11-02-2009, 01:07 AM
Quote:Thanks. That is a very undesirable workaround in my opinion, but I suppose it would be better than trying to play with everything bright magenta.
I hear that... I wish it were as simple as ticking the 256 colors box in the compatibility tab, but being able to correct the colors at all is better than the Diablo disc essentially becoming a drink coaster in several years.
On the bright side, a friend of mine who got the full version of Windows 7 did NOT encounter this color palette problem. It could be the different hardware, but I have my fingers crossed the issue was exclusive to the pre-release versions of Windows 7.
Quote:Almost all of my Windows games work reasonably well in Vista 64 (except Chessmaster 5000 and Kings Quest VII) after some workarounds, and DosBox has made some nice advances for pre-Windows era stuff.
Ah, good ol' DOSBox. At least those IPX games will live on. Although I never got around to trying all my games with the Windows 7 Release Candidate, I had trouble with a King's Quest game also... Mask of Eternity? Come to think of it, I recall most older Sierra games becoming problematic. Didn't age well. But just about every other game ran fine with Windows 7, and surprisingly few required the built-in XP SP3 compat mode on either.