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NT Compatible » Compatibility Database » Games (Windows) » Details for Need for Speed Special Edition

Summary


Product:
Need for Speed Special Edition

Vendor:
Electronic Arts

Tested operating systems:
Windows 2000, Windows XP

Most recent version of this submission:
Need for Speed Special Edition

Average Rating:


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Operating System: Windows 2000 Rating:

Submitted on 2000-01-01 12:00:00

Anonymous

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Crashes under execution of setup program

Operating System: Windows XP Rating:

Submitted on 2001-04-01 12:00:00

Anonymous

Post License:
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Sound is a bit messed up, with a TB Montego card, but otherwise, it runs fine in compatability mode.

Operating System: Windows 2000 Rating:

Submitted on 2002-11-01 12:00:00

Anonymous

Post License:
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You will need either a copy of Win 9x or XP to install it. If under XP (or .net RC1) use Win98 compatibility level to install it. You can have sound but dont bother with the video, its broken (extrelmly choppy and you're not missing a great deal anyway) under XP/2000.

If you have a copy of Win9x installed you can use that to install the game, dont allow video to be used, but sound is ok as long as you use the windows installer.

I guess you could just copy the files from an installed version of the game to your Win2K box and then edit \nffse\gamedata\config\paths.dat in a hex editor to reflect the location of the CD-ROM.

If your CD-ROM path is different under Win2K than the installer OS then edit \nffse\gamedata\config\paths.dat in a hex editor to reflect the location of the CD-ROM (havent tested this but i see no reason it wont work).

Then to run under Win2K, create a shortcut to the program and set it to run in Win98 compatibility mode (not Win95). It should then work.

Note:

The music is sometimes out of sync with itself when tunes start, this corrects itself after a few seconds and doesn't seem to have any sigificant effect on the game.

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