darth_ender said:
Perhaps I could enlist a little help here. I am trying to install the Star Wars: X-wing Collectors Series on my Windows 7 machine. This is the re-release of X-wing and TIE Fighter on CD for Win95. Though I was surprisingly able to install the only slightly newer X-wing Alliance, I cannot install this one. I've tried setting the Install file to compatibility for Windows 95, I've tried running it as an administrator, but no success. Now I know that there are some amazing technical geniuses who frequent this site, so I'm wondering if anyone knows how to install a stubborn 32 bit game on a 64 bit operating system?
I haven't played these games for ages, and I'm anxious to do so once again...in my very limited free time, of course.
It's likely a 16bit install file. I ran into this problem with The Phantom Menace game as well, actually. If you know what you're doing you might be able to modify the directions from this guide to suit X-Wing. I'd also recommend looking up VDMSound to see if it works with Windows 7. The old soundcard emulator is a treasure and helps run a lot of old stuff.