I could get shades of doom working but all the sounds sounded
straight in front of me or behind me yes I could play it without the
panning effects but it would be quite hard to do so.
At 10:58 AM 9/13/2013, you wrote:
Hi Charles,
The main thing you would lose, assuming you got a new 64-bit system,
is old 16-bit Dos support. This means old Dos games like the PCs
Panzers in North Africa, Kick Boxing, PCs Monopoly, and Any Night
Football wouldn't work. Also Eamon Deluxe doesn't work on Windows 8
either. However, the majority of audio games such as those from GMA,
Draconis, L-Works, etc will work on Windows 8 once you reconfigure
User Account Control, install VB 6, and basically install some older
components that don't come with Windows 8. So in terms of older
accessible games the loss is rather small.
As for the rest of the software you are running that depends on how
new it is, and when it was last updated etc. Obviously, there are some
things like Jaws that needs to be running at least version 14 to work
reasonable with Windows 8. Openbook needs to be upgraded to version 9
or later for newer versions of Windows as well. If you use say Nero
you'll need a fairly current version as anything released before 8.0
or so won't work at all on Windows 7 or Windows 8. As far as Microsoft
Office I think the minimum version that will run on Windows 8 is
Office 2003. I don't know since I have Office 2007 and it works okay
on Windows 8. I expect you may have to upgrade some software, but that
comes with the territory. Many things will work okay, and some things
won't. However, when it specifically coms to audio games most games I
have tried I've managed to get working on Windows 8.
Ironically, the only audio game I couldn't get working was STFC, the
version on my web site, but I have a new one in development to take
care of that problem. :D
Cheers!
On 9/12/13, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote:
> Posts like this one are convincing. We get your firsthand experiences with
>
> the newer technology and why you think upgrading is worth it. On the other
>
> side, what games will not work with this platform? You've stated what we
> would gain. What would we lose? And what will this upgrade cost as far as
>
> the hardware we must buy to accommodate it? Thanks.
>
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