I used the Win 7 snap feature to open a CD window and a C:/Program Files (x86) window and dragged and dropped the Alida game file there. OLDER TO OLD GAMES THAT RAN PERFECTLY OR WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS:Īl Emmo and The Lost Dutchman's Mine installed and played with no problems on 64-bit.Īlida This game has the odd feature of requiring that you copy the game file to your hard drive. Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 video card, 896 MB Intel Core Two Duo, Wolfdale E-8400, 3.0 Ghtzġ60 GB drive from my old HP computer (XP Home) I've since installed the full 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium. I installed the 32-bit Windows 7 final release candidate for the main purpose of testing it with games in May 2009. If you have a particular game which you are having problems with in Windows 7, please post in a separate thread in the Glitches forum so we can help you work out the issues. One of the tricks which has helped several people is to update your video card drivers.Īt this point, although this thread will continue to be updated with older games, we will assume the vast majority of games developed after 2008 - 2009 are going to work. I'm going to leave the basic specs of my computer which I built in January 2009 as a reference point. The original Windows 7 and Games thread is located *** HERE ***. So, thank you to everyone who contributed to the original thread! I attempted to give credit to all the other Gameboomers members who have contributed so much to this thread, but it has become too much to try to give credit except in general terms. For instance, Shivers I ran perfectly on my 32-bit Windows 7 Release Candidate, but will not install or play on my 64-bit Windows 7. We have found that games created in 16-bit simply will not run on the 64-bit version of Windows 7. One of the issues has been that almost all new OEM computers are shipping with 64-bit Windows 7. I'd have to say that we all have been pleasantly surprised at how well Windows 7 is working with our older games especially. It has been just a little over a year now since Windows 7 was released. I began the first Windows 7 and Games post to help gamers get a feel for how the new operating system was going to work with our beloved games, be we BAAGers, casual gamers or Darksiders.

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