Theme Hospital not installing on Windows XP

[dwarfer16]

Hi, I suddenly had an urge to play the classic theme hospital which I havn't played in years but whether I install it off a CD or a download, I get the same error message:

Theme hospital requires Windows 95 or Windows NT or higher

but I am already running Windows XP. I know this is an old game but sometimes it's nice to be able to play the oldies! Any ideas appriciated. Cheers.

-dwarfer16

[herulach]

have you tried it in vompatibility mode? (right click, properties, compatibility)

[Lee H]

Try dosbox - http://dosbox.sourgeforge.net

That works for me for a variety of older games

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/comp_l...D=663&letter=T

Works fine - some issues with sound apparently, but there always was with this game really

[DavidM]

Thanks Lee - i've not been able to play this for ages

[dwarfer16]

Thanks Herulach! works a treat :-D

-dwarfer16

[Durinthiam]

With SP2 + latest updates Theme Hospital installed 1st time on XP Home for me

[moosehound]

hi, installed ok for me also - I LOVE that game ! Sooooo funny and such a joy to play - classic Bullfrog !

I now need to look on the bay for a cheap copy of Dungeon Keeper ;O)

[yamangman]

I've got Dungeon Keeper

I'd watch out playing Theme Hospital on XP/high spec PC however. I did it before and you'll find on the later levels you will be absolutely inundated with patients due to some backward coding that's reliant on PC performance .



Talking about reviving old classics, I was thinking about installing Total Annihilation the other day, hmm.

[Larkspeed]

Talking about reviving old classics, I was thinking about installing Total Annihilation the other day, hmm.

I'm playing that now

[johnny02004976]

im thinking about digging out theme park

[steve threlfall]

Talking about reviving old classics, I was thinking about installing Total Annihilation the other day, hmm.

That game stole thousands of hours of my time

Rollercoaster Tyccon aswel... must... resist... playing

[Lee H]

I've got Dungeon Keeper

I'd watch out playing Theme Hospital on XP/high spec PC however. I did it before and you'll find on the later levels you will be absolutely inundated with patients due to some backward coding that's reliant on PC performance .

Syndicate wars is the same - uber fast and too crazy to play.... but I keep going back to it like a sadistic lamb with a fetish for knives running into the slaughterhouse

[DavidM]

/me wonders if he still has Sentinel Returns

Not a bad remake... the programmer was an old work colleague as well.

[herulach]

syndicate FTW, its worth cleaning the years off dust off the p100 i have in the attic.

[directhex]

Syndicate wars is the same - uber fast and too crazy to play.... but I keep going back to it like a sadistic lamb with a fetish for knives running into the slaughterhouse

Blade Runner is *almost* perfect - however, the shooting range doesn't work (it doesn't start), and at one point you are unable to run away from a bomb, as it explodes faster than you can run away.

Poop

[yamangman]

The shooting range didn't start on my Windows 98 P2 400 machine Wait about 4 to 10 minutes and it will start, then every succesive time you enter, it starts immediately. Never had the bomb problem, although it was annoying trying to find that perfect spot in the street you had to run to