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Windows games for 486

Discussion in 'Gaming' started by Shogun, 24 Oct 2003.

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  1. Shogun

    Shogun Banned

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    Hi, im looking for games that will run on a 486 laptop, eg commander keen series and doom etc. I suspect these would be shareware so this thread will not be about doing illegal things :lol: . Would be much easier for me if these would fit on a floppy disk as it doesnt have a cd rom drive. It is running windows 3.1. Need these asap so any help very much appreciated.
     
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  2. MikeTitan

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    There was a dos game called Gorilla's Should run on that, Its quite fun!
     
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  3. acrimonious

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    Neuromancer
     
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  4. 486hawk

    486hawk What's a Dremel?

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    The original Wolfenstein 3D
     
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  5. Shogun

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    any links?
    :lol:
     
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  6. 486hawk

    486hawk What's a Dremel?

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  7. Shogun

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    alright need some help asap :(

    does anyone remember how to change xms memory to conventional memory from dos?
     
    Shogun, 24 Oct 2003
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  8. Atomic

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    :rock:

    It's all I have installed on my 486 :D
     
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  9. squirrelly

    squirrelly Running with scissors

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  10. Lazy

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    duke nukem 3d, red alert.
     
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  11. phaSe

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    hehee all classics!

    i was a big fan of golden axe II back in the day!

    And Jill of the Jungle was good too.

    Its sad its so hard to get them all working on xp :waah:

    RoB
     
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  12. acrimonious

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    I wrote an article (kind of) about all this stuff, that might help you, here.
     
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  13. fump

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    i think red alert needs a p90 or somthing, C&C will run on a 486.
     
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  14. acrimonious

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    I also seem to remember it refusing to set itself up on anything newer than win95. :thumb:
     
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  15. at_b

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    mortal kombat
    i ran up to mk3 on a 386 with 8 megs of ram
    question...won t you have a problem with the lcd's latency? like shadowing moves and stuff
    push over(great game)
    warcraft 2 should work(pretty sure)
    one must fall
    silent hunter 2
    f22 raptor(not so sure)
    raptor

    /sorry for no links but i do not know any
     
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  16. Mister_Tad

    Mister_Tad Will work for nuts Super Moderator

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    Ultima VIII: Pagan is a great game and ran on my 486DX 33MHz back in the day

    it isnt much of a fan of windows though, at least i cant get it to run in XP

    the official quote for C&C is 66MHz i believe but it ran on the 33MHz as long as i didnt watch the cutscenes (reboot)
     
    Mister_Tad, 10 Nov 2003
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  17. sco0by

    sco0by Mmm pie.

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    Hey, man - the site you linked to is one consisting of illegally distributed copies of games. A quote from their site:

    "We believe that providing games that have been abandoned by their publishers, while technically illegal, is a valuable service to the gaming community because these games are in danger of disappearing into obscurity, and their copyright holders no longer derive any revenues from them."

    In accordance with the forum rules, please refrain from posting such links in the future.

    Thank you.

    *n
     
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  18. Deca

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    Tie Fighter
    Worms
    Rise of the Triad
    Dark Forces
    GTA1 (barely, if you have 16 megs)
     
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  19. Astrum

    Astrum Dare to dream.

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    Look on abaondonware websites. There are a lot of good games that will run on the 486.
     
    Astrum, 7 Dec 2003
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  20. globe

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    easports nhl 92-93. 95

    ultima 7 black gate, silver seed, serpents isle

    ultima underworld 1 and 2

    moonstone

    syndiicate (cant recall if this will run on a 486)

    old adventure games, lucasarts/sierra day of the tentacle, xxxxxx('s) quest etc etc :)

    just to name a few good ones i played alot on my 486 box

    especially the ultimas are really great timekillers

    (still play ultima7 on my windows box with exult engine, nothing better than ultima7 1024x768 antialiased)
     
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