computer geeks I NEED HELP!

well after i finally realized that beating my original x-box games over and over agian would get boring and seeing that newer PC games are not aloud on this computer. I wanted to go back to my old school games.
 
So i loaded a game called Battlezone by activision. came out around 95 great game but my newer computer doesn't like thinking slow  and i need some help
 
first of all activision tried to do too much with this game (way to much graphics for it's time) so it's already unstable but after i got the game to actually play, when you go into the game you can move, fire, die, all complete with great sound. but the screen freezes so you get a picture. usually it refreshes every 5 min not good in a fast moving game. the only problem i can see is that my screen or video card can only go down to 800x600 and the game has one setting 680x240 so can anyone help me to get this running casue it's one of the great classics you can't ever retire
 
 

couldnt be certain but sounds like you need a better video card

dude its probly just not play able, casue i trtied dukenukem 3D(thats right) and it worked but when i load an expansion pack it said i didnt have enough video memory it said i need 64mb when i have 512mb lol

Older games rarely work well on new hardware.  Most of my old games just refuse to work on XP even in compatability mode.

If you have a MOBO that allows it you can sometimes clock your processor down to a minimum that might let you play it, but it never is a cut and dry thing when these old games are trying to run on new equipment.

go but a $100 dollar used computer

From Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone_(1998_video_game)#Playability_on_modern_computers

Despite its age and use of the obsolete DirectX5 graphics interface, Battlezone can be played on PCs running Windows XP provided that the game is patched to version 1.4 and Data Execution Prevention is disabled for this application. On a Windows Vista platform, the game can only be played in Direct3D-mode with a NVIDIA graphics card.

Hope this helps.

well i found out i do have that video card that was mentioned. and i can get down to the resolutiuon i need. but it still won't run. i have downed the color and the color to match (the game only has one setting). idk now i am starting to get angry with this stuipid computer

You running xp or vista? You have a lcd monitor?

vista and lcd moniter. But i have had some succes i got it to the point of almost playability. the screen will refressh about every 6 seconds. not quite consistant but i messed around with the 3d graphics and still no help. i looked for this 1.4 version patch thats supposed to fix everything but i don't know how to add the patch to the program. it wants to download as a limewire file.

"Vista"  THERE is your problem...things worse than ME or, "NOT FOR ME" as tagged by Microsoft programmers

Very
Inconsistent
Software
Try
Again

Or

Vastly
Inferior
Software
To
Apples

Heres a direct link to the 1.4 patch

http://www.bzscrap.com/downloads/Patches/bz1_bzpat14.exe

Ya, I do alot of computer work and "moving" (def. not an upgrade) to Vista was the worst OS decision I've ever made. But MS is just 98'ing, Me'ing us again by releasing a basically beta OS only to subsequently release a real quality product in the next year or so... Windows 7. Well, they make the big $$$ for a reason, ya know, and it ain't by playing nice. LOL.

got the patch moved it to folder......still no difference i think it might be me and not understanding this new damn computer!

Its def vista. Do you have another computer you can try it on? One with xp?

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ORIGINAL: kerander

But MS is just 98'ing, Me'ing us again by releasing a basically beta OS only to subsequently release a real quality product in the next year or so... Windows 7

You should realize that 95-XP operating systems were all xp base....vista is the new system, and windows 7 will be a vista base OS. 

And I guess you don't remember when XP launched....xp blue screened daily and after every update, wouldn't run most 95-98 programs, and was overall unstable.  Vista only causes issues when you're trying to run 1)proprietary or 2)old software/devices.

And thor:  why are you so set on running a win95 game on Vista?  It doesn't seem to like it one bit .  You could try setting up a Virtual Box...do you have old XP discs, or is Battlezone linux-friendly?

don't know what linux friendly is wolfpack, but this was one of my first compuyter games my dad got me. and it never gets boring
 
i might see if i can reserect this windows 95 tower we bought new, only problem is i remember it cought a very nasty bug and don't thik it will work