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Classic Command & Conquer, all of them.
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I need to find 1-3... or hope that Wii or another console makes them available for Download.
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Pursuant to the thread in G&C, I just reinstalled TIE Fighter. It is still wonderful.
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Donkey Kong for the Game Boy. It's really a hidden gem of platforming awesomeness. It starts out looking like regular Donkey Kong but you soon realize you have some sweet moves straight out of Mario 64.
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VF5SS wrote:Donkey Kong for the Game Boy. It's really a hidden gem of platforming awesomeness. It starts out looking like regular Donkey Kong but you soon realize you have some sweet moves straight out of Mario 64.
I remember the first time I really discovered that game. I'd received it along with about two dozen others when I bought my brother's friend's Game Boy collection, and I'd thought it was just the arcade game for the longest time. Then I beat the fourth stage for the first time and it became one of my favourite portable games. Hearing Donkey Kong's 2-bit roar brings back memories.
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Isolder74 wrote:Classic Command & Conquer, all of them.
I just loaded 'Command & Conquer: The First Decade', but the visuals are all wierd. The colors are all screwed up. I'm running Windows 7 RC.

Any ideas how to fix it?
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ZGundam wrote:
Isolder74 wrote:Classic Command & Conquer, all of them.
I just loaded 'Command & Conquer: The First Decade', but the visuals are all wierd. The colors are all screwed up. I'm running Windows 7 RC.

Any ideas how to fix it?
No idea try downloading a patch.

I really can't help you much as I'm running the original win95/98 cd's and they've never given me much of an issue using them.
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ZGundam wrote:
Isolder74 wrote:Classic Command & Conquer, all of them.
I just loaded 'Command & Conquer: The First Decade', but the visuals are all wierd. The colors are all screwed up. I'm running Windows 7 RC.

Any ideas how to fix it?
No idea try downloading a patch.

I really can't help you much as I'm running the original win95/98 cd's and they've never given me much of an issue using them.
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ZGundam wrote:
Isolder74 wrote:Classic Command & Conquer, all of them.
I just loaded 'Command & Conquer: The First Decade', but the visuals are all wierd. The colors are all screwed up. I'm running Windows 7 RC.

Any ideas how to fix it?
Try running it in compatibility mode for XP or 98, or DosBox (if it still uses the old base coding).
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Also there are patches for XP and Vista available at the EA site, and you need to run it in compatibility mode.
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