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| Thread ID: 109281 | 2010-05-01 06:19:00 | Old game, new(ish) computer. | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 881450 | 2010-05-01 06:19:00 | I've been cleaning out old software now that I'm only several years behind current state of the art, and came across a CD for Prince of Persia 2 that I didn't even know existed in our home as we allowed no computer games while our kids were at school. Yeah, I know, poor deprived kids, mean parents, how did they survive and all that, but they are now both straight A students at Uni so it was worth the sacrifice. Anyway, I tossed it to my son and he installed it on his laptop which runs XP-Pro. The installation ran fine, and he can get to the opening screen, but the program won't run. I just had to download some dll's to get some of my ancient instrument programs to run on XP, so I'm guessing that something similar may be needed to kick PP2 into life. I did a search but all I could find was abandonware downloads so does anybody know if PP2 can be induced to run on XP? Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 881451 | 2010-05-01 06:39:00 | Have you tried running it under XP using compatibility mode? See here: Run Older Programs on Windows XP (www.microsoft.com) | Jen (38) | ||
| 881452 | 2010-05-01 08:57:00 | No, son already knows everything, including the meaning of life and the winning lotto numbers, so compatibility mode hasn't been tried. I'll try auto-suggestion while he's asleep tonight and see what happens in the morning. :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 881453 | 2010-05-01 09:15:00 | Billy T. When I was 15 I knew everything. Six years later I was amazed at how much my Parents had learned. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 881454 | 2010-05-01 09:19:00 | Billy T. When I was 15 I knew everything. Six years later I was amazed at how much my Parents had learned. How true! :lol: LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 881455 | 2010-05-01 09:36:00 | If that game is from the Dos era (www.dosbox.com), may i suggest DOSBox (www.dosbox.com) with a frontend. (http:) | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 881456 | 2010-05-01 11:42:00 | Beaten to the chase, was just about to suggest DOSBox :D www.dosbox.com |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 881457 | 2010-05-02 11:43:00 | If that game is from the Dos era (www.dosbox.com), may i suggest DOSBox ( (http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">www.dosbox.com) with a frontend. (http:) It is from the W98 era. We haven't tried compatibility mode yet, for some strange reason he has been more interested in doing his Uni assignments than playing PP. :confused: Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 881458 | 2010-05-02 19:37:00 | DOSBOX is handy for older WIn98 stuff too - some of those games did use DOS. | pctek (84) | ||
| 881459 | 2010-05-02 21:40:00 | It is from the W98 era. We haven't tried compatibility mode yet, for some strange reason he has been more interested in doing his Uni assignments than playing PP. :confused: Cheers Billy 8-{) If it's the original PoP2, it predates Win98 by 3 or 4 years and you'll need DOSbox to run it ;) |
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