IndependenceWar on XP?

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3 total messages Started by bioderm Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:50

#104679

Author: bioderm
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:50

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Came across this link (http://media.putfile.com/IWar) of the original Iwar 
intro movie.  Damn it's been years since I've seen it and I still can't get 
over how good it is for such an old game.  Very professional stuff there. 
Anyway  I'm now itching for some Iwar gaming goodness  -   I have my box, 
CD's and manual but I don't know how in the hell to get this thing to run 
under WinXP.

I've tried running it with this glide wrapper 
(http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/) but all I get is a grey box screen and 
then nothing.   Anyone have any tips?   I wish there was something 
equivalent to Dosbox for Win95/98 as the compatibility modes in XP don't 
seem to work worth shit for any old Windows game.

Re: IndependenceWar on XP?

#104681

Author: ronald.phillips
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:21

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Don't have the game but try reading this thread:

http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=1436&highlight=independence


DosBox is an emulator. The compatibility modes in Windows 2000/XP/2003
apply specific fixes for game problems. It's not an emulator.

The closest equivalent to DosBox for Windows games would be emulators
such as Qemu/Virtual PC/Vmware but of course those are "PC" emulators
not "Windows" emulators and will likely never be as good as DosBox is
at what it does "only designed to run Windows games", whereas the "PC"
emulators are designed for proper operation of Operating Systems and
Applications, not Gaming.

There is also "WINE" for Linux but it's not an emulator and nowhere
near the above programs for compatibility.

Re: IndependenceWar on XP?

#104689

Author: Phoenix_DFire
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:50

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bioderm wrote:
> Came across this link (http://media.putfile.com/IWar) of the original Iwar
> intro movie.  Damn it's been years since I've seen it and I still can't get
> over how good it is for such an old game.  Very professional stuff there.
> Anyway  I'm now itching for some Iwar gaming goodness  -   I have my box,
> CD's and manual but I don't know how in the hell to get this thing to run
> under WinXP.
>
> I've tried running it with this glide wrapper
> (http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/) but all I get is a grey box screen and
> then nothing.   Anyone have any tips?   I wish there was something
> equivalent to Dosbox for Win95/98 as the compatibility modes in XP don't
> seem to work worth shit for any old Windows game.

This a very popular subject over at the I-War Message boards ;-

http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=4bb8b3418c3451e84a59012659b9881c&forumid=137

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