Back then (1995 or so) I ran it on a Am486 DX2 66 with 12mb RAM, no issues whatsoever. I finished it on this very same machine.

Cool! Yeah thats what I was thinking...bizarre that they listed those system req's like that but maybe it was a re-release version I was looking at or something...

Thanks for confirming!!

HenWen wrote:

Cool! Yeah thats what I was thinking...bizarre that they listed those system req's like that but maybe it was a re-release version I was looking at or something...

Thanks for confirming!!

No worries! I found this link that says a 486 DX 33 and 8mb RAM is the minimum requirement- https://www.computerhope.com/games/games/full.htm

Wrong forum. As per the description of this forum: "Getting old DOS games working on modern hardware." Ask old hardware and driver/configuration questions in Marvin. Marvin, the Paranoid Android

Sorry about that @collector!! I will be more careful next time to post in the right forum.

Straight from the box 😀

HenWen wrote:

I was looking for a big box version of Full Throttle (Lucasarts) on eBay and I saw system requirements that said Pentium 133MHz and 32-64MB RAM - is that for real??

Has anybody gotten it running on a lower spec PC?

Was thinking of P75/16MB...

Pentium 133 was released in June 1995 and remained the fastest CPU in the market for almsost half ayear. Full Throttle was released in April 1995. No, the requirements can't possibly have said 133MHz and 32MB RAM; Both the Pentium 133 and the 32MB RAM were all but unheard of in 1995 except in workstation PCs.

Lucasarts re-released some of their games around 2002 as Lucasarts Classics with new Windows executables for their older DOS games. I know for certain that The Dig, Full Throttle and Sam & Max got that treatment because I have them in my library. It is those versions that stated these system requirements, the originals have far lower system reqs.

Garrett W wrote:

Lucasarts re-released some of their games around 2002 as Lucasarts Classics with new Windows executables for their older DOS games. I know for certain that The Dig, Full Throttle and Sam & Max got that treatment because I have them in my library. It is those versions that stated these system requirements, the originals have far lower system reqs.

I have these versions and IIRC they still have the DOS executables and work fine on original minimum requirements under DOS.

Thanks guys - makes total sense now! Freddy Pharkas does require a Xeon though right? I think I read that somewhere... : )

it works fine on 68040/25 on my q700.

appiah4 wrote:

Garrett W wrote:

Lucasarts re-released some of their games around 2002 as Lucasarts Classics with new Windows executables for their older DOS games. I know for certain that The Dig, Full Throttle and Sam & Max got that treatment because I have them in my library. It is those versions that stated these system requirements, the originals have far lower system reqs.

I have these versions and IIRC they still have the DOS executables and work fine on original minimum requirements under DOS.

Yes, I should have clarified, they offer both options, although the DOS execs are usually "hidden" in additional folders.

Moved.