Anyone remember the Blade Runner game made by Westwood?

[Daltone]

Painfully boring game though I guess true to the film in that regard. The music put me to sleep.

Surely you jest sir?

With its detailed graphics (for the time), enjoyable mini-games, excellent voice acting and plot, soaring music, random events and multiple endings it is one of the best point and clickers out there!

I hope it hits GOG soon.

I would absolutely love it to but who the hell knows who owns the rights to what.

[postulio]

I would absolutely love it to but who the hell knows who owns the rights to what.

I would guess it would be EA, they purchased Westwood some time ago. But you're right, who knows what provisions are attached to it since its a movie property. (although interestingly enough it doesnt use any of the characters from the film, its almost as if the game was built based on the book, but only carries the movie's title for greater exposure and marketing)

[Daltone]

I would guess it would be EA, they purchased Westwood some time ago. But you're right, who knows what provisions are attached to it since its a movie property. (although interestingly enough it doesnt use any of the characters from the film, its almost as if the game was built based on the book, but only carries the movie's title for greater exposure and marketing)

I'm basing this rights issue entirely on an article I read ages an ages ago which put Blade Runner in the same basket as System Shock 2 and Goldeneye 64. Still, SS2 has made it out, so we live in hope!

Saying that, if I could just get it to work n Win 7 without spending hours mucking about I would be happy.

[postulio]

I'm basing this rights issue entirely on an article I read ages an ages ago which put Blade Runner in the same basket as System Shock 2 and Goldeneye 64. Still, SS2 has made it out, so we live in hope!

Saying that, if I could just get it to work n Win 7 without spending hours mucking about I would be happy.

I understand Goldeneye (although a new Goldeneye eventually did come out, did EA repurchase rights to that or what?, would love to read that article too), but what was the deal with System Shock 2? Isn't it just another old PC game? Didnt know there was some licensing issues behind that game.


As for getting stuff to work, my best advice would be to run vmware. It isnt too hard to figure out how to set up and there are tons of guides online. Just set up a virtual PC with whatever specs you want and install DOS and Win98SE on it (or whatever the game you wanna play requires) and you should be golden. Good luck!

[Jorpho]

I understand Goldeneye (although a new Goldeneye eventually did come out, did EA repurchase rights to that or what?, would love to read that article too)

It was probably some new, complex, bespoke licensing contact, considering they replaced Brosnan with Craig and everything.

but what was the deal with System Shock 2? Isn't it just another old PC game? Didnt know there was some licensing issues behind that game.

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/pos...-system-shock/

As for getting stuff to work, my best advice would be to run vmware. It isnt too hard to figure out how to set up and there are tons of guides online. Just set up a virtual PC with whatever specs you want and install DOS and Win98SE on it (or whatever the game you wanna play requires) and you should be golden. Good luck!

VMware only supports Direct3D in virtual machines running Windows XP or later. Lately the best solution for games requiring Direct3D that cannot be run under XP has been WINE in some form or another.