Game made in AGS 2.14. Can I even play it in Windows 7?

Squinky · Sun 16/01/2011 20:16:39

Hi all.

I'm trying to get Pirate Fry to play in Windows 7 (32 bit) to no avail. Fiddling with compatibility hasn't helped me much. I have a Dos version and a Win version, neither work.

I'm pretty sure I made it in v. 2.14 of AGS, around 2001.

Any ideas? Sorry if this is a common and annoying question, my search brought up nothing.

Thanks!

Sslaxx · Sun 16/01/2011 20:34:04

2.14? Getting on a bit I guess.

Any, would http://www.dosbox.com/ this be of any help?

Squinky · Sun 16/01/2011 22:01:54

Dosbox did it, minus the crappy Midis I used

Thanks muchly.

Sslaxx · Sun 16/01/2011 22:17:52

Quote from: Squinky on Sun 16/01/2011 22:01:54
Dosbox did it, minus the crappy Midis I used

Thanks muchly.

I would suggest porting it, but the amount of hassle switching from a 2.1.x version to 3.x would most likely not be worth it. Not to mention you'd (still) need to have the source images, sounds etc. Still, whatever works!

Squinky · Sun 16/01/2011 23:57:29

I amazingly have most of it backed up, but have no desire to put that effort into it

Any interested in a stroll down memory lane can just do what I did.

Khris · Mon 17/01/2011 03:16:27

When you try to run the Windows version, do you get any error message?

Squinky · Wed 19/01/2011 03:33:46

It told me that it could not set the video mode. Weird huh?

Khris · Wed 19/01/2011 06:38:11

No, it's actually what I expected. Win7 doesn't support 320@fullscreen.
You could try changing the resolution to 640, I don't know the settings of 2.14 though.

The other option is a virtual machine, e.g. Win98 in VirtualPC or VirtualBox. That takes some time to set up though so it's probably not worth the effort.