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I feel for all of you who do not meet the system requirements. If you have windows 95 you can always upgrade but I'm happy because now I know it'll work on my Windows ME
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If you're still using an old, old computer running Win95, I'd strongly suggest you start saving your pennies. You can get a really fast, cool, powerful system running WindowsXP (a billion times better than Win95 in every way, and that's no exaggeration) for under $700 including monitor. A top of the line system can be had for around $1000 these days. If you need credit, you can buy the cheap system for about $34/month for two years. It's worth it.
Windows95 is unsupported and obsolete. No software company tests their products on it any more. Nothing is guarenteed to work with it or run with it any more. It's dead. It's buried. Time to let go and move on...
TrBiggar said:
Windows 95 came out in 94 or 5, did it not? It's almost 10 years old. New games are never designed for hardware or software that is nearly 10 years old, they are designed for things that are, at most, 5 years old. Don't be too surprised if within the next few years, Windows 98 products start becoming rare.
You can always switch to Linux. Thats free, and it's my understanding you can emulate Windows if you have the right software for it.
xbombman, if they are using Windows 95, chances are, they have hardware that wouldn't have a chance at supporting Windows XP. No offense, 95 users, but it's probably true.
Sad but true '95 users, it's time to get a new computer.
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BATWING FAN SFA said:
There's no real excuse for them not to make a version of RCT2 for windows 95 just because windows 98 is a newer operating system and the fact that RCT2 is more or less pretty much the same as RCT from a graphics and gameplay stand point.
And there's no real excuse for you to STILL be using Windows 95. It's so behind its time and I really don't know of many programs that come out today that DO work with Windows 95. It's crystal clear: upgrade. Windows 98 can do things Windows 95 can't, why should they downgrade the game so roughly 14 people that still use Windows 95 can play the game?
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But why would something work in Win98 and not in Win95. The architectures for both programs are just about the same.
And "upgrading" from 95 to XP is a horrible idea. I regret the day I installed XP on my computer, and I wish I could go back to 98 without losing anything. XP slows your computer down by about 25-50%, and RCT doesn't work too well with it.
I dunno, RCT works fine with XP for me, on both my laptop and desktop.
I think the Infogrames decision to not "support" Windows 95 has nothing to do with the actual code (likely it WILL work), but rather just not wanting to deal with support calls for an operating system so old. This way they can simply say "We don't support Windows 95" when someone calls in asking why RCT2 won't run for them.
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DarkHelmet said:
And "upgrading" from 95 to XP is a horrible idea. I regret the day I installed XP on my computer, and I wish I could go back to 98 without losing anything. XP slows your computer down by about 25-50%, and RCT doesn't work too well with it.
95 to XP is a horrible idea, the computers running 95 are probably horribly outdated, and wouldn't handle running it.
But anyways, did you reformat your hard drive to NTSF, or convert it? Converting FAT32 to NTSF makes a very inefficent drive, as compared to reformatting right to NTSF. Maybe you should try a fresh install on a reformatted drive if you did a conversion.
DarkHelmet said:
But why would something work in Win98 and not in Win95. The architectures for both programs are just about the same.
Win98 not only fixed lots of bugs, but introduced lots of new APIs that code may rely on. It's *not* identical to Win95. I've written several applications that will run fine on Win98 but not on Win95. They also save a LOT of time and resources by removing a platform that they have to test and do QA against.
And yeah, RCT2 *might* run on Win95, but they're not going to support it, and if you have any problems and try and contact them about it for help, you'll probably be told "upgrade to Win98 or XP", and that's it. You might get lucky, but I'm doubting it.
Mike_dc said:
someone stated technology is moving very fast, and stated that if u can't keep up, that it's "your problem." I disagree, know one can keep up with todays technology, because as soon as one item hits the market, there will be another one just like it but with a little bit more to offer. You would have to be a multi millionaire to keep up with technology.
There's a difference between keeping on the bleeding edge, and keeping reasonably up to date. Using a machine that is over seven years old in a world where speeds and capacities more-than-double every 18 months is kinda ridiculous... at least if you're still expecting to run NEW software that is just released. It's okay if all you do is run old stuff and have no interest in the latest and greatest.
Do you realize it's very difficult to even guy a PC that is slower than 1Ghz any more? PCs that are 1.8Ghz are going for $700 and less! And that's with a 20Gig hard drive (which Win95 can't even support) and a 3D graphics card and monitor!
I don't think replacing a computer every seven years is unreasonable. And the new PCs and WinXP are *lightyears* better in every way than Win95 and the old machines. So start saving your pennies and get yourself a new machine for Christmas or whatever. If you're still running creaky old buggy unstable Win95, then you're WAY over-due for such a present.
Vipper said:
Actually, on a technical note, 95 and 98 are different operating systems. 95 is FAT16 and 98 is FAT32. 98 is also 32 bit, I believe, while 95 is still 16. Given that those 2 factors involve file structure, RCT might be affected and therefore will not run on 95. But, I agree, if you do have 95, you should really get with the times and at least up to 98SE. If your computer has the ability, I would even go for XP, since it is roughly the same price as 98.
Actually, they're both 16 bit at the core, and both have 32bit parts. Only Windows NT and WinXP are fully 32 bit.
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