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Pacific General: supported but not working?

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First post, by 1Hawk1

Posted on 2010-05-28, 06:29

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Hello, people!
I had used DosBox quite a time ago for Dos games.. just lately I've returned to this wonderful emu-tool...and now checking the Compatibility List saw there the old Win95 games... 😕 I've got especially interested in the "Pacific General", because i just can't get it runnable in proper graphics (my OS being win7 32bit, compatibility mode doesn't help). So, the question is, how can I run the game under DosBox? (I tried to, but got the message "This program cannot be run in Dos mode")... Please, excuse me, if this is a noob question, but I have also searched the forum and FAQ before writing the post...

Reply 1 of 7, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-05-28, 06:51

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they probably installed windows in dosbox and ran the game from there.

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Reply 2 of 7, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-05-28, 07:09

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mobygames says the game is from 1997 and needs win95, directx3 http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/pacific … eneral/techinfo

compatibility list entry says 1994 (before win95). So i think there may be a mistake in the list. Maybe the person was writing about a different SSI game with a simmilar name Panzer General that is from 1994 and for dos:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/panzer-general/techinfo

Reply 3 of 7, by Davros

Posted on 2010-05-28, 17:51

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@ robertmo

your first link is for pacific general, but your second link is for panzer general
hence the difference

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Reply 4 of 7, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-05-28, 17:56

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your link is about Panzer General
thread is about Pacific General 😉

Reply 5 of 7, by Davros

Posted on 2010-05-28, 18:00

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you posted mid edit 😉

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Reply 6 of 7, by catchaserguns

Posted on 2010-05-29, 01:20

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There is a Pacific General Patch for XP ont he web. Just Google it.

Reply 7 of 7, by Davros

Posted on 2010-05-29, 15:21

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Lest hope it works with win7

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