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| 5 OCT 2010 at 10:24pm |
AlienBZJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Well, here's my input - if she's interested also in these old adventure titles - DOS/Windows 95/98 PC games, you can d/l & install the latest DOSbox, Virtual PC and VMWare Player (used for these games that crash under Virtual PC - they run just fine in VMWare Player. For VPC/VMWare Player and running these Win95/98 games, you can install a guest OS (Windows 95, 98, or 98SE) just to run these older games.
I also have a netbook (Asus Eee PC) which I bought last week of January 2010 and it's excellent for running older games.
Doin' Warp 9 to the Great Kingdom of Adventure Games of Outer Space
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| 5 OCT 2010 at 10:32pm |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Tiddler, if you could be more specific about the kinds of trouble you're encountering, it might be easier to help.
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 5 OCT 2010 at 10:43pm |
tiddlerIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 13
Joined: 5 OCT 2010
Status : Online | When I tried to run Keepsake, the image was 4:3 with the bottom part of the screen off the bottom of the 16:9 netbook screen. Of course the controls are all at the bottom and since I can't see them I can't play the game.
I could not get Niburu or Return to Mysterious Island to run at all.
I finally bit the bullet and I am currently downloading Mechinarium from steam. We will see how that goes.
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| 5 OCT 2010 at 11:41pm |
AlienBZJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By tiddler (5 OCT 2010 10:42pm)
I could not get Niburu or Return to Mysterious Island to run at all.
For Nibiru, here are the system requirements -
Pentium III 800 or equivalent
RAM:
128 MB
Video Memory:
32 MB
Hard Drive Space:
2500 MB
Other:
32 MB DirectX 8.1-compliant video card
Recommended System Requirements
System:
Pentium III 1.3 or equivalent
RAM:
256 MB
Video Memory:
64 MB
Other:
64 MB DirectX 8.1-compliant video card
For Return to Mysterious Island, the system requirements -
• Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP
• 600 MHz Pentium® III or Equivalent (800 MHz Recommended)
• 16x CD-ROM Drive (24x CD-ROM Drive Recommended)
• 64 MB DirectX® Compatible 3D Video Card
• DirectX® 7 Compatible Sound Card
• 64 MB RAM
I think these games require a dedicated 3D card which most netbooks lack (this includes my Eee PC netbook).
Doin' Warp 9 to the Great Kingdom of Adventure Games of Outer Space
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| 5 OCT 2010 at 11:48pm |
tiddlerIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 5 OCT 2010
Status : Online | Here is a link to the netbook specs: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/ho/WF06b/321957-321957-3329744-3832383-3832383-4151684-4222509.html
It seems like it should be powerful enough to run these two games.
Since I did not have a DVD drive on the netbook I installed them on my PC at home. Then copied the contents of the game's folders to a usb drive. I then tried running them off the usb drive on the netbook.
I wonder if I had used an external DVD drive on the netbook and installed the games directly on the netbook if they would have run ok. If I knew for sure then a usb DVD drive is not that expensive and would be worth it.
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| 6 OCT 2010 at 12:43am |
AlienBZJourneyman
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Joined: 14 JAN 2008
Status : Offline | I haven't tried these games on my netbook but mine runs XP SP 3 and it is in the shop for the time being, and I won't get it back until around Oct. 21 or later.
Doin' Warp 9 to the Great Kingdom of Adventure Games of Outer Space
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| 6 OCT 2010 at 1:56am |
tiddlerIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 5 OCT 2010
Status : Online | I accidentally started three threads on this topic.
I will continue the discussion in the Adventure Game Discussion forum as per a suggestion from another member.
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