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Jun 14, 2012, 03:54 AM
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Chieftain
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 50
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Old games on new computers
Dears,
Would someone know how to run old games on recent computers, such as Civilization 1 and Civilization 2? The OS I have in mind are Win7 and MacOsX. Thank you in advance. Lvdz |
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Jun 14, 2012, 04:21 AM
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Emperor
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Posts: 1,795
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For old games in general: you can use DOSbox for dosgames. Old windows games: sometimes it works in compatibilty mode. Otherwise install Linux and try to use wine.
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Jun 14, 2012, 09:42 AM
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watermelon
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If you have a version of an earlier Windows, I've had a bit of luck installing it in VirtualBox. Though it might not work. Can't say for certain.
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Jun 15, 2012, 03:23 AM
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Chieftain
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Thanks for the feedback, I'll check that out. Also I've noticed some information available on civ1 and civ2 forums as well, sorry for the duplicate.
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Jun 17, 2012, 05:36 PM
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Bud the Ironfist
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Seattle, WA
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You can get Civilization II MGE to run on Windows 7 x64, as well as Test of Time. Instructions on how to patch it up so you can are here:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=193215 With Civilization I though, you'll need to use Dosbox or a virtual PC of some kind. |
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Jun 20, 2012, 07:53 AM
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Deity
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,487
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Some old games have community patches to work with newer OS systems.
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Jun 20, 2012, 08:53 AM
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Chieftain
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Quote:
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Jul 07, 2012, 04:03 PM
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Chieftain
Join Date: Jun 2012
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virtual pc works pretty well IMO.
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