Re: Maybe a dumb question about DOOM II...

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From: Stephen Howe
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:01

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On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 20:28:04 -0800 (PST), Volfie999
<mooseboyskip@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Is there anyway to play it in Windows Vista?
>
>The old computer with Windows 2000 plays it as well as it ever did,
>but is it possible to do it on Vista?  It installed on the computer,
>from the original DOOM II disk, but it never loaded up.  Just the
>music played.  (Which was kinda hilarious, cause just the main DOOM
>theme song was going, and nothing else was happening. :))

Not a dumb question. 

I dont run Vista yet (still on XP Professional). These sites might
help

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/12/31/running-old-and-older-programs-or-games-on-vista/
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-games/144391-old-games-vista.html

But the other alternative is to download JDoom or PrBoom and use  a
port to play DOOM2.WAD.

Stephen Howe

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