Re: Blood Omen : Legacy of Kain, Patch

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From: Icon
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:31

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Knight37 wrote:

> Icon <car...@invalid.co.za> wrote in news:ce6dpo$g28$1...@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net:
> 
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'm hoping someone can help me find a patch for the original Blood Omen 
>>(1) Legacy of Kain, so that I can hopefully play it on my Windows XP 
>>machine.
>>
> 
> 
> I have this and I don't recall needing a patch to play it on XP. I did use 
> VDMSsound to get the sound to work IIRC.
> 
> Knight37

Hmm, do you maybe have a DOS version of the game?

Mine's a Windows 95 version, but it won't play nice in XP, regardless of 
the compatibility mode, because I read somewhere that it tries to access 
your vid card directly.

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From: Icon <car...@invalid.co.za>
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Subject: Re: Blood Omen : Legacy of Kain, Patch
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