How to Play Classic PC Games in Windows 7

Every now and then gets tired of blowing up the bad guys in Battlefield or running raids in World of Warcraft. Sometimes we just want to settle for a spell and play with Daggerfall for the umpteenth time, or take the series Marathon for a spin and see what all the hubbub was about.We aspire to a simpler time - a time when MIDI soundtracks sounded in our ears as if our Sound Blaster had an orchestra at her, and you could still count the pixels on the screen.

So we dig our old CD wallets and burrow in old boxes of floppy disks, only to discover that while we still have the game, it will not install or play on our modern Windows 7 PC. Even XP is too new to most of our favorite classics. Instead of playing games, you end up spending hours scouring the Internet for patches and install guides for our old games to work on our new PC.

And now we'll save you the trouble.We start with five practical guides to help you get Daggerfall, Duke Nukem 3D, Grim Fandango, three RPG based on the BioWare Infinity Engine (Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Icewind Dale), and the Marathon trilogy works on your PC perfectly. Moreover, some of these games have been updated to look better than new, with a fan-patches that do the work game with 4:09 p.m. high resolution monitors, update the graphics in the game and renderers, and more. And every time we understand how to get another classic game working, we will add to the list on the right side of the page.

Be warned: Some of these guides can be quite difficult to follow. You will need to know your PC for many of these old games to work. And in some cases you will need to dust off your skills and learn about DOS emulator DOSBox (we included a primer DOSBox, as well). Nobody said it would be easy.

So what are you waiting for? Remove the joystick and go play!

Test Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter PC

Not reasonably be considered not to imagine an extension for this prestigious series, meeting the expectations of players waiting for new challenges in their group of adventurers. It was still necessary to propose improvements to justify the renewal and an add-on, which is ultimately not really the case of Heart of Winter, although fans of Icewind Dale will certainly find their account.

An epic quest against the backdrop of ancient stories.

Based on the context and rules of AD & D, and put into the world of Forgotten Realms, stretches the heart of winter Icewind Dale adventure thanks to its ten largest medieval towns, deep in the cold killer winter. It will be possible to take advantage of add-on to optimize the interface of Icewind Dale to finish in first place in this first adventure, or to engage directly in the heart of a winter scenario is chronologically after the Icewind Dale campaign.Of course, it is also possible and highly recommended to import the previous group of heroes to deal effectively with this add-on available to characters of level 9 and above.

Towns and villages are not always rest areas.

Pre-create characters with high levels can, however, help the poor players, creating a level adventurers is totally suicidal and this add-on. Similarly, it is essential to take good care of a group of six additional characters, knowing that the adventure will not bring in new characters within the group.Even with a fully equipped and experienced group, completing the quest in this inhospitable land will not be easy. The screenplay, based on the hostility between the different peoples who tear across the continent, will have to get under way and, ultimately, not very exciting. Communication and dialogue will again be in order, and the voices and texts translated into French are fortunately very persuasive.

Better to start the quest with a group of experienced warriors.

Heart of Winter still offer six new adventure zones, thirty new magic items and twice as many new spells, as well as many monsters or NPCs.The interface and gameplay have also been many improvements, with the opportunity to play on 800x600 resolution, and optimization of up to six multiplayer LAN or Internet to reduce the effects of jet. Characters gain experience at level 30, the maximum allowed by the add-on. Finally, the bag of the characters can carry more items, a detail, of course, but that is important.

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