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Need tech advice not really related to my Gateway...
On 3/20/2011 3:47 PM, SC Tom wrote:
"chicagofan" wrote in message ... I know there used to be some smart people who lurked here to help folks like me, so I'm back. Are you there, Ben, anyone? I have an old Activision game that they stopped updating with Win 98. Some people have been able to get Shanghai II to work with XP, although my laptop says XP in some places, it says NT... in more, which I don't understand, and it won't install normally. It says game not for NT. Anyway, I think the biggest problem is the graphics card I have, won't handle 256 color resolution. Is there *ANYTHING* I can do to get this old game to play on my laptop? http://www.amazon.com/Shanghai-Doubl.../dp/B00004T9C8 Some people have partitioned their drive and formatted it in DOS to play their game, but I would still have the graphics problem, wouldn't I? Thanks for *any* and all suggestions... I really want this game back. Barbara [Gateway MX 6440/ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M series] Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode? I have an old DOS poker game that I run on XP SP3 by that method. Right-click on your game shortcut and pick Properties. Click on the Compatibility tab and pick Windows 98 or Windows 95 and check the box next to Run in 256 colors. Click OK to save and exit. If it won't install, you can also try installing it in compatibility mode using the same method even if you're installing from CD. You might not want to check the 256 colors, but otherwise, it should install, then you can edit the shortcut properties. My understanding of this whole thing is that it runs just fine under XP (no compatibility mode needed). The only problem is that the game installer will fail unless you are running in 256 color mode (the only mode which the installer will run in). Once it is installed, you can run it in any graphic mode from there (well anything 8-bit or higher anyway). -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 |
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Need tech advice not really related to my Gateway...
BillW50 wrote:
On 3/20/2011 3:47 PM, SC Tom wrote: wrote in message ... I know there used to be some smart people who lurked here to help folks like me, so I'm back. Are you there, Ben, anyone? I have an old Activision game that they stopped updating with Win 98. Some people have been able to get Shanghai II to work with XP, although my laptop says XP in some places, it says NT... in more, which I don't understand, and it won't install normally. It says game not for NT. Anyway, I think the biggest problem is the graphics card I have, won't handle 256 color resolution. Is there *ANYTHING* I can do to get this old game to play on my laptop? http://www.amazon.com/Shanghai-Doubl.../dp/B00004T9C8 Some people have partitioned their drive and formatted it in DOS to play their game, but I would still have the graphics problem, wouldn't I? Thanks for *any* and all suggestions... I really want this game back. Barbara [Gateway MX 6440/ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M series] Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode? I have an old DOS poker game that I run on XP SP3 by that method. Right-click on your game shortcut and pick Properties. Click on the Compatibility tab and pick Windows 98 or Windows 95 and check the box next to Run in 256 colors. Click OK to save and exit. If it won't install, you can also try installing it in compatibility mode using the same method even if you're installing from CD. You might not want to check the 256 colors, but otherwise, it should install, then you can edit the shortcut properties. My understanding of this whole thing is that it runs just fine under XP (no compatibility mode needed). The only problem is that the game installer will fail unless you are running in 256 color mode (the only mode which the installer will run in). Once it is installed, you can run it in any graphic mode from there (well anything 8-bit or higher anyway). Thanks, Bill... I couldn't have explained it half as concisely or intelligently. I don't get the compatibility option... simply a "fail" message. That is... until I try it again... Kevin Murphy's way! bj |
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Need tech advice not really related to my Gateway...
