Question about Civ 2 - Democratic Underground

lazarus

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Tue May-18-10 06:34 PM
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Question about Civ 2

I can't get it to run on Win7 64bit. Is there something I'm not doing? I can't even get it to install.

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Ohio Joe

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Tue May-18-10 07:47 PM
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1. Something you might try

Take a look here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Open-the-Program-Compatibility-troubleshooter

Not sure if it will work but worth a try.

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lazarus

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Wed May-19-10 12:22 AM
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2. tried it

didn't work. thanks, though.

Poop. I love Civ2. I always play the One City Challenge. Deity level, one city is all you get. I usually win by 1860.

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Forkboy

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Wed May-19-10 12:58 AM
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3. If you have Civ version 2.42 I don't believe it will install on a 64 bit system.

There is a way to install a "virtual" Windows XP on your computer that allows 32 bit programs, but I don't know how to do that. Might be some answers here though. I'd test it for you but I'm not on Windows 7. Sorry.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=342242

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=193215

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lazarus

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Wed May-19-10 01:04 AM
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4. thanks

I'll take a look at those in the morning.

I love Win7, and this is the first program I'm having an issue with.

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lazarus

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Wed May-19-10 02:40 PM
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5. can't install that

with Home Premium 64 bit. poop. I'll have to look around and get a different edition of Civ2, I guess.

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Forkboy

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Wed May-19-10 11:18 PM
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7. Downloads for Civ2 and Multiplayer Civ2 (which I believe can be played alone) can be found here....

Edited on Wed May-19-10 11:19 PM by Forkboy

Civ2
http://www.gameswin.org/gameen.php?id=379

Civ2 Multiplayer Gold
http://www.gameswin.org/gameen.php?id=25

I'm not sure if the regular Civ2 download is version 2.42 or not. You might have better luck with the multiplayer version. Or you may have no luck with either. But the game is too good to give up on easily. :)

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lazarus

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Thu May-20-10 01:28 AM
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8. multiplayer for the win!

It's a bit buggy, but I saw a ref on one of the other links you gave me to a patch of some kind, so I'm off on a search. Thanks ever so much!

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Forkboy

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Thu May-20-10 01:53 AM
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9. Awesome....hope you iron out the kinks!

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lazarus

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Thu May-20-10 02:19 AM
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10. yep, found the patch

I'm rusty. It's 1830 and I still don't have flight. Grr....

:hi:

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bergie321

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Wed May-19-10 02:55 PM
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6. I had issues

On windows 7 reinstalling Civ4 too.

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