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Descent: Freespace The Great War

roxim
I just recently found this game again, and would really like to play it. I am running Windows XP It installed fine, and everything seemed to work. Whenever I try to run the game, I get the error encountered, this program needs to close.
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Dungeon Keeper Patch

HyperBlade
I'm lost. Can anyone tell me which patch I should use on Dungeon Keeper 1 (not gold) ??? Thx a lot.
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final fantasy8 - pc

trauma
can anyone please help me?? i finaly come a cross this game for pc. i instaled the game and try to play the problem is. after a short perriod of loading iam asked to isert disk one- i do so and gett a warning-(wrong disk) i hawe tryed all of the other disks and the same happens?? i hawe a pentium 4 1.
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Quest for Glory 5: Dragon Fire, running it in winxp

e_swensen
I have updated the game to version 1. 2 and also applied the unofficial win2kpatch. During game play, though, when every I use the directional keys to move the Hero, he maintains that direction for an extended period of time.
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Sims 2 No Cd

SatanGod
I am looking for a working sims 2 no cd crack/fix i have tried a few but no progress, if a no cd has worked for you please foward it to me and give me instructions on how to install it. Thank you. .
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xp - blinking cursor on boot

VBScab
I have been trying ALL the usual fixes (Recovery Console/FixBoot/FixMBR, changing CMOS drive parameters, EVERYTHING) to get round the problem, where XP boots to a black screen with blinking cursor. Please, no preaching about back-ups: I have another thread going elsewhere as to why Ghost (on the original machine) i ...
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Dark Forces under WinXP - No Sound

Jedi Master
Call me nastalgic. I pulled this one out of mothballs to give it a whirl. My system includes a SB Live Value Digital (4. 1 speaker output). However, I'm unable to configure the sound to work correctly.
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FF7 pc version not recognizing cds

Anomas Kamath
Well i has been something like. . . months i've been trying to get my hands on the game and, a week ago, i finally did, after a hell lot of search, inquiring friends, and two long weeks of slow download from the bitchtorrent.
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SW: Galactic Battlegrounds on Win2k

fpatton
Hello - I'm having trouble running SW:Galactic Battlegrounds under Win2k, SP4. When I start the game, I get through the intro, and get to the opening menu. When I try to play, I get Please insert a game disk in the CD drive.
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Problem with OpenGL on Windows 2000

ChawngkuhH
Every game I have on my computer will freeze after about 30 minutes of playing time and I'd have to manually reboot the machine. I know it has something to do with my OpenGL because I was playing a video on VideoLAN using OpenGL for video option and it freezes also, but if I just leave the video option at default i ...
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My sims 2 games has gone crazy please help me

ruinsgirlmtk
Ok I have never done this before and don't even know where I should post this. I need help and quick. My Sims 2 university game comes up and runs normal except for a huge problem, My kid works all my moods run but my 2 adults sims won't do anything.
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No MS Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel

NascarFool
Has anyone got the MS Sidewinder FF wheel to work as it should in Windows 2000 ? ? All I get is a plain wheel in the game controllers panel. It shows as a FF Wheel but no force. .
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VDMSound

foxcan72
Where can I download VDMSound. I tried to get it from ntcompatible so that I can get the sound to work for Tomb Raider 1 but I can not find it to download. .
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DK 2 sound problems on xp

angeryman
my dk2 game seems to run fine on xp except for really chopy sound!!! plz tell me how 2 find the problem and correct it! amd athlon xp2600+ 1. 91 ghz 1. 00gb ram xp home V. 2002 s pack 2.
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Little Big Adventure 2 : Twinsen's Odyssey

Flyn
Greetings everyone, I'm having a small problem, and I was wondering if you could help me. I'm running Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2, DirectX 8. 1, I'm trying to get the afore mentioned game to work.
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GTA: Vice City (The game won't open)

PEFL
Hey guys! I've got a little problem with VC. So that you fully understand the problem i'll tell you how it all started. I've never played VC before :x only GTA2 and 3. A couple of days ago i decided to download the game off internet (edonkey rules) and the game was on my pc yestetday.
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ScummVm and DOTT

Bicko
I know I am simply re-itterating what has been said before, so sorry to annoy. But I have followed all steps for day of the tentacle, i have downloaded Scumvm but despite my best efforts, scumvm cannot find the game in any of my directories.
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C&C Generals:zero hour's Deadly Crash

shadowraider
Hi, I am playing EA's C&C Generals. I keep getting these deadly crashes where it just froze up the entire computer and nothing i can do to jump back to XP. So, i will have to restart my computer. These crashes happens randomly during the game.
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