BaldyMan

Any one remember this old game in the "Wing Commander" series.

Tried to install it recently ( just to have a laugh ) on my 2.7Ghz XP beast.

Damn thing would not run

Any ideas - is there a patch anywhere?

Cheers peeps

BaldyMan

While i'm at it, are there any web sites with old games that work on newer systems?

Talking old school games here, proper classics.

Cheers

lightning101

Try downloading DOSBOX - lets you run most old games etc with virtual drives and virtual CDROMS.


Then try abandonware as a search in google - that should give you access to thousand of old games.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Yeh or run it in compatibilty mode using XPs help centre. Most DOS games will work through this function.

PiNkEyE69

oh god privateer...that's going ack a bit.
I still have a 4 cd set that consists of Wing commander I & II (Plus mission packs), Privateer (plus mission pack) & Strike Commander (Wing Commander with F-16's)

Iain Young

I've still got a copy of Strike Commander on floppy disk (it came on about a dozen of the things).


Cool game for it's time....

john_s

iTrader: (1)

I remember strike commander and it's stack of disks. ISTR that my 50MB disk was just enough to hold that and MSDOS. Top game though... groundbreaking graphics at the time.

John.

sti555

Only problem with running the old games in video & sound compatibility normally the game wont detect the video/sound devices installed so wont run tbh, any legacy app that launches through DOS4/GW probably wont work too well.

My advice would be to knock together a cheap pc, have a look in the local rag for a 486 for £25, mind you these games are never as good as you remember, all the messing about you'll soon get bored!.

BaldyMan

Tried the compatability mode - never seems to work.

Ahhh the memories - putting in disk after disk ( usually + 10 of the damn things )

lightning101

Re - my above post - DOSBOX does sound graphics and run every dos game I have thrown at it. Bo need for compatability mode.