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First post, by m1so

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Guys, is there any way to get this game running on a modern computer? It doesn't work on my Windows 7 PC and it doesn't work on VirtualBox with XP+Direct3D support enabled. I really want to play this game. I'd buy a GoG bundle patched for Windows 7, but this game has not been released on GoG.

Reply 1 of 8, by m1so

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Guys, nobody? Please.

Reply 2 of 8, by Qbix

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Maybe post in the right place .....

*moved to windows*

Water flows down the stream
How to ask questions the smart way!

Reply 3 of 8, by F2bnp

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Why not try an emulated version instead?

Reply 4 of 8, by ZellSF

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I tried this and wow, that was unbelievable annoying to troubleshoot. Basically, it crashes and takes everything else with it (including Explorer). Everything else doesn't crash, just stops accepting mouse input.

Oh, and I got it to run... once. Couldn't reproduce that 😜

I would take F2bnp's advice. Play another version, emulated or not.

Reply 5 of 8, by dodesskiy

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m1so wrote:

Guys, is there any way to get this game running on a modern computer? It doesn't work on my Windows 7 PC and it doesn't work on VirtualBox with XP+Direct3D support enabled. I really want to play this game. I'd buy a GoG bundle patched for Windows 7, but this game has not been released on GoG.

On windows 7, open my computer and dvd drive, no auto play. Click on setup.exe it will not have the logo, DO NOT CLICK on the ones with the logo. Follow onscreen instructions. BTW if you upgrade to windows 10, it will not run even if installed on 7. I played it to death on 7, then upgraded, had to go back to 7, I've too many older games.

Reply 7 of 8, by Jorpho

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So, what exactly was done? (The technical details of these fixes are often entertaining reading.)

Reply 8 of 8, by KainXVIII

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Jorpho wrote:

So, what exactly was done? (The technical details of these fixes are often entertaining reading.)

Sorry, i can't translate this easily, just launch this link in google translator or something
http://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/shadow- … -2#post-1321849