B17 - The Mighty Eighth

LongHaul · Post by **LongHaul** » 31 May 2006, 22:20

Hey guys

Was just wondering if any of you still play B17 II - The Mighty Eighth by Microprose. Its a classic game, but I cant get it to run under XP. If anyone knows of a way of making it work, Id be very grateful to know!

Thanks in advance

Rich

Jetset · Post by **Jetset** » 31 May 2006, 22:24

Used to have it on the Amiga. The engine sound never changed though even at full throttle. I used to give my crew personal names (it was in the game, I am not odd), and if it was someone I didn't like I hoped they got shot.

Nurse.............. can I go back now, to the happy place?

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 31 May 2006, 22:27

Have you tried right clicking the icon, properties, compatibility and selecting one of the options in there?

LongHaul · Post by **LongHaul** » 31 May 2006, 22:55

I either get an initialization error or it fails to detect the CD, ehatever compatibility option I use :think: Im sure I heard someone on here mention that thry had it running a while back, cant think who it was now

Jetty, the version your thinking about is probably the prequel to the one Ive got. Microprose released the DOS version as freeware a few years back, and ironically... the damn thing works fine in XP!

Would like to get my version running though, the graphics still look good after about six years, and the crew and damage modelling has, IMHO, never been bettered.

Post by **Rick Piper** » 31 May 2006, 23:01

Hi Guys

check here http://www.combatsim.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi ... 3&t=001181

if not just do a Google seach for "The Mighty Eighth XP"

thats all i did

Regards
Rick

LongHaul · Post by **LongHaul** » 31 May 2006, 23:17

For a student, Im fairly Google-illiterate y'know

Cheers Rick, I'll check that out

LongHaul · Post by **LongHaul** » 01 Jun 2006, 15:34

I've had a look at the link Rick gave me, and others it pointed me to, and it seems the game wont run 'out of the box' under XP - not on my system anyways :roll: However, there is a v2.0 patch which might do the trick. Catch is , it is no longer hosted by any of the sites that used to provide it. I dont suppose anyone has a copy of it do they?

Post by **Rick Piper** » 01 Jun 2006, 15:49

:roll:

Google searched for it "mighty eighth patch"

Link was dead as file is long gone

try the google search

this link works for me http://videogames.yahoo.com/download?eid=321790

Regards
Rick

LongHaul · Post by **LongHaul** » 01 Jun 2006, 17:54

Thanks Rick

I had tried searching for it, but had gone through a raft of dead links, must have stopped looking before I got to this one!

Cheers

Rich