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How can I play Police Quest I on Windows 7?
How can I get Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel to run on a Windows 7 64-bit machine? I used to have this game when I was a kid and want to give it another go.
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Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 — under Windows 7 64-bit?
This is the best baseball game I ever played. I could not get it to run under Windows XP (even in Win 95 mode, Win 98 mode, Win 2000 mode, etc.).
I'm considering upgrading my current computer (Win ...
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Running Stars! on Windows 7
It's the holidays and I'm feeling a bit nostalgic so I've decided to break out my old copy of Stars!.
Unfortunately I can't get it running on Windows 7. The troubleshooter suggests running in XP SP2 ...
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Trying to install Windows 95 game on 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium
I am trying to install the 16-bit game "NBA Live 98" on my parents' desktop computer, but I got a message that says, word for word:
The version of this file is not compatible with the version of ...
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How to play Heroes of Might and Magic 2 on Windows 7 32 bit
I wish to play Heroes 2 on my Windows 7 machine. My problem is that I have some difficulties starting the application. I know there is DosBOX, but I'm looking for some effective solution for this. Do ...
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Playing Diablo 1 on Windows 7
I just found an old copy of Diablo (the first game) in a box and whacked it into my laptop I purchased just yesterday.
After the quick install I hit play and found that the screen remained black ...
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I miss Microsoft Pinball. Is it available for Windows Vista or Windows 7?
Am I the only one who misses Microsoft Pinball? Will the XP version work on Windows Vista or Windows 7?
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The Simpsons Hit and Run doesn't start on Windows 7
And I really really REALLY want to play this game. I've tried everything available on the first results of google to no avail.
The best advice is to tweak the compatibility settings to windows xp or ...
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Why does RollerCoaster Tycoon (original) on a Windows 7 64-bit VM display a black screen on launch?
I'm currently trying to avoid Windows XP mode since the Windows 7 installation itself is a VM (running on a Mac Mini). Regardless, here's my description of the problem.
The game successfully ...
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How do I get an older Windows 95/98 game to run in Windows 7 64-bit without some colors looking off
Recently EA released the first few Command and Conquer games for free on their website. I've downloaded and installed the first one for 64-bit (the download for 64-bit versions of Windows can be found ...
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How can I make Skip98 work on a laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit?
My Mother in law was playing to an old freeware Skip-bo game on her Windows XP computer, it's called Skip98. You could still find it by goggling it, but the original site is down.
She bought a new ...
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How to get old 16-bit Windows games to work on 64-bit Windows?
Trying to play some old Windows 95 games on Windows 7 64-bit, I'm getting the following error:
The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your ...
