Re: Windows 10 and Games
[Re: JKEerie]
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04/17/20 03:54 PM
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Well...I decided to install Pandora's Box on my Windows 10 laptop. I have the Puzzle Game of the year addition. I let Windows select the compatibility. It plays fine in XP service pack 3 compatibility. I do have to have the CD in my attached optical drive. I thought I had downloaded a no CD crack years ago, but when I try to replace the Pandora.exe file in the games file, the program won't launch at all, even trying to run as administrator or in compatibility mode. The only NoCD I know of is for Pandora's Box is for the original game, not the "Game of the Year" version which was released slightly more than a year later and included extra puzzles. Did that NoCD you have ever work with your "Game of the Year" version?
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Re: Windows 10 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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04/19/20 04:13 PM
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Oh, that's such a great game! Have you played it before?
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Re: Windows 10 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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04/19/20 05:02 PM
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Oh, wait until you get to the humor incorporating adventure games! This makes me want to play it again.
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Re: Windows 10 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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06/30/20 04:25 PM
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Just to update on a few more games that I've successfully been able to install and play on my Windows 10 laptop...
Murder in the Abbey Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis CSI 5 Deadly Intent and CSI 6 Fatal Conspiracy Everlight Darkfall Lost Souls
Last edited by JKEerie; 06/30/20 04:30 PM.
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Re: Windows 10 and Games
[Re: JKEerie]
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06/30/20 04:59 PM
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Just to update on a few more games that I've successfully been able to install and play on my Windows 10 laptop...
Murder in the Abbey Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis CSI 5 Deadly Intent and CSI 6 Fatal Conspiracy Everlight Darkfall Lost Souls Are those all disc versions?
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Re: Windows 10 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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06/30/20 05:25 PM
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Yes they are, Jenny100. All need the discs in the drives except for the CSI games. Also there was no widescreen support for my laptop for any of the other games as well. CSI's played in widescreen.
Also, Windows 10 determined the compatibility without the troubleshooter as I recall, except for Dark Fall Lost Souls. I needed to tweak that one because the mouse didn't function well. I used the troubleshooter and the issue was resolved.
Last edited by JKEerie; 06/30/20 05:30 PM.
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Re: Windows 10 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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04/01/21 08:45 AM
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From my experience, as long as older disk games do not have any of the DRM that Microsoft has deemed unacceptable, they all install and play on Windows 10 pretty consistantly.
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Re: Windows 10 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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11/29/21 03:30 PM
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Hi, johnnycage. You will need to ask your question down in the general Glitches forum, not here.
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Re: Windows 10 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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11/29/21 04:53 PM
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general Glitches forum could you point me to the link can't seem to find it . Found it belay my last
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Re: Windows 10 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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01/16/22 10:24 PM
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There's a discussion about running Dark Side Of the Moon (DSOM) in Win 10 in another current "Glitches..." thread, so, along the lines of that discussion, I've been able to get the following games to load and play well directly in Win 10...
- DSOM (but, as discussed in the other thread, I can't get Winterfury's "text fix" to work...) - Timujin - Amber - Alida - Physicus - Chemicus - Bioscopia - Webmaster - Traitor's Gate (I think (if i remember correctly...)) - Safecracker (the older, 1997 version (one of my favorite games...) And maybe the newer Safecracker 2000 as well (but I'd have to double check...)
Has anyone else played any directly under Win 10 as well (to verify...)? Playing the multi-disk games under Win 10 directly makes things much easier because it allows for multiple disk image mounting, minimizing the need/time to disk swap...
(Edit:) Add: - Gray Matter - Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island - Real Myst Masterpiece
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Re: Windows 10 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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01/16/22 11:03 PM
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Now, that is a great list!
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