Running older games

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#1 Dustin_Broke
Member since 2010 • 25 Posts

I wanted to try to see if older games like Thief 2 will run but it seems like even if I use compatable mode and run is like it's using Windows 98 it doesn't seem to work right. The games does load but when I get the the actual game it just shows whatever is first displayed and I the screen won't change only I hear the sound is changing in the background. When I use the windows key to go back to the desktop and then click the game again it will update the screen but then it stays at that screen shot forever and I can only hear the sound. It seems like though that the game is still running since I can hear the clicking noise of I' am pointing the the choices on the menus. I' am using Windows 7 Home 64 bit.

Basicly from what I see is that the game is running the whole time normaly just the screen freezes and doesn't change.

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#2 ChiliDragon
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Did you install the DirectX version that came on the game disk? Itf it was DirectX 9, or if there was none on the disk, try getting this and install, then try the game again. EDIT: And you might want to take a look at this thread in the Eidos forums as well...
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#3 Drosa
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A good place to start is the Thief fan community. Start with http://www.thief-thecircle.com/.