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"Thomas Gabler" <th.gabler@uni.de> wrote in message
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> Michael Murfitt wrote:
>
> > I saw a copy of TTD today in PC World (UK) and was tempted to buy it to
> > replace a DOS copy I have from ages ago but have been unable to run
since
> > updating Windows, but when I looked on the box I saw 2 problems, the
first
> > one is simple to overcome by downloading the Patch, the second is that
the
> > game suppoesedly doesn't run on ATI Radson graphics cards.

Is this the windows version? - I believe the real win version (a conversion
by an outfit called Fish (UK) Ltd) was only sold in the 'tycoon collection'
(at least in uk). There was also a budget label edition sold later
incorrectly claiming to require windows, but it is actually the dos version
and only works in early 'dos-based' windows 95, 98, ME. I have seen odd
copies of this in PC World, but not recently. Note, if it is the dos
version, it will not work under NT, 2000, XP, even with ttdpatch.

> The Windows version of TTD uses DirectX, so should run on *any* recent
> graphics card.

That is what I thought too.

-- 
Mark