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joey_rjm5
10-18-01, 08:40 PM
I was just wondering what some good games are that work on these operating systems. Apparently, NFS games don't.

If anyone knows of some games that don't work post those too. Maybe we can try to find fixes for our problems.
Oni
10-18-01, 10:11 PM
Unreal tournament
Quake 2/3
Max Payne
Hitman: Codename 47
Diablo II and Lord of Destruction
Homeworld Cataclysm
Starcraft/Broodwar
Warcraft 2 Battle.net Edition

The list goes on and on and on.
MrOOBiLL
10-19-01, 02:15 AM
*Cough*
*Clearing of throat*
HALF LIFE
*Cough*
RED Hot Machine
10-19-01, 02:17 AM
Toca Touring Cars - don't work
Super Bike - don't work, will not install.
Smizack
10-19-01, 02:19 PM
Originally posted by Oni
Unreal tournament
Quake 2/3
Max Payne
Hitman: Codename 47
Diablo II and Lord of Destruction
Homeworld Cataclysm
Starcraft/Broodwar
Warcraft 2 Battle.net Edition

The list goes on and on and on.

Have you tried using compatibility mode? Quake 3 works (Kinda unstable though), but I couldn't get Quake 2 to work though. I'm gonna try Max Payne with it tonight.
RED Hot Machine
10-19-01, 02:28 PM
Originally posted by Smizack


Have you tried using compatibility mode? Quake 3 works (Kinda unstable though), but I couldn't get Quake 2 to work though. I'm gonna try Max Payne with it tonight.

I think Oni meant those games did work with win2k, I know quake 3 does and pretty sure Max payne does as well. Also the orig Homeworld does
Jon
10-19-01, 02:45 PM
Max Payne worked perfectly for me.

I've got over 30 games and all of them except NBA Live/Madden 2001 will run on it.

My Quake 2 and 3 run just fine on it as well. So on so forth with HL, UT, DF (all versions), Deus EX, etc...
Smizack
10-19-01, 02:48 PM
Hmmm... My quake 2 dosen't work at all. It won't install.
It says something about incorect language. I'll have to try it again and see what exactly the message is.
joey_rjm5
10-19-01, 04:43 PM
I just got Max Payne working.
Oni
10-19-01, 04:45 PM
All of the games in my post above work perfectly for me in Windows2000, no compatability mode or anything like that.

You might wanna use the Windows Update feature to download the plethora of hotfixes from Microsoft. You might also wanna upgrade to ServicePack 2. That fixes a lot of issues.

Game on.
joey_rjm5
10-19-01, 04:50 PM
Yeah, I got the service pack last night. I will run the Update feature here in a second. Thanks.
RED Hot Machine
10-19-01, 05:15 PM
Originally posted by joey_rjm5
Yeah, I got the service pack last night. I will run the Update feature here in a second. Thanks.

I use bigfix to tell me when new updates are available.
keep_it_cool
10-19-01, 09:35 PM
Originally posted by Smizack
Hmmm... My quake 2 dosen't work at all. It won't install.
It says something about incorect language. I'll have to try it again and see what exactly the message is.

using the installer doesn't work in win2k so you have to manually copy the files
just open up windows explorer, browse your cd-rom and copy all the files from the folder d:\install\data\ to your quake2 folder e.g. c:\quake2\

download the v3.20 update for quake2 (can be found at www.planetquake.com ), install and you are ready to go

cheers
Smizack
10-22-01, 09:19 AM
Originally posted by keep_it_cool


using the installer doesn't work in win2k so you have to manually copy the files
just open up windows explorer, browse your cd-rom and copy all the files from the folder d:\install\data\ to your quake2 folder e.g. c:\quake2\

download the v3.20 update for quake2 (can be found at www.planetquake.com ), install and you are ready to go

cheers

I'm using XP actually, but I'll get the update tonight. Thanks!