At last!
I'd like to point out that I left a lot of details by purpose in my review. I didn't want to write an essay of 10 pages, so I left it simple...
If someone have any question about how to play the game, I'll be happy to answer to the best of my abilities.
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I have 64bit Win7 and it doesn't work with any compability mode
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I am afraid that this is not a problem with the game itself, but more a problem with Micro$oft deciding to retire compatibility with old systems... Every 64 bits systems which got out recently are not compatible with 16 bit programs, such as old DOS games and... Any program made for Win 3.11.
To be able to play STARS! in such a situation, you need to use either:
- DOSBox along with a copy of Win 3.11 (you can find a pre-made DOSBox/Win3.11 version here (download DOSBoxStars.rar 4.92MB))
- Realise that 64bits OSes are incompatible with old games, and are thus useless ()
- Use en emulator other than DOSBox to be able to get the compatibility you need via another system (anything up to XP works way past fine).
- Partition your HD with another kind of OS simply to play old games.
This game doesn't require an entry in the registery to work, but will try to write a configuration file in the default Windows directory. This was standard procedure in Win3.11. If your OS forbid STARS! from writing a file in your Windows standard directory then the game will still work but with default settings, and you will need to enter your serial key every single time.
-EoF