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MS Virtual PC
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:33 pm
by Foo
Gets my seal of approval... got the original dos version of CnC up and running without much hassle at all!
And since it's free now, little reason not to give it a whirl. Who doesn't have an old 98 license key lying around unused now?
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:43 pm
by ek
oh my nice....
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:37 am
by Scourge
Do you have to install the full guest OS or just have the key? I have both, just curious.
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:47 am
by Foo
Install the guest OS.
There are limitations, Direct3D isn't supported because the emulator doesn't access your devices directly, rather MS selected some specific hardware to emulate. The graphics card is something like an S3 Trio and the motherboard is an old Intel chipset.
Of course, it still interfaces with your CD drive and indirectly with your network adapter.
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:50 am
by Foo
Also it gives you some shit about not running on XP home but works fine so far.
I'm like a kid with a new toy with this VPC business. Going to play through C&C for the first time in years. Then possibly theme park.
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:35 am
by Scourge
Yeah, I'm digging it so far. I've been using dosbox but it can be a hassle with the settings on each game. This is more like what I want without dual booting. :icon14:
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:25 am
by Azer
VMWare offers experimental support for Direct3D:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/w ... d_d3d.html
And it is also free:
http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/
+ It offers better support for Linux
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:31 pm
by Foo
Thanks Az, I'll give that a go too. Might get better luck with some of these games!
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:06 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
hm, i figured you of all people would have used vmware before.
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:17 pm
by Foo
Me? Nossir, always been pay-for software so I've never used it at home, and there's little scope for it at work
Also I can only find a 30day trial key for this? Seems it's not really free?
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:53 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:15 am
by Kills On Site
By far the most awesome thing for retro games. It does seem to have issues with something like direct3d, or OpenGL, but I have fun with the classics I grew up with: Amazon Trail, Myst etc.