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First post, by albernon

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I am trying to get Imperialism I (SSI) to work on Windows 7. Has anyone been able to get this to work? If so, what do I need to do?

I tried running it in Win95 mode but it says the Setup file won't work on 64-bit systems.

I downloaded DOSBox but when I type

c:\dosgames\imperial> setup

it returns the following

c:\dosgames\imperial> win SETUP.EXE
ilegal command: win.

I am not too saavy so I may be making some newbie mistakes. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Reply 1 of 4, by retro games 100

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I looked up Imperialism on mobygames, and found this tech spec page -

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/imperialism/techinfo

The game's minimum OS requirement is Windows 95. DOSBox can't help you, because it only runs DOS software. If you've tried Windows 7's Win95 compatibility mode, and it tells you it can't set up the game because your OS is 64-bit, there may not be a solution to this problem.

Reply 4 of 4, by Fluffy

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albernon wrote:
I am trying to get Imperialism I (SSI) to work on Windows 7. Has anyone been able to get this to work? If so, what do I need t […]
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I am trying to get Imperialism I (SSI) to work on Windows 7. Has anyone been able to get this to work? If so, what do I need to do?

I tried running it in Win95 mode but it says the Setup file won't work on 64-bit systems.

I downloaded DOSBox but when I type

c:\dosgames\imperial> setup

it returns the following

c:\dosgames\imperial> win SETUP.EXE
ilegal command: win.

I am not too saavy so I may be making some newbie mistakes. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hello,

I just tried it on Win7 64, it runs fine without DosBox or a compatiblity mode (as Imp2). Running it in Wide screen (16/9) is another issue, though. I'm looking into it.