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Hey there, I've been trying to install an old game of mine called Incoming. I have the CD, and have tried installing it off the CD to no avail, and changing compatibility mode hasn't helped either. I can't get it to run in DosBox either. My OS is Windows 7 by the way.
Any help would be appreciated in getting the game to run, as I would like to replay it again (and not have to pay for it :tongue:).
What flavor of windows 7?
Heh that game I used to be make my friends envious of my brand-new voodo-card
What flavor of windows 7?
Win 7 Home Premium, 64 bit.
Heh that game I used to be make my friends envious of my brand-new voodo-card
We had a HP back then, still have a soft spot for them. I was surprised to hear that people used to have issues back then with Incoming, must've had a good computer.
What exactly is the error you are encounting? I can't tell from the post whether it's an error installing or an error launching.
Error installing, sorry. I load up setup, and it says it can't run it, something about not able to run in 64 bit windows, and something else about 16bit. So I booted up dosbox, followed instructions, and I couldn't get it to run that way either.
Yeah, that's common with really old games. Unfortunately, I don't have much advice on dosbox issues because I don't have a copy of the game myself to play around with. If you can't find anything useful on google, I'd recommend just buying the game from GoG (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/incoming_incoming_forces). Sometimes it's just worth it to pay a couple extra dollars for a copy which works fine on modern computers.
Error installing, sorry. I load up setup, and it says it can't run it, something about not able to run in 64 bit windows, and something else about 16bit. So I booted up dosbox, followed instructions, and I couldn't get it to run that way either.
Not familiar with windows 7 but you used to be able to put Windows on 95 mode
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