Scoutforlife591 Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 I've got a couple PC games I want to buy. They are Windows 95 era I think, just wondering if I'm going to have compatibility issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Montana Bengal| Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 I'm not positive, but I think that you would have problems...I'm surprised that you'd have to buy them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steggyD Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 You more than likely will have issues. I had to give up a couple games for good ol' XP. Sometimes you can find some user-made patches out there, from the geeks who just couldn't give up the ol' games for XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tigris Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 there was one game i remember playing... called "chip's (something)" you were this little guy and ran around picking up these "chips". all i remember is that i played it a lot years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A-Men-HouseofPain Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 [quote name='Tigris' post='464481' date='Mar 29 2007, 07:43 PM']there was one game i remember playing... called "chip's (something)" you were this little guy and ran around picking up these "chips". all i remember is that i played it a lot years ago.[/quote] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/24.gif[/img] what a useless post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoutforlife591 Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Well, the games I'm interested in are Castles II: Siege and Conquest[list] [*]PC Pentium 133MHz or faster [*]Windows 95, 98 [*]8MB of RAM [*]2X CD-ROM drive [*]DirectX certified sound card [*]DirectX certified video card [*]100% Microsoft compatible mouse [/list]VIKINGS: THE STRATEGY OF ULTIMATE CONQUEST System Requirements: [list] [*]Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME or Macintosh [*]486-33MHz or faster [*]8MB RAM [*]2X CD-ROM drive or faster [*]15MB Hard Drive space [*]256-color 640x480 resolution [*]SoundBlaster compatible sound card and speakers or headphones [*]Mouse [/list]Amongst some other games Privateer I and II Pagan and another I haven't yet recalled the name of set as an RPG/mystery in some carribean fishing yard. Anyway, let me know what you think of my chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbsohio30 Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 I could be wrong here but any game made for windows 95 will not play on an xp machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatScratchFever Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Only one way to find out for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracenuts Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 [quote name='Tigris' post='464481' date='Mar 29 2007, 07:43 PM']there was one game i remember playing... called "chip's (something)" you were this little guy and ran around picking up these "chips". all i remember is that i played it a lot years ago.[/quote] chips challenge was the shit... i used to play that game all the time, its kind of the same as the acno's energizer game thats in the go-bengals arcade but much more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 [quote name='Tigris' post='464481' date='Mar 29 2007, 07:43 PM']there was one game i remember playing... called "chip's (something)" you were this little guy and ran around picking up these "chips". all i remember is that i played it a lot years ago.[/quote] chips challenge i think.. played it like a motherfucker.. [quote name='Scoutforlife591' post='464539' date='Mar 29 2007, 09:40 PM']Well, the games I'm interested in are Castles II: Siege and Conquest[list] [*]PC Pentium 133MHz or faster [*]Windows 95, 98 [*]8MB of RAM [*]2X CD-ROM drive [*]DirectX certified sound card [*]DirectX certified video card [*]100% Microsoft compatible mouse [/list]VIKINGS: THE STRATEGY OF ULTIMATE CONQUEST System Requirements:[list] [*]Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME or Macintosh [*]486-33MHz or faster [*]8MB RAM [*]2X CD-ROM drive or faster [*]15MB Hard Drive space [*]256-color 640x480 resolution [*]SoundBlaster compatible sound card and speakers or headphones [*]Mouse [/list]Amongst some other games Privateer I and II Pagan and another I haven't yet recalled the name of set as an RPG/mystery in some carribean fishing yard. Anyway, let me know what you think of my chances.[/quote] ones going as far as working on ME, should work on XP, just likely made before XP arrived so not on box.. the 95/98 one is skeptical.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 <<Assumes Jim Mora Press conference stance>> "Windows '95? Are you kidding me? Windows '95?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mongoloido Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 if you have troubles, right click on the .exe file, go to properties, then the compatibility tab, select the run this program in compatibiltiy mode box, and select Windows 95. That should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoutforlife591 Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 [quote name='GoBengals' post='464570' date='Mar 29 2007, 10:46 PM']chips challenge i think.. played it like a motherfucker.. ones going as far as working on ME, should work on XP, just likely made before XP arrived so not on box.. the 95/98 one is skeptical..[/quote] The one that doesn't list ME is actually about 2 years younger, so I wonder if they'll both work. Especially with Mongo's suggestion. You guys rock, now if you can only figure out my monitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 [quote name='mongoloido' post='464595' date='Mar 29 2007, 10:26 PM']if you have troubles, right click on the .exe file, go to properties, then the compatibility tab, select the run this program in compatibiltiy mode box, and select Windows 95. That should work.[/quote] Doubtful even then. I've tried it with a few games and the compatibility mode doesn't make much difference.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracenuts Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Heres a link to a site where you can download the freeware of Chips challenge.. [url="http://takegame.com/arcade/htm/chipschallenge.htm"]http://takegame.com/arcade/htm/chipschallenge.htm[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 [quote name='Scoutforlife591' post='464596' date='Mar 29 2007, 11:29 PM']The one that doesn't list ME is actually about 2 years younger, so I wonder if they'll both work. Especially with Mongo's suggestion. You guys rock, now if you can only figure out my monitors.[/quote] im still workin on the monitors, we have that splitter being used at work for a monitor and a tv, im going to see if i can get extended desktop going on it this weekend, *rubs chin* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CincyInDC Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Do you have a Windows 95/98/ME key? Use VMWare Player to run old Windows in a window in XP. It's surprisingly fast...especially when you consider the minimum system requirements for those OS's and the specs of your XP machine (assuming it's a relatively new PC). To create the Virtual Machine, you'll have to use VMWare Workstation... [url="http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/"]http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/[/url] (free 30-day trial) Once the VM is created, you can use VMWare Player (free) to actually use it. Hopefully these games aren't TOO graphics intensive (i.e., no 3D). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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