Project CGV: Classic Gaming on Vista

[Peugeot405SRi]

I wouldn't mind if this became a sticky. I am currently testing all of the games I either have or downloaded from here or other websites (PC-only) on Vista Home Premium. Note: This is an unofficial list. Feel free to lend a hand. I know some of these aren't exactly ancient/classic yet, but its still useful.

My PC specs:

Dell Inspiron 531
Windows Vista Premium 32 bit
NVidia GeForce 8300 GS graphics card
Realtek HD integrated sound card (for headphones). I also have a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi something-or-other sound card for speakers.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ 2.0 Gigahertz CPU
1Gb of RAM

Green=Compatible
Cyan=Compatible, but quite buggy/running haphazardly
Red=Incompatible
Orange/Blue=Downloading/Untested
Violet=Undownloaded/don't own
Brown=Someone else got it to work
Indigo=Requires DOSBox

A2 Racer
A2 Racer 2
A2 Racer 3 (haven't got enough points yet)
Action Man Destruction X Mini Game
Age Of Empires Gold Edition
Age Of Empires 2 Gold Edition
Age Of Empires 3
Age Of Mythology
Age Of Mythology Titans Expansion
Air Warrior III
Army Men
Bionicle
Caesar
Caesar II (had before CGN said it is wares, now lost)
Carmageddon
Catz
Catz 2
Catz 3
Catz 4
Catz 5
Championship Manager 00/01 Season
Championship Manager 01/02 Season
Championship Manager 2 96/97 Season
Championship Manager 4
Championship Manager 2007 (officially runs on Vista anyway)
Chomper 3D
Civilization III Complete
Colin McRae Rally (graphics are messed up, patch may fix this)
Colin McRae Rally 2 (has an occasional habit of crashing to desktop)
Colin McRae Rally 3 (only have PS2 version)
Colin McRae Rally 04
Colin McRae Rally 05
Colin McRae Rally DiRT
Demolition Derby & Figure 8 (crashes on loading the race. However, I didn't install it fresh - played straight off older hard drive)
Dinopark Tycoon
Dogz
Dogz 2
Dogz 3
Dogz 4
Dogz 5
F1 2000
F1 2001
F1 2002
F1 2003
F1 2004
F1 2005
F1 06
F1 07
F1 Manager
FIFA 98: Road To World Cup
FIFA 2002
Flight II Unlimited
Flying Heroes
Ford Racing 2001
Ford Racing 2
Ford Racing 3
Football Frenzy
Football Manager 2007 (officially runs on Vista anyway)
GeneRally (freeware)
GP Rally
Grand Theft Auto 1961
Grand Prix 2 (works fine in DOSBox, sound slightly out of sync)
Grrrand Prix Racing Game
GTR (demo doesn't at least)
GTR Evolution
Hot Wheels Velocity X (had menu problems on XP)
Indianapolis 500 - The Simulation
Industry Giant 2 Gold Edition (graphics card is incompatible, someone with a much lower performance graphics card should test)
Johnny Herbert's GP 98 (failed to work under XP, doubt it will on Vista)
Juiced
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (have on DS, but works officially anyways)
Kart Challenge
LA Crackdown (fails without DOSBox, even in DOSBox, graphics are horrendously screwed: unplayable)
London Racer
Lotus Challenge
Midtown Madness
Midtown Madness 2
Millennium 2.2
Mobil 1 Rally Championship
Monopoly (1988 version)
Monster Truck Madness
Monster Truck Madness 2
Motocross Madness
Motocross Madness 2
NASCAR Racing
NASCAR Racing 2
NASCAR Racing 3
Need For Speed 2: SE
Need For Speed 3: Hot Pursuit (lost the game)
Need For Speed 4: Road Challenge/High Stakes
Need For Speed 5: Porsche Unleashed/Porsche/Porsche 2000
Need For Speed 6: Hot Pursuit 2
Need For Speed 7: Underground
Need For Speed 8: Underground 2
Need For Speed 9: Most Wanted (i'd imagine it runs, can't confirm as I have PS2 version)
Need For Speed 10: Carbon (same as above)
Need For Speed 11: Pro Street (I may not have it, but I know it officially runs under Vista)
Need For Speed 12: Undercover (even though my PC isn't strong enough)
Network Q RAC Rally with The X-MILES add-on pack
OpenTTD (latest versions, officially runs anyway)
PGA Tour Pro with Pebble Beach Course
RACE 07
Racer http://www.racer.nl (free game, v0.53 betas 5 and 7 were tested)
Racing Simulation 3
Railroad Tycoon
Railroad Tycoon 2 - Gold Edition
Railroad Tycoon 2 - Platinum Edition
Railroad Tycoon 3 (note: DO NOT INSTALL THE v1.3 PATCH! The expansion does NOT work on Vista)
Rally Championship Xtreme
Richard Burns Rally
rFactor
Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction
Rollcage
Rollcage 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 Wacky Worlds Expansion
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 Time Twister Expansion
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Soaked! Expansion
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Wild! Expansion
Screamer
Screamer 2 (installs but crashes to desktop)
Screamer 4x4
Screamer Rally
SimCity 2000 - Special Edition
SimCity Classic
SimTower: The Vertical Empire
Speed Busters (I have a feeling the game is bust [pun unintentional])
Sonic Adventure DX Directors Cut (occasionally crashes/fails to load)
Sonic & Knuckles Collection
Sonic R
Superbike Challenge (needs compatibility mode Win95 to even get to a crash-to-desktop)
The Incredibles
Theme Hospital (lost the disk)
The Need For Speed (probably same as below)
The Need For Speed SE (windows version fails to install, DOS version won't run, even in DOSBox)
The Settlers II Gold Edition
The Race To Galamax
Tiny Trails
ToCA Race Driver
ToCA Race Driver 2 (installs, but informs you on attempted launch that it doesn't run on Vista. Compatibility modes fail)
ToCA Race Driver 3
ToCA Touring Cars (installer incompatible with Win32/NT machines)
ToCA Touring Cars 2 (note: my dad failed to get it to run on his Vista PC, which could be to do with his ATI Radeon graphics card?)
Transport Tycoon
Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Treasure Planet Minigames
Tycoon City New-York (has saving problems but runs technically well apart from that)
Umbro Pro Football
War Drones

Please give me some assistance. All the games I have that are abandonware and not on site I can upload/contribute.
EDIT:Now up on my website.

