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Outpost, old windows 95 game from Sierra Online

dsfdsf
edited September 2011 in Video Games
So about a month ago I had the twitch to play Outpost. First issue I had was that it would not run naturally under Windows 7. So I figured out a way to emulate windows 95. The second problem was that it would not run on an AMD quad core Phenom II or any other form of 64 bit processor. Does anyone have any suggestion about how to make this work?

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  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    Try DOSBox.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    Try the DOS version in Dosbox?
  • dsfdsf
    edited September 2011
    Didn't work in Dos box since it is a windows game. The dos version isn't readily available.
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  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    It says there was a DOS version also made on the Wikipedia page.
  • dsfdsf
    edited September 2011
    It says there was a DOS version also made on the Wikipedia page.
    The dos version isn't readily available. I've looked for it, but I'm not looking to pay for it, and I don't want a virus to come with it.
    Post edited by dsf on
  • CremlianCremlian
    The dos version isn't readily available. I've looked for it, but I'm not looking to pay for it, and I don't want a virus to come with it.
    A DOS virus from the 90's will have no effect on your computer ^_^
  • dsfdsf
    The dos version isn't readily available. I've looked for it, but I'm not looking to pay for it, and I don't want a virus to come with it.
    A DOS virus from the 90's will have no effect on your computer ^_^
    Whose to say that it won't have a new virus in it? Are you a compu-psychic-technomancer?
  • AprecheApreche
    Whose to say that it won't have a new virus in it? Are you a compu-psychic-technomancer?
    It is theoretically possible for an old MBR virus to infect a modern computer.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited September 2011
    Didn't work in Dos box since it is a windows game. The dos version isn't readily available.
    Well, you can install Windows 3.1 in DOSBox if you must.
    Apparently the game was made for DOS and Windows 3.1, so it's strange that your version is Win95.
    Post edited by lackofcheese on
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    What's the name of that guy in Cowboy Bebop who plants a virus and waits 60 years for it to go off?
  • CaseyJParkerCaseyJParker
    What's the name of that guy in Cowboy Bebop who plants a virus and waits 60 years for it to go off?
    I remember an episode with a monkey virus...

    Anyway, I do believe dosbox + windows 3.1 is the way to go.
  • SailSail
  • CaseyJParkerCaseyJParker


    Exaaaactly.
  • a1sa1s
    edited September 2011

    Whose to say that [the DOS game] won't have a new virus in it? Are you a compu-psychic-technomancer?
    It is theoretically possible for an old MBR virus to infect a modern computer.
    DOSBox is a virtual environment, just don't run anything outside of it, and your machine will be safe.
    Post edited by a1s on
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