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Article #160543Re: How runnable is Privateer 1 or 2?
From: Karl Frank
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:07
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:07
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Patrick Thompson wrote: > I have Win95 on the older system...I don't have 98 or a legacy DOs on it, > and I don't much feel like putting a new operating system on just to get a > game to run. I mucked with DOS enough getting WC 2 and 3 to run on my old > 496 back in the day. Win95 is ok as well. But be warned if you got enough by tuning for wc2 and wc3 then forget Privateer 1. It is a nightmare to get to run in comparision to WC2... -- WOMAN.ZIP ... No documentation, but fun to UNZIP! [Delete the karl after the @ to avoid my spam trap]
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