Being bored yesterday I decided to install Black and White. The game is old - it only supports in the readme Windows 2000 and seems locked to 1024x768 screen resolution. So after the install the game naturally crashed.
This was easy to fix, the case was DDRAW.dll, obviously due to the DWM. So I set compatibility to Windows 2000, disable all visual effects, and running as administrator. It actually works! The only slight annoyance, apart from the primitive graphics (to put it nicely) is that the game is locked @ 1024x768, so there are 2 inch bars on the left and right of the screen. I'll see if I can force change this in hardware.
I'll be trying other old games to see just how good 7 is with old, very old, games. Any suggestions? They must be old, preferably DirectX 8 or so, before 2004, and one or so CD. That should do it. Those "quaint" games.
I know this post is a bit old but I'm having trouble getting Black and White to work I keep getting a black screen on start up then it crashes
I have a Acer Aspire 7560
64-bit AMD A6-3400M APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.40GHz
4GB RAM
running windows 7 Home
I run SimCity4 (2003 vintage) on my rig. I have to run it in admin mode (no idea why) but it works!!
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
iBuyPower NZXT
OS
Microsoft Windows 10 Home Build 15036
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-860 @ 2.80GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P55-UD3L
Memory
4.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750
Sound Card
(1) Line 6 UX2 (2) Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
23" acer
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
(1) WDC WD5000AAKS-00D2B0 ATA Device (2) Seagate FreeAgent Go 250G USB Device
Cooling
Corsair H75 liquid cooler (Very easy to install, actually)
Internet Speed
60M cable modem-->Linksys E1200-->1Gbps net card
Browser
Chrome
Other Info
This is probably the longest I've ever had a Windows machine run without having to restore it to scratch. I'm used to restoring to "factory" about every 2 yrs. I've run with Win7 since new in 2009 and only recently (Nov, '14) restored to clean up the machine from all my 'xperimenting. LOL!! I may never need another machine.
Upgraded to 10 when it was still free, then installed 2017 update.
Tried that and nearly every different configuration of compatibility modes there are and still nothing I love this old game and just got a computer again
Hitman Codename 47 works as long as you use OpenGL.
Just going to install Black & White now, thanks for the info!
Found both these games in a box while moving!!
I love this old game and just got a computer again
