Star Wars gaming

[CJW]

I am running 7 Pro 64Bit & have these Star Wars games installed & working (some better than others):
Dark Forces (1995)
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (1997)
Monopoly (1997)
Yoda Stories (1997)
Making Magic (1997)
Jedi Knight: Mysteries Of The Sith (1998)
Pit Droids (1999)
Math (2000)
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (2002)
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003)
Lego SW~The Complete Saga (2009)

But does anyone know how I can get these installed & running correctly?
Battle For Naboo (1991)
Chess (1993) - Installs but won't run
Shadows Of The Empire (1997)
Behind The Magic (1998)
DroidWorks (1998) - Installs but won't run
Rogue Squadron 3D (1998)
Episode I: Racer (1999)

 

[profdlp]

How much (if any) have you tried http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html?

For the early to mid 90s games, are they DOS? Might want to try DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS.

 

[TheReaper]

Maybe they are 16-bit games & installers, they won't work on a 64 bit Win 7.

 

[CJW]

Thank you for the replies, I have have tried DosBox & the games I am trying to get working are not DOS; they are definitely Windows. I've also tried Compatibilty Mode using settings originally required for each game as well as all other configurations, still a no go.

Am I just out of luck? I may have to setup a duel-boot w/XP, but not sure how/if I'd run into other problems; not even sure I still have my XP installation code.

 

[TheReaper]

If you plan to have a Win7/XP dual boot, this is a good read:
dual boot installation windows 7 & XP.

 

[profdlp]

See if this helps:

http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/78112-jedi-knight-dark-forces-2-win7x64.html

 

[EvilOzzmess]

Just a shot in the dark here, but how about Windows Virtual PC & "XP Mode"? Apparently it is free to download from MS and will run on both Pro and Ultimate editions of Win 7. As this was made purely to be able to use older software that won't run under Win 7, I see no reason why this wouldn't work to bridge the gap for older games as well... worth a try, at least. Good luck.

 

[CJW]

I'll read-up on the Duel-Boot w/XP & the Virtual setup.
JK: DF II installs & plays just fine & the solution for that game has not helped w/the ones I'm having trouble with.

 

[AstaLaVista]

Have you tried running "Troubleshoot Compatibility" instead of running "Run as an Administrator"? sometimes I have good lucks with older games.

 

[ms5555]

How did you get yoda stories to install on win7? When I try I can get the launcher to go but when I click install nothing happens, it just shuts down. I've tried all the compatibility modes and dosbox, but dosbox says it's not a dos program and won't run it.

 

[CJW]

ms5555,
I actually have Yoda Stories in .iso format. All I did was mount the .iso (using MagicDisc), copy all files to a folder on the HDD & play the game by running Yodesk.exe.

I looked over the two & I think I'm going to try the Virtual XP Mode route. When, not quite sure yet; but I'll probably update this when I do.

 

[ms5555]

Ah, yes I realized myself that you don't have to run the installer to play yoda stories, just copy the files over and run the exe.

 

[djkuula]

I copied the files from my Yoda Stories CD to my HDD, copied over the patch from the Lucasarts website, and tried running the game in various compatibility modes. No dice -- I get the little splash screen, but when I click Play, the program crashes. It looks like y'all are using 64-bit Win7 as well. Any ideas?

 

[DeaconFrost]

Forget about dual booting, and just virtualize an old copy of XP. The games will run fine there.

 

[CJW]

djkuula, did you try w/o the patch?​

 

[pietrobord]

djkuula, did you try w/o the patch?​

Hi CJW,
I have Pit Droids but I can't run it on 7pro (and no with XP).
Can you help me?
I've tried with compatibility mode but it was useless.