i hope to find all this on the Vista.
certainly i will not try to setup two OS on my Notebook. i would get

regards
Horst

Good luck and do make sure, you download and install Service Pack 1, it it wasn't already integrated with the Windows Vista installation on your laptop. Service Pack 1, fixes a lot of compatibility issues with Windows Vista.

I ended up having to patch the games Call Of Duty 2 to version 1.3, and Quake 4 to version 1.42, to get them to run on Vista. Both games I mention are First Person Shooters.

I have the PC Game version of the TV Game Show, Deal Or No Deal, that game runs just fine without any patches on Windows Vista. This is an example of how some games will run fine on Vista and other's won't. The games I have that don't work, are too old, or use a 16bit or 24bit Install routine.

This is another example of a game that works on Windows Vista. I have the Windows 95/98 Casino Simulation called Golden Nugget, it works on Windows Vista, as long as it runs in WindowsXP with Service Pack 2 compatibility mode. For all intents and purposes this game should even work on Windows Vista, and yet it does, and I'm running 64bit Windows Vista.