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Retrogame blues....

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Retrogame blues....

today I crashed my computer after re-installing System shock 2

It appears some of my newer bells and wistles don't like shodan.

I also installed and tried patching:
Heroes of Might and Magic * (can't remember which number)
Terror from the Deep
both fallout games
starfleet command
daggerfalls
panzer general
krush kill and destroy
and several others
the computer is being a pain, and not playing nicely with me.

any suggestions?
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Try a copy of virtual PC or something...Might even work.

Possible website for ya: ntcompatible.com
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SS2 works for me with xpsp2 with the multiplayer patch. It won't work otherwise.
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hmm

I'll have to tinker with settings, considering I have an ungodly amout of disk space still left in my computer (System Shock telling me I have no free disk space and then eating Rome Total War) with the patch in place kinda freaks me.

something wierd I just wanted to beat the bitch again....
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Your PC fears SHODAN.

Take this as a warning.

I think Through the Looking Glass has a guide on getting SS2 to work on 2k/XP though.
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well look what she did to poor Xerxes....
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This is of course anecdotal so take it with a grain of salt but here we go...
Okay. SS2 does work with XP, but needs the latest patch. Starting pre-patch SS2 crashed my machine, too.
TFTD is available in an XP-compatible legal (as far as I know) free/abandonware version. Give me some time to find it. IIRC, there was a thread about that sometime last year.
FO2 worked for me without any problems using the latest patch. FO1 didn't. Sorry
No clue about the others.
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SS2 with patch doesn't have a problem with my 100+Gb free space. Are you sure the patch applied properly?
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The Yosemite Bear wrote:Retrogame blues....

today I crashed my computer after re-installing System shock 2

It appears some of my newer bells and wistles don't like shodan.

I also installed and tried patching:
Heroes of Might and Magic * (can't remember which number)
Terror from the Deep
both fallout games
starfleet command
daggerfalls
panzer general
krush kill and destroy
and several others
the computer is being a pain, and not playing nicely with me.

any suggestions?
Wait, this is pretty strange. HOMM (all version) and both Fallout run flawlessly on my Winblows XP (IBM R42 notebook; Pentium IV 1.7 Ghz). Probably there's something wrong with your system?
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While we're on the subject, my xp machine keeps freezing just a few minutes into the original Thief: The Dark Project. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this?
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I had a retarded 'skipping' problem with T:DS for years: the game would run smooth, but every five seconds it would pause, as if for loading. I never fixed it, and it doesn't happen on my new hardware. I can't handle the textures these days, though :)
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