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Article #160541Re: How runnable is Privateer 1 or 2?
From: mghe... Mattias Hembruch
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 00:59
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 00:59
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In article <JTV2a.50924$zF6.3...@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, Patrick Thompson <p.h.th...@worldnet.att.net> wrote: >I saw a copy of the Privateer 2 collector's edition at a local used software >shop the other day for $5, and I was wondering how possible it might be to >run Privateer 1 and 2 on modern systems. I have a P4 1.6GHz system with Win >XP, an SB Audigy, and a GeForce 2GTS. I also have a backup system (not >hooked up), which is a 200 MHz Pentium. Short of buying emulation software >or repartitioning any harddrives, would I have any prayer of getting either >of the games to run on either system? I don't think you should have much of a problem running either one on the P200, assuming it has a genuine Sound Blaster card and you have a copy of DOS (or WIN98SE) lying around.. Mattias
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