Ok the game I am talking about is Outpost the old old old old Sierra title for the pc. Old as in it was made to run on a windows 95. Now I am trying to get it to install and play on my Vista any help from anyone?
What's the problem with it? Does it just not install or does it install but has glitches/bugs/crashes when you play?
When i run the set up it just opens up a window i can't see, touch, move, minimize, maximize or in fact do anything with. It has the title of online sierra setup. I can't adjust the resolution or even run it in compatibility mode to get it to work.
I doubt you'll be able to run it on Vista then. Since it was made for Windows 95, and the OS's have gone through a lot of changes, it's probably impossible, at least to the normal user. You could try using a virtual OS. They simulate an OS using basically the same codes, but you'll need a copy of the OS install CD. No promises, but I might be able to hook you up with one.
Yeah I have been looking for a virtual driver, dam the non-existent backward compatibility of windows. Anyway if you could find one it would be wonderful
I'm pretty sure I have an installer or at least an ISO file on my computer, but I'll have to check. I'll let you know if I find it.
Doesn't Vista have these compatibility modes thing XP had? Y'know in right click-> properties ->compatibility It rarely ever helps, but sometimes it actually works with some games
Win 95 is archaic hough and runs atop DOS so a virtual machine would work better. I seem to remember Outpost being a DOS and win 95 game.
As I already said compatibility mode does less than nothing to help the situation. I need like a windows 95 emulator or something of the like. Yeah it needs both a windows and a dos, I tried to run it in the dos but it just told me i still needed windows
I got it to work thanks everyone for your help not to fix my other problems lol referring to this forum: Sonic 3D and Sonic Racer
Sorry for not being helpful, but, seriously, try Outpost 2, it's staggeringly better than the first game.