"BillW50" wrote in message ... On 3/20/2011 3:47 PM, SC Tom wrote: "chicagofan" wrote in message ... I know there used to be some smart people who lurked here to help folks like me, so I'm back. Are you there, Ben, anyone? I have an old Activision game that they stopped updating with Win 98. Some people have been able to get Shanghai II to work with XP, although my laptop says XP in some places, it says NT... in more, which I don't understand, and it won't install normally. It says game not for NT. Anyway, I think the biggest problem is the graphics card I have, won't handle 256 color resolution. Is there *ANYTHING* I can do to get this old game to play on my laptop? http://www.amazon.com/Shanghai-Doubl.../dp/B00004T9C8 Some people have partitioned their drive and formatted it in DOS to play their game, but I would still have the graphics problem, wouldn't I? Thanks for *any* and all suggestions... I really want this game back. Barbara [Gateway MX 6440/ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M series] Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode? I have an old DOS poker game that I run on XP SP3 by that method. Right-click on your game shortcut and pick Properties. Click on the Compatibility tab and pick Windows 98 or Windows 95 and check the box next to Run in 256 colors. Click OK to save and exit. If it won't install, you can also try installing it in compatibility mode using the same method even if you're installing from CD. You might not want to check the 256 colors, but otherwise, it should install, then you can edit the shortcut properties. My understanding of this whole thing is that it runs just fine under XP (no compatibility mode needed). The only problem is that the game installer will fail unless you are running in 256 color mode (the only mode which the installer will run in). Once it is installed, you can run it in any graphic mode from there (well anything 8-bit or higher anyway). -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 Then it may be possible to install it in compatibility mode choosing Win9x as I mentioned in the second paragraph and choose 256 colors there, too. -- SC Tom |
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Need tech advice not really related to my Gateway...
On 3/20/2011 5:36 PM, SC Tom wrote:
"BillW50" wrote in message ... On 3/20/2011 3:47 PM, SC Tom wrote: "chicagofan" wrote in message ... I know there used to be some smart people who lurked here to help folks like me, so I'm back. Are you there, Ben, anyone? I have an old Activision game that they stopped updating with Win 98. Some people have been able to get Shanghai II to work with XP, although my laptop says XP in some places, it says NT... in more, which I don't understand, and it won't install normally. It says game not for NT. Anyway, I think the biggest problem is the graphics card I have, won't handle 256 color resolution. Is there *ANYTHING* I can do to get this old game to play on my laptop? http://www.amazon.com/Shanghai-Doubl.../dp/B00004T9C8 Some people have partitioned their drive and formatted it in DOS to play their game, but I would still have the graphics problem, wouldn't I? Thanks for *any* and all suggestions... I really want this game back. Barbara [Gateway MX 6440/ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M series] Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode? I have an old DOS poker game that I run on XP SP3 by that method. Right-click on your game shortcut and pick Properties. Click on the Compatibility tab and pick Windows 98 or Windows 95 and check the box next to Run in 256 colors. Click OK to save and exit. If it won't install, you can also try installing it in compatibility mode using the same method even if you're installing from CD. You might not want to check the 256 colors, but otherwise, it should install, then you can edit the shortcut properties. My understanding of this whole thing is that it runs just fine under XP (no compatibility mode needed). The only problem is that the game installer will fail unless you are running in 256 color mode (the only mode which the installer will run in). Once it is installed, you can run it in any graphic mode from there (well anything 8-bit or higher anyway). Then it may be possible to install it in compatibility mode choosing Win9x as I mentioned in the second paragraph and choose 256 colors there, too. Yes that is absolutely true. Although just the installer itself and not the installed program. But either way (changing to 256 colors or use the compatibility mode) should work just fine. Since this is just needed once, it really doesn't matter much. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 |
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Need tech advice not really related to my Gateway...
On 3/20/2011 4:42 PM, chicagofan wrote:
Thanks, Bill... I couldn't have explained it half as concisely or intelligently. I don't get the compatibility option... simply a "fail" message. That is... until I try it again... Kevin Murphy's way! bj That compatibility mode comes up if you right click on the file (or a shortcut) you want to run (must be a program and not a document or something, in this case setup.exe). Then you get a menu. Select properties and one of the tabs is compatibility. But you don't have to do it this way if you don't want too. Windows just has to be in 256 color mode and the installer is happy. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3 |
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