Hi, I wouldn't worry about it too much. The majority of audio games will work fine on a 64-bit version of Windows 7 provided you install dependencies. As you might know by now Windows 7 does not come with Visual Basic 6 so that has to be installed before you play any games, but you can get that by simply installing Jim Kitchen's Winkit setup. The other thing is you should disable User Account Control as that will likely cause older games and software to crash which hasn't been updated to be UAC compliant.
That said, I have played all of Jim Kitchen's games under Windows 7 such as Life, Monopoly, Baseball, Football, etc and haven't experienced any issues provided I made sure to install all the files to c:\Program Files (x86)\Kitchensinc rather than c:\Program Files\Kitchensinc. I have also had no problems with the Draconis games. I've successfully played Alien Outback, Dynaman, Monkey Business, and ESP Pinball Classic. So those games will work as well. Basically, most games will work. If you find one that doesn't ask here on list and one of us Windows 7 64-bit users will help you figure out the problem and hopefully get it working. Its not really a big deal unless it is a really old game which was compiled for Dos such as Aemon Delux which is simply not compatible with 64-bit Windows because it was compiled for a 16-bit OS. Now, one last note. Does your desktop have a 64-bit processor? The reason I ask is if you have a 32-bit processor you must upgrade to a 32-bit copy of Windows 7. If you have a 32-bit processor and try and stick a 64-bit copy of Windows 7 on their you are boundf to run into issues. So just make sure you get the correct version of Windows 7 for your hardware. Cheers! On 9/22/12, Desiree Oudinot <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > yesterday was my birthday, and my sister said she would fix my > desktop, which has been down for several months, and that in order to > do that she would have to reformat. So, she bought a copy of Windows > 7, and unfortunately, all they had was 64 bit. So I need to know what > the deal with running audio games and 64 bit Windows is, since I > really didn't think I would have to do this, but I'm not really > complaining since it was a nice thing for her to do. Anyway, I know > that games like Grizly Gulch and Chillingham won't work, and I hear > conflicting things about whether Kitchensinc games will work. But what > about older titles that maybe were around in the Bavisoft era, such as > Draconus games, or or the games like Crazy Darts and Win Fight that > were around then? And, if these games aren't compatible by default, is > there some way that I can get them to be? Any help would be > appreciated. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
