Mechwarrior 2 and Screamer 2 on Windows Vista
Saturday, 11. July 2009, 06:42:35
If you're one of those freaks who like to play almost 2 decades old games now (like me), then this might be interesting for you. I'm a huge fan of Mechwarrior 2 (i have the Pentium Edition with higher resolution mode) and Screamer 2. Got these two games in some pack looooong ago when i was still using Windows 98. And since these two were my first games (that i actually owned, not just rended from friends) i was constantly playing these two. Years have passed and those two games stopped working on new age systems. There were some breakthroughs on later systems uisng VMware, VirtualPC and VirtualBox, but only Mechwarrior 2 worked ok. Screamer 2 was very choppy even on lowest color modes. But not anymore. Few days ago i got myself a new Core i7 based system. It's a Core i7 920 powerhouse with 6GB of RAM and 750GB HDD. Installed VirtualPC, installed Windows 98 in it with 128MB of dedicated RAM and enabled VT or Virtualization Technology. And i think this feature was the reason for smooth operation. But i guess raw power does a bit also... I'll have to test with and without VT to see whats the real reason.
Both games run perfectly like they did years ago on native systems. Only thing that doesn't work is legendary music. But i'm compensating that with media player in the background playing the CD music. It's not the same but it works very well.
Bottom line, if you are using system that is powerful enough, don't even bother with DOSbox and different hacks and patches. Install virtual machine like VirtualPC, VMWare or Virtualbox, install Windows 95 or 98 on it and just work with it like you did years ago.
Can't wait to play these two games again. It really brings back the good memories
Both games run perfectly like they did years ago on native systems. Only thing that doesn't work is legendary music. But i'm compensating that with media player in the background playing the CD music. It's not the same but it works very well.
Bottom line, if you are using system that is powerful enough, don't even bother with DOSbox and different hacks and patches. Install virtual machine like VirtualPC, VMWare or Virtualbox, install Windows 95 or 98 on it and just work with it like you did years ago.
Can't wait to play these two games again. It really brings back the good memories
WIDGETIZE
Anonymous # 15. July 2009, 09:38
MEGAPAK 8, ja? :D
No, vsaj to imam jaz...in špili noter so bili tudi zame prvi, da sem jih dejansko kupil original v škatli v trgovini, hehe.
Glede S2 in MW2 se pa strinjam, da sta legendarna špila, tako da iskrena hvala za tale vodič, bom izbrskal S2 ven...Škoda, da sem v mladostnem obdobju zelo grdo ravnal z MW2 cd-jem in je sedaj preveč podrajsan, da bi vsaj glasbo predvajal. :(
RejZoR # 20. July 2009, 15:48
Anonymous # 5. August 2009, 19:46
za takšno poganjanje potrebuješ predvsem močan procesor, right? Ali virtualizacija podpira multithreading, torej ali polno obremeni več jeder? Ali je boljše močan enojedrc?