Use this tag for compatibility issues with games that will no longer natively run on current generation hardware, like running DOS games on 64-bit Windows systems, configuring compatibility settings for those garbled XP-era Japanese games or looking for legal ways of playing games for the NES. Do ...
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Is it possible to play Outpost on a modern OS?
I have fond memories of playing Outpost in the windows 95 era, and I pulled out the CD recently and discovered that it will not install on XP and above. I believe the problem is that it utilized DOS ...
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Is there anything I can do about the poor quality of my PS2 games on a large TV?
Last year when I moved from being a highschool student to a full-time web developer, I found myself with a never before seen abundance of money.
Of course the first thing I did was go out and ...
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Crash and Reboot When Running mame.exe (MAME Emulator)
I downloaded the latest version of the MAME Emulator (version 0.142 - mame0142b.exe) from the address below recently:
http://mamedev.org/release.html
Unfortunately, when I execute the mame.exe file ...
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How far does Gameboy Advance SP's backwards compatibility go?
What other systems' games does the Gameboy Advance SP support?
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How do you play old Windows games that use Quicktime?
There are a few old Windows games I have that I can't get to work on Vista. The problem is usually Quicktime. For example, there is a game called Bad Day on the Midway, that I just can't get to work ...
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Are all PSN PSP games compatible with PS Vita?
It is well known the PS Vita is not backwards compatible with any UMD-based PSP games, as it uses a different, not compatible storage media. Sony also confirmed that PSP games purchased through PSN's ...
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How does PS Vita work with PS1/PSP games?
What do PS1 and/or PSP games look like on the PS Vita? Do they fill the screen?
Also since the PSP has only one analog stick, for PSP games like Monster Hunter where they used the PSPs face buttons ...
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How can I change the default battle keys in Star Control II?
I got an original copy of Star Control II and I am playing it under DOSBox in my Windows 7. It all works beautifully.
However, the game come with a file named "keys.exe" which does affect the keys in ...
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Play PS2 data on remastered PS3 game
I have reading up on this online but I haven't found anything. Say I were to copy data from my PS2 memory card and transfer it to my PS3, using Sony's memory card adapter. Could I then use this data ...
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Why do people use DOSBox over Virtualbox in a gaming context?
I've noticed that a number of people here use DOSBox for playing older titles on modern PC hardware.
I am very familiar with VirtualBox, I use it to virtualize several operating systems. I have also ...
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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 ...
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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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What is the name of the sequel to Manic Miner for the ZX Spectrum?
When I was a mere youth I had a ZX Spectrum. One of my favorite games was "Manic Miner",
but I am stumped as to the name of the sequel to this game.
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How can I speed up or slow down old 3D games?
I want to speed up or slow down some directx games for some test purposes. There are some tools or another methods to accomplish this?
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Legal ways of playing old games that aren't for sale any longer
There are a few old games that I want to play again (mostly Earthbound for the SNES), however I am finding it REALLY hard to get hold of a copy for a good price, as well as the requirement of ...
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Lara talks at hyperspeed?
I found an old old copy of Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. I got it installed and at first it ran super-fast. So I googled and found the advice to turn on Wait For V-Sync. Now the menu and game ...
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Was there a code for “Hyper Sonic” in Sonic 2?
I remember inputting cheat codes in the music test for Super Sonic anytime in Sonic 2 , but I remember there was either a way or a cheat code to get "Hyper Sonic". Does anyone remember?
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In what version of the Street Fighter series did Sagat first become playable?
I remember the first Street Fighter, Sagat was a boss where he got his chest scar from Ryu's finishing Shoryuken.
But in which of the Street Fighter series did Sagat first become playable?
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What online retailers sell vintage games or box art?
I've been looking for an original Archon I for C64 for ages now, but all the offers on ebay are crazy expensive. So I thought I'd ask if anybody knows an online retailer that does trading of very old ...
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What are some sources for WinBolo brains and borgs that have current links?
All of the winbolo links for downloading resources seem broken. Does anyone know of any sources for winbolo brains, borgs, and the like that has current links?
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Where to read diary from Wings (Amiga game)
There was a nice WWI flight game from Cinemaware on the Amiga called Wings. Between the sections of the game was a diary which was actually quite a good read. I never played the game to the end and ...
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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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When do you get extra life in PAC-MAN?
In PAC-MAN (iPhone version) you get an extra life when you score 10000. When do you get another extra life?
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Is there any point to the Interplanetary Shuttle in Frontier:Elite II?
I've just gone back to Frontier: Elite II using DOSBox and it reminded me of a question that I had when I first played the game: what is the point of the Interplanetary Shuttle? You can buy it, but ...
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How can I play Day of the Tentacle?
I've got a modern PC running Windows 7 x64. How could I go about obtaining, and playing Day of the Tentacle?
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Where, how Caesar III?
I used to play Ceasar III on my power mac g3 (mac os 9) I have now a pc laptop and I was thinking where I could find it and how I could install it, what operating system I should use, ( I have Ubuntu ...
