Question on Older Games & WinXP

RitingFool · 01-05-2003, 01:59 PM

Does anyone know if the following games will run on Windows XP?

Curse of Monkey Island
Grim Fandango
Indiana Jones & Infernal Machine
Planescape: Torment

Any help is appreciated.

Regards,
Michael

andrewas · 01-05-2003, 02:33 PM

COMI - dont know but suspect it will.

Grim - fairly sure it will.

Infernal - This works.

For these you can go to www.lucasarts.com and look up more info, especialy on the older titles. You may need a patch.

PS:T - all infinity games work on XP.

Arvon · 01-05-2003, 03:25 PM

The basic rule is that if the game was designed for Windows 95 or earlier, it won't play on XP. Now some publisher may have patches.

Animal · 01-05-2003, 04:15 PM

Actually I've had a fair bit of success running older games under XP using compatibility mode. Now this isn't guaranteed to work, and it may do weird things, but it's your best bet.
If you're really stuck on keeping your older games, why not dual boot? Just set aside 2GB for 98 or 95 just for playing older games.

RitingFool · 01-05-2003, 04:46 PM

I tried creating a partition for Win98 to do just that (play older games); however, XP has this nasty trick of not letting you install an earlier version of Windows (even on the separate partition).

Does anyone know how to get around this? Maybe I was doing something wrong? I was using Partition Magic at the time. I would love to have a Win98 partition!

Any info is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Michael

Animal · 01-05-2003, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RitingFool:
I tried creating a partition for Win98 to do just that (play older games); however, XP has this nasty trick of not letting you install an earlier version of Windows (even on the separate partition).

Does anyone know how to get around this? Maybe I was doing something wrong? I was using Partition Magic at the time. I would love to have a Win98 partition!

Any info is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Michael

Check this link. You'll probably find it helpful.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm

Arvon · 01-05-2003, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RitingFool:
I tried creating a partition for Win98 to do just that (play older games); however, XP has this nasty trick of not letting you install an earlier version of Windows (even on the separate partition).

Does anyone know how to get around this? Maybe I was doing something wrong? I was using Partition Magic at the time. I would love to have a Win98 partition!

Any info is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Michael

There's a complete 'how to' in Computer Gamming World Feb 2003. It's out now.

Bokken · 01-05-2003, 05:53 PM

Planescape Torment and Curse of Monkey Island work. I know as I have both and played them on XP.

andrewas · 01-06-2003, 05:39 AM

When installing more than one OS, win9x/MSDOS goes on *first*. Problem is that the install routine is basicaly a piece of crap. Every OS modifies the boot sector to load itself on startup, buy win9x just copies in its own version, whereas XP or linux looks at whats there and puts in a selection menu.

So if you install 98 later, you will boot to 98 every time and the menu will have been deleted.

01-05-2003, 02:33 PM	#2
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 42 Posts: 4,774	COMI - dont know but suspect it will. Grim - fairly sure it will. Infernal - This works. For these you can go to www.lucasarts.com and look up more info, especialy on the older titles. You may need a patch. PS:T - all infinity games work on XP. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

01-05-2003, 03:25 PM	#3
Arvon Unicorn Join Date: October 4, 2001 Location: Kingdom of the West,..P.o. Cynagus Posts: 4,212	The basic rule is that if the game was designed for Windows 95 or earlier, it won't play on XP. Now some publisher may have patches. __________________ 53.7% of all statistics are made up

01-05-2003, 04:15 PM	#4
Animal Gold Dragon Join Date: March 29, 2002 Location: Canada Age: 51 Posts: 2,534	Actually I've had a fair bit of success running older games under XP using compatibility mode. Now this isn't guaranteed to work, and it may do weird things, but it's your best bet. If you're really stuck on keeping your older games, why not dual boot? Just set aside 2GB for 98 or 95 just for playing older games. __________________ It\'s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye...then it becomes a sport.<br /> [img]\"http://members.shaw.ca/mtholdings/bsmeter.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

01-06-2003, 05:39 AM	#9
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 42 Posts: 4,774	When installing more than one OS, win9x/MSDOS goes on first. Problem is that the install routine is basicaly a piece of crap. Every OS modifies the boot sector to load itself on startup, buy win9x just copies in its own version, whereas XP or linux looks at whats there and puts in a selection menu. So if you install 98 later, you will boot to 98 every time and the menu will have been deleted. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

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01-05-2003, 01:59 PM	#1
RitingFool The Magister Join Date: June 6, 2001 Location: Irvine, CA USA Age: 59 Posts: 121	Does anyone know if the following games will run on Windows XP? Curse of Monkey Island Grim Fandango Indiana Jones & Infernal Machine Planescape: Torment Any help is appreciated. Regards, Michael

01-05-2003, 04:46 PM	#5
RitingFool The Magister Join Date: June 6, 2001 Location: Irvine, CA USA Age: 59 Posts: 121	I tried creating a partition for Win98 to do just that (play older games); however, XP has this nasty trick of not letting you install an earlier version of Windows (even on the separate partition). Does anyone know how to get around this? Maybe I was doing something wrong? I was using Partition Magic at the time. I would love to have a Win98 partition! Any info is greatly appreciated. Regards, Michael

01-05-2003, 05:53 PM	#8
Bokken Baaz Draconian Join Date: August 28, 2001 Location: Australia Age: 46 Posts: 708	Planescape Torment and Curse of Monkey Island work. I know as I have both and played them on XP.

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