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Favorite Old Game not Running!

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First post, by NineFingeredFrolfer

Posted on 2008-04-20, 07:38

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Hey guys, I'd appreciate any help anybody can shove my way.

I'm trying to run one of my favorite oldies, ACES OVER EUROPE!

I've basically followed the instructions HERE to the letter. I've run the install.exe from the AOE game, and am up to the point of running the game itself. I get a "unable to initialize graphics card" error when I try to run the game. This puzzles me as there was no method of selecting my graphics card during the install.exe anyways.

I would very much appreciate some advice, as this is my first time with DOSbox and I've probably screwed up something quite simple.

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Reply 1 of 4, by NineFingeredFrolfer

Posted on 2008-04-20, 08:18

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Apologies for the double-post, but it's in the interest of not seeming like a douche.

1. Motherboard
Whatever's default on a approx. 1.5 year old e-machine
2. Processor type and speed
Intel pentium 4 CPU 3.00 GHz
3. Amount and type of RAM
446 MB
4. Video board w/ RAM amount and type
ATI RADEON Express 200 series
5. Sound board
Again, whatever is default
6. Operating system
Computer: "Windows needs your permission to continue"
Me: "F*CK!!!!!!!!!!"
(Vista)
7. Game name (and version, if applicable)
Aces Over Europe, attempting to run on DosBox 0.72
8. Description of problem
Cannot successfully run the game. Receive Error "Cannot initialize graphics card, Run INSTALL..."
9. Reproducibility of problem
Every bloody time
10. Sound mode used
sorry, I don't know enough to answer this one
11. Video mode (Software, OpenGL, Direct3D, or Glide, and resolution)
same
12. Version of emulator
Dosbox 0.72