<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(The Stine @ Sep 4 2006, 08:48 PM) [snapback]252774[/snapback]</div>
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Well I've given up on trying to get the dos version to work. So now I have the windows version. Its Xcom Gold edition I think. Anyway I cant seem to get this to work well either. The game loads and the sound works, and I believe the controlls do too. The graphics are all scrambled when I play. I dont know what to do.
Does this game not work on XP? Or is there some trick to doing so that anyone would care to share?
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Try running the executable in compatability mode. Right-click the game executable and head for the properties - go to the compatability tab, click the box for run this game in compatability mode for... and select win 95, if it isn't already selected. Then click run in 256 colours and click OK. Try running it then.
I haven't tried this, since I don't have the game (having owned it on both amiga and PC back in the day, tis very annoying not to be able to relive the glory days.), but it works for a lot of games around that age.
If that doesn't work, try running the executable through DOSBox - it may be a windows game but I suspect it relies on having DOS access.