I have a copy of Might and Magic Complete, which has M&M1-6 on 2 CDs.
I have played 6 for the 3rd time and tried to load some of the older ones. I had played 5 on an older machine with Windows 98. My others are running XP and the new one has Vista.
I am getting the message thatVista doesn;t allow DOS full screen and then the program fails to load. Doany of you know if there is some setting that would allow these older games to play?
In the meantime, I'm loading up 7.
Thanks, Ed
Windows Vista and Old M&M
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Thanks for the reply. I downloaded DOSBox and it does work, kind of.
It opens a dos type window about 4 by7 and does load the game. Unfortunately, I've been spoiled and after seeing the graphics and sound, I had to bail out.
I have also got a problem with MM7 and 8, didn't try 9. They won't start, even when I set the compatability mode to XP or 98. The 3DO comes up then the game stops. I can't figure out how I just played through 6 without a problem.
Thanks again for the quick response.
It opens a dos type window about 4 by7 and does load the game. Unfortunately, I've been spoiled and after seeing the graphics and sound, I had to bail out.
I have also got a problem with MM7 and 8, didn't try 9. They won't start, even when I set the compatability mode to XP or 98. The 3DO comes up then the game stops. I can't figure out how I just played through 6 without a problem.
Thanks again for the quick response.
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Well try the mok patches, i believe they work with Vista to, you got a MM7 patch and a MM8 patch. Although i would not recomend it, here's the patch for MM9. It's a really bad game, not just because of the bugs, but a lot of things whom made Might and Magic were cut out, but worse, the bugs were INSANE. The patch helps most of them
Have fun with MM7 and MM8 though .
EDIT: And PR, he's ust saying that he can't live with the looks, he refuses to play it because it's ugly;)
Have fun with MM7 and MM8 though .
EDIT: And PR, he's ust saying that he can't live with the looks, he refuses to play it because it's ugly;)
You can either agree with me, or be wrong...
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