"Computer Game Patches" Topic
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| David Hinkley | 23 Jun 2015 2:55 p.m. PST |
I have gotten the urge to play a number of older computer games, but ran into a hitch. Where can one currently get the patches the companies put out for their games to fix the various problems that showed up? There are games I am particularly interested in are : Waterloo and The Operational Art of War I by Talonsoft, Close Combat II and III by Microsoft, Harpoon and SSG's Carriers at War. What makes the situation even more annoying is I think they are all on a Zip Disk but my current computer lacks a 3.5 inch drive and a serial port so I can not attach my Zip Drive to it. |
| Jakse375 | 23 Jun 2015 3:45 p.m. PST |
i replied in you other post |
| 53Punisher | 23 Jun 2015 5:11 p.m. PST |
There are 3.5 USB disk drives available. I bought one from Amazon and it works great. |
| jeffreyw3 | 23 Jun 2015 5:44 p.m. PST |
I don't believe we patched Close Combat. I added a frame rate cap on 3, but I can't recall if 2 had it or not. If not, it would be completely unplayable on a modern machine. Technology marches on… :) |
| CeruLucifus | 23 Jun 2015 8:02 p.m. PST |
There are also USB to serial adapters. |
| Razor78 | 24 Jun 2015 5:36 a.m. PST |
Matrix games makes the updated versions of the Close Combat series. I bought them from steam. |
| whitejamest | 24 Jun 2015 7:50 a.m. PST |
I had no idea the Close Combat series had been retooled and re-released! So glad to hear that, thanks for the info. Favorite computer game series ever. |
| Dynaman8789 | 24 Jun 2015 10:00 a.m. PST |
ToAW has also been released by Matrix. |
| jeffreyw3 | 25 Jun 2015 5:16 a.m. PST |
I'm very curious to know where they got the rights--are they here on TMP? |
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