11-02-2009, 02:41 AM
I think Windows 7 is far more similar to Vista than MS would like the world to know, which may be a good thing for backwards compatibility. Hopefully Diablo and other vintage games will run for almost everyone.
The early King's Quest games run on DOSBox just fine. But the last one was a Windows game, and it used some resource or icon features of early Windows that prevent the game from loading on Vista. There does not seem to be any workaround. I'm not that big of a fan anyway... got the collection for cheap sometime to see what they were like.
Some early Windows apps ran in 16 bit or had 16 bit loaders/installers. The 64 bit versions of Windows run 32 bit apps but not 16 bit, so those games are out if you get the 64 bit version. That was the issue with CM 5000.
People rush to click the "compatibility mode" options, but usually it's not necessary or helpful. I think the only games I run in "compatibility mode" are C&C 95 and Red Alert. Getting all of the C&C games to work on Vista was a pain, but they do all work!
I'm sure it's pure nostalgia of being high school/college age at that time and having my first computers, but those computer games from the mid 90s will always be high on my lists. Those games defined the genres that are now stale, and you couldn't find anything like those games on the consoles of the day.
The early King's Quest games run on DOSBox just fine. But the last one was a Windows game, and it used some resource or icon features of early Windows that prevent the game from loading on Vista. There does not seem to be any workaround. I'm not that big of a fan anyway... got the collection for cheap sometime to see what they were like.
Some early Windows apps ran in 16 bit or had 16 bit loaders/installers. The 64 bit versions of Windows run 32 bit apps but not 16 bit, so those games are out if you get the 64 bit version. That was the issue with CM 5000.
People rush to click the "compatibility mode" options, but usually it's not necessary or helpful. I think the only games I run in "compatibility mode" are C&C 95 and Red Alert. Getting all of the C&C games to work on Vista was a pain, but they do all work!
I'm sure it's pure nostalgia of being high school/college age at that time and having my first computers, but those computer games from the mid 90s will always be high on my lists. Those games defined the genres that are now stale, and you couldn't find anything like those games on the consoles of the day.