If this game is a windows 3.x game, then the chances are good. But No one can give you a guarantee for specific software.

Have you already searched the forum for mentionings of this game?
Have you had a look at DOSFREAKS' compatibility list?

It all depends, if it is a rare win32s game it could be troublesome. But then again, why bother asking if it works if you can try it. If you can't because you have to wait for your Windows 3.x then just wait until you have it and try it then.

Tz colony is not shown at moby games or wikipedia but i know for sure that it is a win 3.1 game. I cannot install it on my xp as i don't have a program manager which i know is on a win 3.1 but does anyone know what a program manager is. I have not played the game for a long time and i used to play it on my old machine. I am pretty sure the game is 16 bit. I have the demo/shareware version and know for sure their was a full version. It is not a very good game but i would like to play it again. I am still trying to find a copy of win 3.1 to purchase.

Do you have a link to the demo/shareware?

The problem is not that the program manager is missing. The Win95 installer of that game works just fine here on XP (you just have to skip the program manager group creation). The error occurs when you try to start the game. This could be a joystick related problem (another Windows 3.x shareware game I like to play, is not joystick playable on Windows NT variations).
Program Manager is the shell of Windows 3.x (you know there is www.wikipedia.org and www.google.com, good sites to find answers).

I quit the install program when it says where in the program manager you want to install the thing. How would i install it and the game does not need a joystick and it is on a demo disc.

Dominus, could you test it under win3x in dosbox, please, by times?
I'll see if i can get the shareware version as well.

I quit the install program when it says where in the program manager you want to install the thing. How would i install it and the game does not need a joystick and it is on a demo disc.

At least with the W95inst.exe installation went as far as that and you could click "skip" and thus no group was created and the installation didn't have an error.
I know it doesn'T need a joystick, but the game could still use some joystick detection that makes it crash under XP.

*sigh* 😀 I did test it and it seems to run, I didn't test too far though 😀

searching for "tz colony shareware" (without the quotes 😀) gave me some links, I think the fourth or fifth link was actually working 😀

Wow i am surprised that people besides me have played tz colony. The reason it does not work on xp could be the fact that win xp does not even fully support windows 95 files so never mind win 3.1 files.

The reason it does not work on xp could be the fact that win xp does not even fully support windows 95 files so never mind win 3.1 files.

I'd rather believe it is the joystick detection that just plain crashes the game on NT based Windows.

screenshot attached (dosbox+win31+tzcolony)
Game seems playable, as far as i can tell that.

Is this a M.U.L.E. clone?

Something like that was stated on some site.

The game is not freeware but you might be able to find the trial version of the game which you can test for 30 days which has every thing the full version has except it can only be tested for 30 days than you must delete it or buy the full version. I have a copy of the trial version of the game on a demo disc but i can't install the thing as i do not have a program manager which is on win 3.1 but i can play it on the demo disc without installing it. on the disc you can play most of the games without installing them. The game seemed to run descently on xp. I can't install it though and that is why i can't give you a link to the trial version. Thei is different versions of the game and i have the v.1.01 nt version.

Oh doesn't matter, i already found it (see the screenshot above),
does quite fine under dosbox+win31.

i got pmed on where to find this game. Can you give a link to the trial version as i can't install the thing as i do not have a program manager which win 3.1 has.

I can play most of the games without installing them on the demo disc and the trial version of the game works on xp.I don't have a joystick so i cannot get joystick troubles.

I don't even have a printer on this machine.

i got pmed on where to find this game. Can you give a link to the trial version as i can't install the thing as i do not have a program manager which win 3.1 has.

searching for "tz colony shareware" (without the quotes Happy) gave me some links, I think the fourth or fifth link was actually working

I can play most of the games without installing them on the demo disc and the trial version of the game works on xp.I don't have a joystick so i cannot get joystick troubles.

The problem is not having a joystick, but the detection of one (I suspect). Your posts are confusing me, in one you write you can't install it, and then that the trial runs fine for you on XP. Now what is it?

On the demo disc you can play most of the games without installing them but i want to install it so i don't not always have to put in the demo disc and search for the game on the game list.