Need info. on older RPGs and VISTA!

[thotharok]

HI, I am trying to find out if I can play the following games on a pc with a VISTA 64BIT os. The games are 1)dungeon siege 2)dungeon siege legends of aranna 3)dungeon lords CE 4)neverwinter nights diamond/dvd 5)arcanum 6)mage knight apocalypse 7)sacred gold 8)fate(store bought version), 9)baldurs gate 2 collectors edition 10)silverfall 11)divine divinity 12) icewind dale 1 and 2 , 13) temple of elemental evil . I would be gratefull for any info. on any of these games! thanks!

 

[JarlFrank]

Sure, you can.

1st step: Buy or torrent or otherwise get yourself Windows XP.

2nd step: Insert the XP CD, restart your PC and select "start from CD" in your BIOS.

3rd step: Install XP on a partition/hard drive of your choice.

4th step: Install and play the games, they work perfectly now!

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKl6uiclWP8

 

[Elwro]

Why don't ask here?

 

[racofer]

Here is an in depth guide on how to get any games running on Vista. Other than this, dump Windows ME2 and get XP.

 

[Jaime Lannister]

I have Vista 64-bit and haven't had trouble with any game. Vista is the new Jews.

 

[Jaesun]

There is this thing from M$ called "windows virtual pc" I *believe* it works on XP.. I don't know if it works on Vista. Supposedly it can re-create a Windows 98(?) environment... which should make any old games work.

Has any one used this, and is this free?

Just curious.

 

[phanboy_iv]

There is this thing from M$ called "windows virtual pc" I *believe* it works on XP.. I don't know if it works on Vista. Supposedly it can re-create a Windows 98(?) environment... which should make any old games work.

Has any one used this, and is this free?

Just curious.

Yup. Free, works fine in Vista, but I think it doesn't work with Direct3D games. DirectDraw (2D) works fine, though.And you need a Windows install CD to install in the virtual machine.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Not only Win98. It can install any Microsoft OS, including DOS. I'm not sure, but I think you can install Linuxes and stuff too.

 

[Jiles]

There is this thing from M$ called "windows virtual pc" I *believe* it works on XP.. I don't know if it works on Vista. Supposedly it can re-create a Windows 98(?) environment... which should make any old games work.

Has any one used this, and is this free?

Just curious.

Yup. Free, works fine in Vista, but I think it doesn't work with Direct3D games. DirectDraw (2D) works fine, though.And you need a Windows install CD to install in the virtual machine.

I think VMWare supports this, but it's not free.

In any case, I would advise against gaming in a virtualised environment. It's only just playable on a powerful computer.

 

[inwoker]

Virtualbox is free stuff. Better than ms virtual pc. Don't know if you can direct3d it.

 

[Sentenza]

5)arcanum

Don't

 

[Demnogonis Saastuttaja]

At least Arcanum and ToEE work. Don't know about the others. The only game I haven't been able to get working thus far is X-Wing Alliance, because of it's 16-bit installer.

 

[Jaesun]

There is this thing from M$ called "windows virtual pc" I *believe* it works on XP.. I don't know if it works on Vista. Supposedly it can re-create a Windows 98(?) environment... which should make any old games work.

Has any one used this, and is this free?

Just curious.

Yup. Free, works fine in Vista, but I think it doesn't work with Direct3D games. DirectDraw (2D) works fine, though.And you need a Windows install CD to install in the virtual machine.

Thanks for the info. So far, any Direct3D games (Say Fallout/Fallout2) work fine on XP with the Windows 98 compatibility, for me at least. And DOSBox has worked fine for all my 0ld sk00l needs.

Only Ultima 9 has this wonderful Skeleton crashing bug, using XP even with compatibility. Though it is such a horrible fucking Ultima, I'm not missing much.

 

[Solohk]

I also could run Arcanum and ToEE (w/ Co8 mod and ToEEFE) without issue in Vista64.

 

[uhjghvt]

older RPGs should work fine against Vista, I recommend an RPG-7 with a thermobaric warhead but an RPG-2 will get the job done too