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Trade Wars 2002
Is there a way to set up a version of this using modern technology, without having to hack up some kind of modem-emulator? Preferably as a multiplayer version, but worst case just to putz with for ...
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Can I play Star Trek: Birth of the Federation any more?
I had a brief addiction to Star Trek: Birth of the Federation back in the day. I don’t have the CD any more.
Is it available anywhere? If so, does it run on Windows XP?
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Why did American gamers get to know the C64 but not the Amiga? [closed]
I've been listening to a lot of retro gaming podcasts.
What I took away is it seems that many American gamers did have the C64 back in the day, but its successor, the Commodore Amiga, was not as ...
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Why Doom and not Wolfenstein 3D? [closed]
About 20 years ago, in 1992, Wolfenstein 3d came out (as you probably know). For whatever reason, although it was a really great game for it's time, a lot of people didn't really know about it.
Doom, ...
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What factors are behind the recent increase in 2-D video games?
I've noticed that recently there are considerably more 2-D games, especially of classic titles. Mario, DK, Kirby, and others for Nintendo, and no doubt other games for other platforms as well. What ...
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How do I 'upload' executables to a Nintendo DS?
My girlfriend really likes old school NES games, and she has a DS. I figured the best way to get her games would be to install a NES emulator like NESDS on her DS. Having no experience with this, I ...
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How to fix USB gamepad problem with Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) Classics 1
Lately I bought Sega Mega Drive Classics 1 on Get Games, featuring Golden Axe, Shadow Dancer, Crack Down and several others (also available on Steam). The games work perfectly with my ancient, ...
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Where can I find Nuclear Strike & Fury 3?
There are 2 ancient games -- Nuclear Strike and Fury 3. Does anyone know where I can find them to play now?
These games are from around 1997, so I guess they should be able to run in a VM with ...
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Retron 3 - Does it work with all original system accessories?
Does the Retron 3 work with all of the original system accessories, such as the Menacer or Light Gun? I assume that the 32X and Sega CD are out of the question.
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Is retro Lode Runner available on any modern system?
I'd like to play Lode Runner again. How can I do this on a modern system?
I'll settle for any reasonable clone, but only if it does not scroll. I downloaded the NES version on Wii Virtual Console, ...
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Where to get help choosing older PC games?
I'd like to get some advice on the quality of games older than say 4 years, because my PC is quite slow by today's standards. Does anyone know some good resources for this?
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Why has the game “Oregon Trail” remained nostalgically popular for so many in the US?
I am somewhat in awe of the nostalgic popularity of the game Oregon Trail. Why did this game become so embedded in the cultural psyche of several generations in the US?
If you'd like to play a ...
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Worlds Tallest Console
I remember seeing a picture several years ago of "The World's Tallest Console". It consisted of the first generation Sega Genesis and Sega CD, the 32X, the Game Genie,Sonic and Knuckles, with Sonic 3 ...
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How can I play Avoid the Noid on Windows 7?
I have some pretty fond memories of a game called Avoid The Noid. It was some promotional thing from Dominos pizza and was actually a lot of fun.
After I dug up my original disk and pulled the files ...
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Play DemonFront in a emulator?
I have the PCB but my CAB is actually out of service. I saw that there is a dump of the game out there. But when I try it in MAME, there is just a kind of counter that counts to 0 and then nothing ...
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Download and install new Amiga Forever games
The site http://www.amigaforever.com/ offers a product that I've installed, but it has limited games on it. Has anyone successfully downloaded and installed new games for this system? It's all ...
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Where can I get a version of Pax Imperia for Windows
Back in the old days I used to have Pax Imperia on an old Mac. That game was awesome, but I've note been able to find a version of it for windows. Does anyone know if there is a version of it ...
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Place to find MechWarrior 2 Matches
Is there anywhere online to find people who would want to play MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries or other similarly old titles?
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What I'm supposed to do with this Chainsaw?
In the old Maniac Mansion Game for the commodore 64, you could find a Chainsaw in the kitchen.
I never found any use for it!
I always wondered what I'm supposed to do with it?
Is there anyone who ...
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What happened to 'Stars!'?
'Stars!' was a complex 4X game in the mold of Master of Orion. It was a fantastic game from the mid-90's written by an independent group. It was distributed using the shareware model with the upgrade ...
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Adapting game resolution to screen
I have a 1280x1024 screen and some games do not support this resolution.
For example, DeusEx support only 1280×960. When it stretches to my screen, fonts gets very hard to read and I don't get the ...
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Did any of the Metagaming Concepts' games make it to the PC?
I loved those games and always thought that they could have been made into PC games.
Edit 1:
Sorry, I meant the games published by Metagaming Concepts; Orge, WarpWar, et all.
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What's the most complete/stable Commodore 64 emulator you've found? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where can I find mature and feature-complete emulators?
I'm looking for a good C-64 emulator (preferably free) to put on a Windows laptop. I had one on an old computer ...
