Caesar II Battle Crash

[Picollo]

can someone help me here? everytime i play Caesar II and a battle begins the game crashes to the desktop saying it misses files. is it because its a game rip?

[The Fifth Horseman]

It's quite possible that an ineptly-produced rip may be missing some crucial files, yes.
Other things to consider are the location of the game on your hard drive and whether you extracted the archive with its internal directory structure.