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Duke Nukem seriesInstalling on windows 98(8 posts)(8 posts)
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Posted September 02, 2009
I am tring to load the game on my older computer. It's without internet. I saved the program to a disc and tried to load it. I get an run time error that keeps coming up till I onplug the computer. I wanted all my games on the older computer. I tried to load it on my Vista, it runs OK there. Any suggestions. I removed the read only on the program.
Posted September 02, 2009
GOG installers will only work on Windows XP or later. GOG doesn't support any earlier versions of windows (95/98/Me).
You might be able to get it to work by installing to the Vista machine, then copying the game files to the Win98 machine, but I wouldn't count on it.
Posted September 02, 2009
You can't run GOG- wrapped games on Windows 98. They are made the way they are in order to run SPECIFICALLY on Windows XP/Vista and soon 7.
Posted September 02, 2009
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Pappy4u: I tried to load it on my Vista, it runs OK there. Any suggestions.

GOG's installers are only designed for XP and newer. What you need to do is install the game on your Vista system and then copy the installed files to your 98 system. Once there run the DOS executables directly (do not use DOSBox). Depending on your configuration you may need to restart into DOS mode in order to play.
EDIT: for reference, DN3D installs to C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Duke Nukem 3D by default.
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JudasIscariot: You can't run GOG- wrapped games on Windows 98. They are made the way they are in order to run SPECIFICALLY on Windows XP/Vista and soon 7.

You are mistaken; in many cases GOG does not need to work much magic beyond removing copy protection (if any) so games may well still work on older versions of Windows even if the installers do not. For DOS games no work is required at all because the games are running in DOSBox rather than natively; DOSBox is able to run original, unmodified DOS software just fine.
Post edited September 02, 2009 by Arkose
Posted September 02, 2009
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Pappy4u: I tried to load it on my Vista, it runs OK there. Any suggestions.
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Arkose: GOG's installers are only designed for XP and newer. What you need to do is install the game on your Vista system and then copy the installed files to your 98 system. Once there run the DOS executables directly (do not use DOSBox). Depending on your configuration you may need to restart into DOS mode in order to play.
EDIT: for reference, DN3D installs to C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Duke Nukem 3D by default.
Thank You I will try to copy the game over.
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JudasIscariot: You can't run GOG- wrapped games on Windows 98. They are made the way they are in order to run SPECIFICALLY on Windows XP/Vista and soon 7.

You are mistaken; in many cases GOG does not need to work much magic beyond removing copy protection (if any) so games may well still work on older versions of Windows even if the installers do not. For DOS games no work is required at all because the games are running in DOSBox rather than natively; DOSBox is able to run original, unmodified DOS software just fine.
Posted September 02, 2009
Yeah my bad. I need sleep. You can work around the installer especially with older games like Duke Nukem.
Posted September 06, 2009
not to knock on gog.com but the one sold on the 3dr store uses an setup compatible with win 9x. also you don't need dosbozx on win 98 just copy the dos files and rerun the setup.exe and add a shortcut to duke 3d.exe useing the included icon. gog.com packes the fies so you don't need to use an older pc.
Posted June 17, 2012
You can just install Duke3D on a Windows XP or later computer, then copy the files to your Windows 98 PC. Like everyone else is saying too, GOGWrap doesn`t work. Run DUKE3D.EXE instead.
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