King's Quest - Page 2

jczeroman · 11-12-2003, 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by Nimrod's Son
OK, there is one other option, unless you have a NTFS file system.. is is FAT32?

I have no idea.

wangcomputers · 11-12-2003, 09:31 PM

it's probably fat32, unless you chose to change the system to ntfs when you fresh installed XP.

(NTFS allows you to seperate user accounts so that they don't have access to each others files)
You can get a lot of older games to work by running the compatibility mode. (right click exe file > properties > compatibility)

I think king's quest 2 was one of the very first PC games I played.. I remember having to type in those commands like trial and error to get anywhere in that game, it was pretty ridiculous.
We were playing on a monochrome monitor, so that didn't help matters much.

I've also played king's quest 5 and 6, which were quite a bit better.

Toast · 11-13-2003, 12:31 AM

I have king's quest V, it's pretty good. haven't played it in years though.

DeviousJ · 11-13-2003, 04:35 AM

You could try this out for sound issues
http://ntvdm.cjb.net/

Never Nohen · 11-13-2003, 07:18 PM

Oh man... I loved those games!

I remember spending hours sitting in the computer lab at my old elementary school, playing the first King's Quest on these old dinosaur IBMs...

I don't think I played most of the middle ones, but my brother and I had VI and VII, and played them all the time. Ahh, good times. I would love to play those again.

wangcomputers · 11-13-2003, 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by Never_Nohen
and I had VI and VII, and played them all the time.

oh yeah, i almost forgot there was a king's quest 7.

possibly. the. worst. king's quest. game. evar.

Nimrod's Son · 11-13-2003, 10:10 PM

If it is FAT32 you may be able to make a DOS bootable disk that accesses the drivers on your system. Running in DOS mode would be ideal, if inconvenient

BeautifulLoser · 11-13-2003, 10:41 PM

Fucking A, I can't get it to work... it keeps asking for a driver, but I don't know shit about it and I'm too lazy to figure it out.

jack_kerouac03 · 11-14-2003, 01:22 AM

I can't remember which King's Quest we always played . . .

I remember being at a friend's house for our eigth grade party, and almost 30 kids were crowded around the computer, all of them slient.

i was playing as the girl, and i was in the giant's house, trying to steal his chicken or whatever, and everyone was whispering so they wouldn't "wake him up". it was intense lol

11-13-2003, 10:10 PM	#37
Nimrod's Son Master of Karate and Friendship Location: in your butt Posts: 72,943	If it is FAT32 you may be able to make a DOS bootable disk that accesses the drivers on your system. Running in DOS mode would be ideal, if inconvenient __________________ - Nimrod's Son: Problem Solver!

11-12-2003, 09:31 PM	#32
wangcomputers Apocalyptic Poster Location: UK Posts: 4,058	it's probably fat32, unless you chose to change the system to ntfs when you fresh installed XP. (NTFS allows you to seperate user accounts so that they don't have access to each others files) You can get a lot of older games to work by running the compatibility mode. (right click exe file > properties > compatibility) I think king's quest 2 was one of the very first PC games I played.. I remember having to type in those commands like trial and error to get anywhere in that game, it was pretty ridiculous. We were playing on a monochrome monitor, so that didn't help matters much. I've also played king's quest 5 and 6, which were quite a bit better.

11-13-2003, 12:31 AM	#33
Toast Apocalyptic Poster Location: Woodinville, Wa. Posts: 3,193	I have king's quest V, it's pretty good. haven't played it in years though.

11-13-2003, 04:35 AM	#34
DeviousJ CORNFROST Location: GUREITO DESU YO Posts: 24,891	You could try this out for sound issues http://ntvdm.cjb.net/

11-13-2003, 07:18 PM	#35
Never Nohen Apocalyptic Poster Location: Never Never Land Posts: 2,981	Oh man... I loved those games! I remember spending hours sitting in the computer lab at my old elementary school, playing the first King's Quest on these old dinosaur IBMs... I don't think I played most of the middle ones, but my brother and I had VI and VII, and played them all the time. Ahh, good times. I would love to play those again.

11-13-2003, 10:41 PM	#38
BeautifulLoser Socialphobic Location: Middle of somewhere Posts: 13,755	Fucking A, I can't get it to work... it keeps asking for a driver, but I don't know shit about it and I'm too lazy to figure it out.

11-14-2003, 01:22 AM	#39
jack_kerouac03 Apocalyptic Poster Location: MN Posts: 1,394	I can't remember which King's Quest we always played . . . I remember being at a friend's house for our eigth grade party, and almost 30 kids were crowded around the computer, all of them slient. i was playing as the girl, and i was in the giant's house, trying to steal his chicken or whatever, and everyone was whispering so they wouldn't "wake him up". it was intense lol