[old_gamer]

You gonna have a lot of work to complete that list friend.

So let's give you a -(small)- helping hand:
Everything that runs in dosbox 0.72 will run in dosbox 0.72 whatever the platform is.
I'v' tested a lot of games on XP32, XP64, Vista32, Vista64, some Linux(32-64) and others ...
Dosbox runs on those platforms and it will run the comp games.
There can be a small problem on Vista (in fact on XP and Linux too) if you're on a restricted account, but that's easily solved with some very basic knowledge. Simply work in a folder where you have read/write access (Usually in your own folders).

Grand Prix 2 (works fine in DOSBox, sound slightly out of sync)

Add some 1GB RAM on your config and that will be solved.
You lack a bit work memory to run demanding games through dosbox, believe me, a 2 GB RAM makes a world of difference in Vista.

[Peugeot405SRi]

You gonna have a lot of work to complete that list friend.

So let's give you a -(small)- helping hand:
Everything that runs in dosbox 0.72 will run in dosbox 0.72 whatever the platform is.
I'v' tested a lot of games on XP32, XP64, Vista32, Vista64, some Linux(32-64) and others ...
Dosbox runs on those platforms and it will run the comp games.
There can be a small problem on Vista (in fact on XP and Linux too) if you're on a restricted account, but that's easily solved with some very basic knowledge. Simply work in a folder where you have read/write access (Usually in your own folders).

Grand Prix 2 (works fine in DOSBox, sound slightly out of sync)

Add some 1GB RAM on your config and that will be solved.
You lack a bit work memory to run demanding games through dosbox, believe me, a 2 GB RAM makes a world of difference in Vista.

Do you have Vista?

[old_gamer]

YAY, quoting string, I like that.

You gonna have a lot of work to complete that list friend.

So let's give you a -(small)- helping hand:
Everything that runs in dosbox 0.72 will run in dosbox 0.72 whatever the platform is.
I'v' tested a lot of games on XP32, XP64, Vista32, Vista64, some Linux(32-64) and others ...
Dosbox runs on those platforms and it will run the comp games.
There can be a small problem on Vista (in fact on XP and Linux too) if you're on a restricted account, but that's easily solved with some very basic knowledge. Simply work in a folder where you have read/write access (Usually in your own folders).

Grand Prix 2 (works fine in DOSBox, sound slightly out of sync)

Add some 1GB RAM on your config and that will be solved.
You lack a bit work memory to run demanding games through dosbox, believe me, a 2 GB RAM makes a world of difference in Vista.

Do you have Vista?

What you think? Of course, I thought it's obvious, 32 and 64, XP and Vista.

I'v' tested a lot of games on XP32, XP64, Vista32, Vista64, some Linux(32-64) and others ...

I can hardly test games on systems I don't have, can I ?

[Peugeot405SRi]

YAY, quoting string, I like that.

You gonna have a lot of work to complete that list friend.

So let's give you a -(small)- helping hand:
Everything that runs in dosbox 0.72 will run in dosbox 0.72 whatever the platform is.
I've tested a lot of games on XP32, XP64, Vista32, Vista64, some Linux(32-64) and others ...
Dosbox runs on those platforms and it will run the comp games.
There can be a small problem on Vista (in fact on XP and Linux too) if you're on a restricted account, but that's easily solved with some very basic knowledge. Simply work in a folder where you have read/write access (Usually in your own folders).

Grand Prix 2 (works fine in DOSBox, sound slightly out of sync)

Add some 1GB RAM on your config and that will be solved.
You lack a bit work memory to run demanding games through dosbox, believe me, a 2 GB RAM makes a world of difference in Vista.

Do you have Vista?

What you think? Of course, I thought it's obvious, 32 and 64, XP and Vista.

I've tested a lot of games on XP32, XP64, Vista32, Vista64, some Linux(32-64) and others ...

I can hardly test games on systems I don't have, can I ?

Sorry, my mistake, misread your post. Besides, could have been on friend's PC [o/t] Why so many OS's? if you have XP64, why XP32 and the same with Vista....[/ot] Actually, this being my own PC, I have full admin privileges....

[old_gamer]

Why so many OS's?

Why not?

[Peugeot405SRi]

Back again. I haven't forgotten this project but recently suffered a setback when an attempt to rescue old PC files failed (spectacularly). This means that games such as Caesar II that I had before are lost. Apologies, but I have updated the list on my homepage.

[Peugeot405SRi]

*bump* So no one has ever offered to help. Useful.

[Peugeot405SRi]

*bump* Slight update.

[old_gamer]

Take a look@this:
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=8784

3,288 games have been tested (or are in the progress of being tested) under Windows 98SE,Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP 32/64, Windows 2003 32/64, Windows Vista 32/64, Windows 2008 32/64 and Suse Linux.

[Peugeot405SRi]

Well... they are less likely to have the older games... I hope

[grades]

How much free time could you spend on this list, Peugeot405SRi?

I'm asking because of the Secret Masterplan...