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#3720111 - 01/18/13 02:21 AM Original Steel Beasts  
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Is there any way to get the original steel beasts to work on W7? Still have it and would love to still play it.

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#3720134 - 01/18/13 03:01 AM Re: Original Steel Beasts [Re: Mace71]  
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Originally Posted By: MaceUK33
Is there any way to get the original steel beasts to work on W7?


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#3720155 - 01/18/13 03:37 AM Re: Original Steel Beasts [Re: Mace71]  
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Not even window 7's excellent compatibility mode?

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#3720158 - 01/18/13 03:44 AM Re: Original Steel Beasts [Re: Mace71]  
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You'll get problems with videocard drivers. Why old SB? Has nothing to offer accept the excellent Leo2a4 and the pixel 3D model with shadow!??

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#3720280 - 01/18/13 08:05 AM Re: Original Steel Beasts [Re: Mace71]  
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Didn't you sell your copy of SB Pro PE Mace? Is that why you want to play the original?

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#3720284 - 01/18/13 08:17 AM Re: Original Steel Beasts [Re: Mace71]  
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Yeah, I sold SB Pro and just found the original in a box so wanted to play. The graphics don't bother me as the core is still the same.

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#3720287 - 01/18/13 08:23 AM Re: Original Steel Beasts [Re: Mace71]  
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Add a small partition, second drive etc, and boot into XP on it. Should be more reliable for older 16/32bit applications than W7/64 is, even though it does try hard in compatibility modes... it just can't 'do' 16 bit apps.

AFAIR the XP default driver could also 'fake' 640x480x256, even if it was an unsupported mode in the NVIDIA/Radeon driver.
#3720323 - 01/18/13 11:32 AM Re: Original Steel Beasts [Re: Mace71]  
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A virtual machine might be a solution.

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