2007-06-27, 10:31 | Link #1 |
AS Oji-kun
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Run Vista-only titles on XP
I expected to see someone else post this, but since it hasn't shown up, I'll post it:
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=6146&Itemid=2 "Hacking group warez has released a patch allowing gamers to run Halo 2 and Shadowrun, both released by Microsoft as Windows Vista-only titles, on the firm’s older Windows XP operating system." There's also a Slashdot discussion of this article. We don't play PC games, so it doesn't matter here. Thought some of the rest of you would like to see this, though.
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2007-06-27, 11:30 | Link #3 |
AS Oji-kun
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In the case of Falling Leaf Systems, they appear to be releasing compatibilty libraries. DK about the "warez" versions, though I think the actual reference should be to Razor1911.
That's all I know about this; from here on, you're on your own
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2007-06-28, 13:38 | Link #5 |
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Microsoft seems to enjoy this hack
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2007-06-29, 05:05 | Link #6 | |
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The article doesn't say anything about what Microsoft thinks of this, actually. It only says
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2007-06-29, 13:54 | Link #7 | |
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2007-07-07, 11:16 | Link #13 | |
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2007-07-07, 18:38 | Link #14 |
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I didn't read the link so I don't know exactly what this hack involves, but I think you're missing the point, arcadeplayer987, which is that there's an artificial restriction going on. The games are being used in a carrot-and-stick approach to get people to switch over to Vista. The games run perfectly fine in XP - there are no glitches or anything.
There was a similar act put up when Windows XP came out. I believe someone mentioned that Age of Empires did this. The person was using Windows 2000, and the game popped up a message saying that it needed Windows XP. However, when they installed the game using "network mode" the installer skipped the OS check, the game installed just fine, and it played just fine. Artificial restrictions like that are a pretty dirty tactic, in my opinion.
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2007-07-07, 19:29 | Link #15 | |
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I got sick of MS a couple of months ago and switched to Linux. Ever since then, I've never looked back.
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2007-07-08, 00:10 | Link #16 | |
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2007-07-09, 23:56 | Link #18 | |
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Naw, seriously speaking, I've lost almost all interest of using the PC for gaming, mainly because putting up with today's gaming standards is too much of a hassle (and a pocket-burner). Besides, there aren't PC games out there that really grab my attention. With consoles, on the other hand, I am guaranteed that the game I want to play will work no matter what. And there are a lot of more interesting games that please my tastes more (mostly Japanese RPGs, which are almost nonexistent in the PC). The only gaming on the PC that may interest me is for the purpose of emulating old games, but every console has an emulator under Linux. And besides, there's also the Wine project. It's not 100% effective for all games, but many of them run, and do it better on Windows. Gaming under Linux is just a small decision on the part of the gaming industry... that is, to opt for open source software such as OpenGL instead of feeding the MS monopoly by investing in the proprietary DirectX.
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2007-07-10, 06:24 | Link #19 | |
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