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    Default Playing older Lucasarts titles on modern systems

    In light of my XWA topic, figured make a new one see if anyone has advice or posting links to, way to make your older LA titles like Tie Fighter, XWA, etc, work on XP.

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    It's actually possible to get Dark Forces running in WinXP by swapping out dos4gw.exe with dos32a.exe and using VDMSound for the audio.... but DOSbox is generally still a better solution.

    also, SCUMMVM is the cat's pajamas for Lucasarts adventures, with the exception of Grim Fandango...which works fine in WinXP for some and requires a bit of ninjary for others. There's always Residual (an engine clone similar to SCUMMVM, bur for the Grime engine)...but that needs a good bit of work still (I believe it shits the bed on Year 2). Still, it's nice to be able to play any of it on a Mac.

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    SCUMMVM is the best emulator ever. Nothing like being able to run Secret of Monkey Island perfectly on a modern machine.

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    I use DOSBOX for all of mine, but i can't get it to play
    Day of the Tentacle for some damn reason

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    Quote Originally Posted by ghostangelofcky
    I use DOSBOX for all of mine, but i can't get it to play
    Day of the Tentacle for some damn reason
    If you're playing the CD version, make sure you properly mount the CD-ROM within DOSbox.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roushimsx
    Quote Originally Posted by ghostangelofcky
    I use DOSBOX for all of mine, but i can't get it to play
    Day of the Tentacle for some damn reason
    If you're playing the CD version, make sure you properly mount the CD-ROM within DOSbox.
    I wish it was that simple, but I have the 3.5 discs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ghostangelofcky
    I wish it was that simple, but I have the 3.5 discs.
    It should still be that simple Just mount your A: drive (I think newer builds might automatically do so, but it never hurts to add it to your dosbox.conf file), mount a C: drive (I like using my E:\emu\dos folder as my emulated C drive), and install that sucker.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roushimsx
    Quote Originally Posted by ghostangelofcky
    I wish it was that simple, but I have the 3.5 discs.
    It should still be that simple Just mount your A: drive (I think newer builds might automatically do so, but it never hurts to add it to your dosbox.conf file), mount a C: drive (I like using my E:\emu\dos folder as my emulated C drive), and install that sucker.
    I don't remember the error message it throws up but it doesn't instal. the discs show files but I think they may be corrupt.

    and just for the record I know how to use DOSBOX

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    Now Grim Fandango will work on XP? I'd love to finally play that, and maybe finally finish Sam & Max.

    Another q: anyone ever get Episode 1 Racer working on XP using the secret files from Lucasarts?
    http://support.lucasarts.com/trg/xp/swep1racer.htm
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