Vista - Yay Turok 2 from 199*'s runs on vista.

03-18-2007

Is cleaning out a bunch of old games, was throwing them out,
then some whining kid came and said he wanted them.. sure wth.
then i was sorthing out some more. and found a old time favorite
Turok 2. hehe had a go,, installed and run, it popped with a error.
but ran anyway.. lol

Had to choose gfx card from a list of 1000000's lol
Settings 8mb +

yes..
Fancy water yes.. .

omg nostalagi.. mmm.. TUROK..
then i saw the link in the folder it installed and noticed OMFG
they are actually makeing a new version to be released this year..
lol talk about luck.. hehe..

03-20-2007

I can 1 up you...

I got the 1992 version of SimGolf from Maxis (DirectX 2) to run on Vista.
....Syndicate Wars for DOS (Under DOSBOX

....Dungeon Keeper 1 DirectX 5? or 6, I forget.

Old Skewl!

"Martin Vaupell" <Admin@evisystems.org> wrote in message
news:ec0lGnVaHHA.2320@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Is cleaning out a bunch of old games, was throwing them out,
> then some whining kid came and said he wanted them.. sure wth.
> then i was sorthing out some more. and found a old time favorite
> Turok 2. hehe had a go,, installed and run, it popped with a error.
> but ran anyway.. lol
>
> Had to choose gfx card from a list of 1000000's lol Settings 8mb +

> yes.. Fancy water yes.. .
> omg nostalagi.. mmm.. TUROK.. then i saw the link in the folder it
> installed and noticed OMFG they are actually makeing a new version to be
> released this year..
> lol talk about luck.. hehe..
>
>

01-15-2008

dfredericks wrote:

Quote:

> Hey Andy,
>
> How did you get Syndicate Wars working on Vista.
>
> I've got a copy I got on eBay but yeah I can't even install the thing
> so - if you could shed some light I would be hugely grateful.
>
> Please be warned I'm not DOS proficient so you'll probably have to go
> step by step with me - like a virgin lol.
>
> Dan.
>
>

http://www.classicdosgames.com/tutorials/dosbox.html
http://jaysherby.blogspot.com/2007/0...ng-dosbox.html
http://tipvista.com/2006/06/how-to-p...in-windows-xp/

01-18-2008

Dan, I started a new thread for you, look up the subject "Syndicate Wars"...

"dfredericks" <daniel.fredericks@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> Hey Andy,
>
> How did you get Syndicate Wars working on Vista.
>
> I've got a copy I got on eBay but yeah I can't even install the thing
> so - if you could shed some light I would be hugely grateful.
>
> Please be warned I'm not DOS proficient so you'll probably have to go
> step by step with me - like a virgin lol.
>
> Dan.
>
>
> --
> dfredericks

03-18-2007	#1 (permalink)
Martin Vaupell n/a posts	*Yay Turok 2 from 199's runs on vista.** Is cleaning out a bunch of old games, was throwing them out, then some whining kid came and said he wanted them.. sure wth. then i was sorthing out some more. and found a old time favorite Turok 2. hehe had a go,, installed and run, it popped with a error. but ran anyway.. lol Had to choose gfx card from a list of 1000000's lol Settings 8mb + yes.. Fancy water yes.. . omg nostalagi.. mmm.. TUROK.. then i saw the link in the folder it installed and noticed OMFG they are actually makeing a new version to be released this year.. lol talk about luck.. hehe..
My System Specs

03-20-2007	#2 (permalink)
Andy n/a posts	*Re: Yay Turok 2 from 199's runs on vista.** I can 1 up you... I got the 1992 version of SimGolf from Maxis (DirectX 2) to run on Vista. ....Syndicate Wars for DOS (Under DOSBOX ....Dungeon Keeper 1 DirectX 5? or 6, I forget. Old Skewl! "Martin Vaupell" <Admin@evisystems.org> wrote in message news:ec0lGnVaHHA.2320@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Is cleaning out a bunch of old games, was throwing them out, > then some whining kid came and said he wanted them.. sure wth. > then i was sorthing out some more. and found a old time favorite > Turok 2. hehe had a go,, installed and run, it popped with a error. > but ran anyway.. lol > > Had to choose gfx card from a list of 1000000's lol Settings 8mb + > yes.. Fancy water yes.. . > omg nostalagi.. mmm.. TUROK.. then i saw the link in the folder it > installed and noticed OMFG they are actually makeing a new version to be > released this year.. > lol talk about luck.. hehe.. > >
My System Specs

01-15-2008	#3 (permalink)
Universe_JDJ n/a posts	*Re: Yay Turok 2 from 199's runs on vista.** dfredericks wrote: Quote: > Hey Andy, > > How did you get Syndicate Wars working on Vista. > > I've got a copy I got on eBay but yeah I can't even install the thing > so - if you could shed some light I would be hugely grateful. > > Please be warned I'm not DOS proficient so you'll probably have to go > step by step with me - like a virgin lol. > > Dan. > > http://www.classicdosgames.com/tutorials/dosbox.html http://jaysherby.blogspot.com/2007/0...ng-dosbox.html http://tipvista.com/2006/06/how-to-p...in-windows-xp/
My System Specs

01-18-2008	#4 (permalink)
Andy [YaYa] n/a posts	*Re: Yay Turok 2 from 199's runs on vista.** Dan, I started a new thread for you, look up the subject "Syndicate Wars"... "dfredericks" <daniel.fredericks@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:dfredericks.339cgw@xxxxxx-mx.tabletquestions.com... Quote: > > Hey Andy, > > How did you get Syndicate Wars working on Vista. > > I've got a copy I got on eBay but yeah I can't even install the thing > so - if you could shed some light I would be hugely grateful. > > Please be warned I'm not DOS proficient so you'll probably have to go > step by step with me - like a virgin lol. > > Dan. > > > -- > dfredericks
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