PROBATION  Posts: 61 Joined: 15 Oct 2008     | |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 430 Joined: 22 Sep 2008    | System Shock 2 desperately needs a proper Windows XP patch. The fan-made mods and fixes work sometimes, but not all the time, and I've been unable to get the game playable for months. |
Muckraker  Posts: 239 Joined: 22 Sep 2008   | More importantly, we need some serious Vista patches for some older games. Oh, and I'd love to see the old Fallouts redone with sharper graphics. I'm just worried that if I would try to go pack and play them again, the horribly dated graphics would be tough to overcome. (Not necessarily the game's fault, they are over 10 years old) |
Press Junketeer Posts: 390 Joined: 8 Sep 2008 | sid meirs: crack(and sid miers: crack 2) |
PROBATION Posts: 61 Joined: 15 Oct 2008 |
"XP patch" means XP patch. User was put on probation for: Poll: Deus Ex, Awsome game?. (Permanent) |
Copy Clerk Posts: 95 Joined: 9 Feb 2008  |
That, and any dark engine game really. |
PROBATION Posts: 61 Joined: 15 Oct 2008 | One of the X-com games that DOESN'T have an XP patch. Not sure which ATM... IT was a bloody hard game... User was put on probation for: Poll: Deus Ex, Awsome game?. (Permanent) |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 430 Joined: 2 Feb 2008 |
maybe its just me but are you hinting at other bullfrog games being unoriginal? 0.o but yeah a nice XP patch for that would be nice..and Dungeon Keeper.. and Warhammer Dark Omen and Warlords 3... and tyrian.. christ i think of quite a few. |
PROBATION Posts: 61 Joined: 15 Oct 2008 | I meant the first ever original Theme Park. Not the crappy remakes like Sim Theme Park and god knows what else there was. Theme Hospital wins, Hospital Tycoon fails. User was put on probation for: Poll: Deus Ex, Awsome game?. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2906 Joined: 20 Dec 2007    | This thread needs to be on the gog.com beta forums so this can actually happen! |
Beat Writer  Posts: 194 Joined: 10 Jul 2008 | Discworld II and Discworld Noir. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3777 Joined: 29 Nov 2007   | Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2. Seriously, you couldn't play it on anything after 98. And Vista absolutely refuses to let it work. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 69 Joined: 3 Sep 2008  | Grim Fandango. I've tried absolutely EVERYTHING to try and get this to work on XP, but nothing ever does :( |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3777 Joined: 29 Nov 2007 |
Have you tried Gametap? They have it. You may have to pay a monthly fee to play it, but they have some awesome games there, and I beleive for paying the monthly fee you get all the games to play. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4770 Joined: 13 Feb 2008     |
works on mine fine...I did post a link sometime ago but I've no idea where it is now... Edit : you have tried this I assume? http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=171217 |
Muckraker  Posts: 310 Joined: 6 Oct 2008  | Twisted Metal... Rune: Viking Warlord... Vectorman... Ummm.... That's all I've got for right now, I'll be around later though. EDIT: OH! And one game I was obsessed with when I was really little was The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse on SNES... Good times with that one... |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 4770 Joined: 13 Feb 2008 |
Again, I have both running on Xp. http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=11600 for Discworld 2 |
Copy Clerk Posts: 69 Joined: 3 Sep 2008 |
Are you sure Gametap has it? I tried the search function, but nothing comes up..
Yeah, I've tried all the support forums I can find. I've managed to play through year one with minimal problems, but I'd just freeze and crash randomly in year two. Anyways, I really wish Lucasarts could find the brains to leave Star Wars alone for a few years and maybe give their loyal adventure games cult a break. |
Paperboy  Posts: 27 Joined: 3 Jan 2008 | All of you are forgetting, you can just use a virtual PC if it's playability you want. If you expect a remake or something, good luck. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 171 Joined: 23 Apr 2008  |
I concur. It's an ongoing issue with a recognized classic. On an unrelated note, does anyone else experience REALLY FAST world map travel in Fallout 2 under XP? It's not the sort of thing that utterly ruins the experience, but it basically eliminates the need for the highwayman and reduces the number of random encounters significantly. Oddly, the same is not true of Fallout 1. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 5 Joined: 14 Sep 2008 |
I get the same problem too in Fallout 2, but only sometimes. |
Paperboy Posts: 30 Joined: 15 Feb 2008 | The really fast world map travel in fallout 2 is a very funny issue. The movement rate is based on the speed of your processor for some reason, but the random encounter rate is independent so it pretty much removes random encounters completely depending on your specs. If you buy it through gog.com the issue is fixed. Also some of the mods for the game fix the issue as well. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 218 Joined: 16 Oct 2008 | Duke Nukem 3D. That would be sweet with HD graphics. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 654 Joined: 15 Jun 2008   | They should update the infocom games. I loved those when I was a kid, even though I was never good enough to get very far they were always lots of fun. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 6 Joined: 14 May 2008 | Alpha Centauri Though the official error is a CPU one I think. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 444 Joined: 24 Nov 2007 |
Try keeping a Windows 98 laptop on hand. Worked for me. XD |
PROBATION Posts: 61 Joined: 15 Oct 2008 | Imperium Galactica 1\2 User was put on probation for: Poll: Deus Ex, Awsome game?. (Permanent) |
Reply to Thread
|
|
Not registered? Sign up for a free account! |
We all remember those special games from back when we could barely talk, yet we were building theme parks or hospitals or pizza empires far and wide.
My fondest memory as a little diaperstainer was Theme Park. THe first, original, and BEST Bullfrog creation to date.
It was massive fun, it was as easy as you wanted (Or as hard..), and it was the first of its' kind.
What older games do you want brought back into the daylight with either updated-graphics remakes or perhaps XP patches?
(My idea of a "remake" is graphical only, and maybe bugfixes or music quality increase. Klonoa : Door to phantomile for the PS 1 is getting re-done for the Wii. Go check it out to see a good example).