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minus-squareJannis@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI tried to install Civilization 2 from a CD on Windows 10. It didn’t work.
minus-squareikantolol@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agothere’s workaround but it’s a pain in the ass… https://www.myabandonware.com/game/sid-meier-s-civilization-ii-453 basically the game use old .bin disk file, you must convert it to .iso mount the .iso run the setup.exe to install Civilization II
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI’m unsure if this is doable with Windows, but when using wine there’s a simple workaround for this: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=4849 Mostly it boils down to copy the whole civ2 directory as-is.
I tried to install Civilization 2 from a CD on Windows 10. It didn’t work.
there’s workaround but it’s a pain in the ass… https://www.myabandonware.com/game/sid-meier-s-civilization-ii-453
basically
.bindisk file, you must convert it to.iso.isosetup.exeto install Civilization III’m unsure if this is doable with Windows, but when using wine there’s a simple workaround for this:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=4849
Mostly it boils down to copy the whole civ2 directory as-is.