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bmrgb

	Settler
	Aug 2008 time: 14:18

16-08-2008 22:27

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anyone else having trouble with the free software?

Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

I was very excited to get the free software for the old colonization game but I find that my computer can't read it. Anyone else have this problem? How do I access the game?
LK

DanQ

	Chief Owner/ Administrator Ontario, Canada
	Aug 1998 time: 09:18

17-08-2008 01:21 | www

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Remove this text

This is the CD from the PC Gamer issue with the original Colonization on it then or..?

bmrgb

	Settler
	Aug 2008 time: 14:18

17-08-2008 03:08

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Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Yes---I got the free CD with the mag but it won't run at all. Any ideas about how I can access it?
LK

snoopy369

	Technical Assistant Of the Peanuts Gallery
	Apr 2004 time: 08:18

17-08-2008 03:32

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Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

It runs fine for me...

Can you not get the DVD to work at all? (It is a DVD, at least for me, by the way... are you using a CD drive for it?)

If you can read it, but can't run the menu or whatever, navigate to \assets\data\ and run Setup Sid Meier's Colonization.exe ...

DanQ

	Chief Owner/ Administrator Ontario, Canada
	Aug 1998 time: 09:18

17-08-2008 04:19 | www

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Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

Ah, PCG uses DVD for their media inserts now... shows how long it's been since I even looked at one. (

for how it shows my age...

)

Nikolai

	Deity Bergen, Norway
	Oct 2000 time: 15:18

17-08-2008 15:03

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Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

You are so old you've worked for a gaming mag that went downhill half a decade or so ago.

'
Which had CDs by the way.

The CD I bought the mag to get, had lots of Civ2 mods. Which wasn't there btw.

But no way I buy gaming mags anymore. I have teh awes0me interwebz.

DanQ

	Chief Owner/ Administrator Ontario, Canada
	Aug 1998 time: 09:18

17-08-2008 17:00 | www

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Got spare money?

quote:
Originally posted by Nikolai
You are so old you've worked for a gaming mag that went downhill half a decade or so ago.

RIP Strategy Gamer.

quote:
But no way I buy gaming mags anymore.

Neither do I.

Niptium

	Warlord Montréal Québec
	Sep 2004 time: 09:18

17-08-2008 21:04

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Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

I just bought a Linux magazine called Ubuntu special that comes with a DVD of the platform...

Do you think Firaxis games run under Ubuntu?

Nikolai

	Deity Bergen, Norway
	Oct 2000 time: 15:18

17-08-2008 21:46

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With Wine I'd guess they do.

snoopy369

	Technical Assistant Of the Peanuts Gallery
	Apr 2004 time: 08:18

18-08-2008 11:14

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Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Actually, if you're talking about the DOS version, you don't need Wine, I don't believe (WINDOWS emulator). DOSbox should work under Linux directly, as far as I know.

The current stuff may or may not work cleanly - Civ4 under Wine does, I believe, Solver could clarify that.

Asmodean

	Emperor Aarhus, Denmark
	Aug 1999 time: 15:18

18-08-2008 12:12 | www

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Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Erm....Dan??

Were you so embarrassed that you couldn't get Colonization to work, that you had to create a settler to ask the question?

Asmodean

DanQ

	Chief Owner/ Administrator Ontario, Canada
	Aug 1998 time: 09:18

18-08-2008 16:59 | www

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Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

quote:
Originally posted by Asmodean
Erm....Dan??

Were you so embarrassed that you couldn't get Colonization to work, that you had to create a settler to ask the question?

I'm hopeful someone(s) will be able to assist LK (bmrgb) resolve the issue ultimately.

bmrgb

	Settler
	Aug 2008 time: 14:18

19-08-2008 18:50

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Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

I am using (or trying to) a CD drive. It seems like it starts reading and then stops. It then seems like I do not have a disc there.
Dan Q--where in Ontario?
LK

Nikolai

	Deity Bergen, Norway
	Oct 2000 time: 15:18

19-08-2008 19:47

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Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

You can't read a DVD in a CD-reader.

Ironwood

	Prince Clovis, CA
	Oct 2001 time: 06:18

01-09-2008 23:38 | www

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The DOS version works just fine in Linux via DOSBox. It's how I play.

Now if only SMAC would run under ANY Windows compatibility layer software. I pirated XP (and deny it access to the Internet) for one reason alone: to play SMAC.

(BTW: Wine Is Not an Emulator)

DanQ

	Chief Owner/ Administrator Ontario, Canada
	Aug 1998 time: 09:18

01-09-2008 23:54 | www

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Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

quote:
Originally posted by bmrgb
Dan Q--where in Ontario?

Southeastern.

bmrgb

	Settler
	Aug 2008 time: 14:18

02-09-2008 22:53

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Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Has anyone bought the old game on CD-ROM?
Is it worth a shot?
LK

snoopy369

	Technical Assistant Of the Peanuts Gallery
	Apr 2004 time: 08:18

02-09-2008 23:00

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Suffering from ads?

Given that 2K Games has said they'll release the original game for free (via dosbox emulation), probably not worth it

I doubt you could easily find a copy, anyhow.

If you have the DVDRom, can you find someone with a DVD reader who can extract it and give you the file? Given it's dosbox, there's no meaningful install (you would need to find the shortcuts which have the dosbox command line syntax, is all).

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