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You must be running Windows 8. I have been able to play all the old games in Windows 8 with the exception of Half-Life, which doesn't recognize my cd reader and keeps telling me that I need to insert the disk. GTA IV was rather tricky to install but I made it work.
The way I make these games work is to go into the setup file on the CD, right click the file and go into the compatibility function. Scroll down and set it for Windows 7. Now, GTA IV wouldn't work when I used Windows 7 so I backtracked and clicked Windows Vista Service Pack 2, and it worked then.
I have an Intel Q94 quad core processor, and all these old games play wonderfully. I have 8 gigs of DD2 RAM, and my system is quite fast. I still see no reason to update my system.
Do you have Half Life 2? If so, pick up the (free) Black Mesa mod and you can play Half Life using the Source Engine.
Black Mesa: Re-visit the world that started the Half-Life continuum
I have Half-Life 2 and played it on my old PC with XP. I am trying to play the original Half-Life game that started it all. I can install the game, and I believe the game would play except for the fact that it doesn't recognize that the CD is in the reader so quits on me.
Even Skyrim supports only two cores. I don´t think Bethesda needs to licence another developer´s engine, but they could invest more work in the PC versions.
Their core (GameBryo) goes back to 1997 - 16 years.
They get away with it because they make good games, and the consoles are so outdated that no one notices on them.
The new consoles will reach 2008 PC levels for graphics, so they will need a modern engine to compete.
The Epic (Unreal) and Crytec engines seem to be the most popular.
I've seen the new consoles running first hand and they look just as good as any current pc.
I have Half-Life 2 and played it on my old PC with XP. I am trying to play the original Half-Life game that started it all. I can install the game, and I believe the game would play except for the fact that it doesn't recognize that the CD is in the reader so quits on me.
Black Mesa is Half Life 1 - using the HL2 engine. It would solve your problem.
You can probably find a no cd crack on the internet. if you don't mind risking getting a trojan horse with it.
I am still waiting to hear of Half Life 3, but I think it is smokeware.
It seems that everyone is playing on playstations and x box nowdays, and the games manufacturers are not bothering to produce games for the PC.
You can also register the game on Steam and it will remove the need for a CD.
That's a no no. That's why I'm playing Fallout 3 and Oblivion. No Steam account required. Since my latest hard drive crash, I haven't reloaded any of my old games that were connected with Steam. I do keep Steam updated, but that's all.
That's a no no. That's why I'm playing Fallout 3 and Oblivion. No Steam account required. Since my latest hard drive crash, I haven't reloaded any of my old games that were connected with Steam. I do keep Steam updated, but that's all.
Personally, I love Steam.
Cheap, easy, accessible.
My games are on any machine I want them on. If a drive crashes, I just download - no worry of lost CD Keys or other nonsense.
Their core (GameBryo) goes back to 1997 - 16 years.
They get away with it because they make good games, and the consoles are so outdated that no one notices on them.
The new consoles will reach 2008 PC levels for graphics, so they will need a modern engine to compete.
The Epic (Unreal) and Crytec engines seem to be the most popular.
I've seen the new consoles running first hand and they look just as good as any current pc.
What console would you recommend? I know one friend who wouldn't have anything other than an Xbox while others say PS4 is the way to go. I have looked at the games, and it looks like the games are created for all the major game console players, and it probably doesn't matter which console I would get.
I originally started out with the old Atari console back in the late 70's long before PC's were a household item.
I've seen the new consoles running first hand and they look just as good as any current pc.
So have I, and no they don't.
The thing is, there are two sides to the equation. Call of Duty X will look "just as good" on the consoles, because it's written for consoles and ported. It is rendered down to console levels.
Both the XBox One (dumb name) and the PS4 use AMD's Jaguar CPU with onboard graphics. It's a good chip, and the GPU is solid, roughly equivalent to an Radeon 6870 in performance at clock. The PS4 adds GDDR-5 memory, which will help.
The 8 core design shows that both Sony and Microsoft are concentrating on media abilities as much or more than they are games. As you noted earlier, most games use 2 to 3 cores due to the complexity of OOOE (out of order execution) that is involved in multi-threading.
So it comes down to horsepower. The Jaguar is a good processor, but performs a couple of generations behind the flagship GeForce 690 and Radeon 7990 dedicated GPU's.
Also note that BOTH of these consoles are closer to PC's than they are their predecessors. These are PC components and the Xbox is running Windows 8.
Since I found out there is going to be a steambox, I am not buying anything.
Neither a console or a new computer. I am going to wait it out and see what happens next year. In the meantime I will check out what games I can download from steam.
Only problem I will have is I am still using windows xp with two gigs of ram.
Reading this thread has been useful, thanks.
I would get a console, but my wife likes her TV so I wouldn't be able to use the 40 inch Sony, or I would be looking at a rough marriage ahead. I could finally be able to find a use for the old Sony CRT TV. It does have video game inputs.
Try Steam again. I just got in.
The last good game I was playing before my hard drive crash was Dead Island, Riptide. The graphics were so extreme, that I was heating my room with my PC. That is a tough game when you first start out because you can't find any guns. You have to use knives, sticks, and machetes. After you become so high up the level, when you can find a gun or any ammo, you prefer to use melee weapons, instead. It is definitely an unusual game.
