Discworld Noir?

[foolsgold]

Does anyone remember the PC game 'Discworld Noir' with Lewton the detective?

Dan.

 

[Tonyblack]

I've actually got it - trouble is, it won't work on my PC.

 

[Quark]

Never played it before, but as abandonware it is available here. 8) Looks rather good, but I've got more games than time nowadays so it might be a while before I can test it.

 

[foolsgold]

I've actually got it - trouble is, it won't work on my PC.

I looked on amazon for it, and someone said that it would only work on Windows 95 and 98 but someone has commented saying if you use a programme called 'scummvm' (google it) it will work, apparently you can use it in order to play old games. Hopefully that will help

 

[foolsgold]

Never played it before, but as abandonware it is available here. 8) Looks rather good, but I've got more games than time nowadays so it might be a while before I can test it.

Yes, I used to have it when I was about 7 and I looked it up on youtube the other day and someone has posted some videos of it, so because of that (and other factors), I decided to buy the first book

 

[foolsgold]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuY8hEw5724

That's the first part of it. Apparently Rob Brydon is the voice of the detective in it!

 

[Tonyblack]

Thanks, I may look into it - but, to be honest, I don't play games much.

 

[sweet oblivion]

have this lying around somewhere. I periodically try and get it to run on whatever computer I happen to have at the time but never got it to work.

I just put it down to female-computer ineptitude

 

[Tonyblack]

have this lying around somewhere. I periodically try and get it to run on whatever computer I happen to have at the time but never got it to work.

I just put it down to female-computer ineptitude

Welcome, sweet oblivion!

It's not you - this was only made to run on older versions of Windows. It will work on newer ones, but you have to download programes to make it work.

 

[sweet oblivion]

Hmmm, in that case I suspect it'll remain un-prodded until I have an extreme fit of optimism.

Thanks, anyway!

 

[Quark]

If you really want I can run you through a walkthrough of how to get it working.

 

[Moon Dragon]

I have this game and LOVED it when it came out and I played it the first time :-D. I don't know if this'll help, but most older games can work if you use DOS box.

I have a friend who has a site called the Sierra Help Page. Despite the name I'm pretty sure he also helps with other games. He is really good at getting older games to work on newer computers. If he doesn't know how to fix something already, he is usually quick to finding it out.

 

[Banzai]

It works fine with DosBOX (dosbox.de). Its a dos 6.2 emulator that slows down the speed of the game so its playable. (it also works well for all old 16 bit games like Toonstruck and such).

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[fords]

I'm not sure about Vista, but Windows 7 has a compatbility mode where you can run a game using the settings of an older OS (it's the only way I can play Civ 4 without my PC throwing a tantrum). There's also the Virtual Machine, where you can run an XP emulator.

 

[Tonyblack]

Vista and XP have compatability modes I've just discovered. I'll have a go at getting the game to run later.

 

[foolsgold]

Vista and XP have compatability modes I've just discovered. I'll have a go at getting the game to run later.

Good luck, let us know how you get on!

 

[TwoShotTino]

I'm struggling to get this game to work, I've DLd Dosbox but don't understand how to use it. Really want to play this game too

 

[Tonyblack]

Welcome to the site, TwoShotTino!

I haven't been able to get it to work either.

 

[SimStars13]

I play it through an emulator on my mac - I think it's windows xp, which has computability modes. All you need to do (I think) is fiddle around with lower colour settings and the right computability mode to make it work.

 

[The Mad Collector]

It will run for a while on my old XP but eventually hits a problem as it doesn't seem to remember all the places I've been and people I've talked to. I got stuck so eventually looked up how to progress on a bulletin board only to find that I had already done everything I needed to do it's just that the game didn't recognise this