Great Games/Hard to Find

emtmedic005 · 02-07-07, 08:17 PM

Aces of the Pacific and Aces Over Europe? has anyone heard of these games or have played them?

My dad got me Aces of the Pacific when i was about 6 or 7 (im 21 now, do the math). I loved the game and i was really good at it for a kid. when i was about 10 we moved to PA from Washington State and some how the game was losted in the move. About 5 years ago i was in a store and noticed some old cheap PC games. I looked through them and saw one that had A-10 Warthog, The Red Baron, Aces Over Europe and Aces of the Pacific in it. So i bought it, but it didnt work for some reason, i dont remember. But anyways we moved again to MA and i was going through some boxes and found that bundle pack CD so i put it in my PC and tried to load Aces of the Paficic but i couldnt cause it requires DOS to play it. So i dont know wat to do, i looked at all the ways one can do it but it doesnt make any sense.
So can anyone help me out? I remember with the orginal Aces game it came with a manual, it was a book actually and i was wondering if anyone has a copy for sale, haha. Or if anyone knows where i can buy the original Aces of the Pacific?

sonar732 · 02-07-07, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by emtmedic005

Aces of the Pacific and Aces Over Europe? has anyone heard of these games or have played them?

My dad got me Aces of the Pacific when i was about 6 or 7 (im 21 now, do the math). I loved the game and i was really good at it for a kid. when i was about 10 we moved to PA from Washington State and some how the game was losted in the move. About 5 years ago i was in a store and noticed some old cheap PC games. I looked through them and saw one that had A-10 Warthog, The Red Baron, Aces Over Europe and Aces of the Pacific in it. So i bought it, but it didnt work for some reason, i dont remember. But anyways we moved again to MA and i was going through some boxes and found that bundle pack CD so i put it in my PC and tried to load Aces of the Paficic but i couldnt cause it requires DOS to play it. So i dont know wat to do, i looked at all the ways one can do it but it doesnt make any sense.
So can anyone help me out? I remember with the orginal Aces game it came with a manual, it was a book actually and i was wondering if anyone has a copy for sale, haha. Or if anyone knows where i can buy the original Aces of the Pacific?

Have you attempted to utilize the 'compatability' function of Windows XP? Make it for W95 at 640X480 colors.

EDIT: I found your game pack on eBay though.

GSpector · 02-08-07, 12:00 AM

Hello emtmedic005,

According to the Aces manual (pg. 11) it says "For best results, install the programs from Windows, but run the flight simulations from DOS (with the exception of A-10 2). "

Also, make sure you have the required 6MB of free Hard Drive space for the installation

Also it looks like AotP requires M$-DOS 5.0 or higher

Wow, it's been a long time since I played these and I remember when I hoped to have a system that was good enough to really enjoy them.

I will admit that I did prefer many of the features of the old sims, many by MicroProse. I would like to see many old Sims like F-117a redone with whole new graphics & sounds but remain the same feel. I prefer Sims that allowed to do as well or as bad as I wanted without having to do it all over again like some arcade game. That's whay I like SH3

em2nought · 02-08-07, 01:09 AM

I think you might need a freeware program named DOSbox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox Heard about it, but haven't used it myself.

Winston · 02-08-07, 01:52 AM

I've tryed dosbox. It's very good as you can get to play a lot of old games. The trick is it needs a bit of tweeking to get the most out of it. However it's well worth it as if like me you have a shed load of old games to play. Spend a bit of time reading up on how to use it and you'll be fine.

WOD · 02-08-07, 07:01 AM

Dosbox is good...I´ve have it and use it for some old games if I don´t have lust to turn on my old PI. And the other thing is VDM Sound....with that 2 little prgramms I got nearly all old dosgames I have running under xp.

02-07-07, 08:17 PM	#1
emtmedic005 Weps Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Andover, MA Posts: 361 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great Games/Hard to Find Aces of the Pacific and Aces Over Europe? has anyone heard of these games or have played them? My dad got me Aces of the Pacific when i was about 6 or 7 (im 21 now, do the math). I loved the game and i was really good at it for a kid. when i was about 10 we moved to PA from Washington State and some how the game was losted in the move. About 5 years ago i was in a store and noticed some old cheap PC games. I looked through them and saw one that had A-10 Warthog, The Red Baron, Aces Over Europe and Aces of the Pacific in it. So i bought it, but it didnt work for some reason, i dont remember. But anyways we moved again to MA and i was going through some boxes and found that bundle pack CD so i put it in my PC and tried to load Aces of the Paficic but i couldnt cause it requires DOS to play it. So i dont know wat to do, i looked at all the ways one can do it but it doesnt make any sense. So can anyone help me out? I remember with the orginal Aces game it came with a manual, it was a book actually and i was wondering if anyone has a copy for sale, haha. Or if anyone knows where i can buy the original Aces of the Pacific?

02-08-07, 12:00 AM	#3
GSpector Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 676 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Hello emtmedic005, According to the Aces manual (pg. 11) it says "*For best results, install the programs from Windows, but run the flight simulations from DOS (with the exception of A-10 2).* " Also, make sure you have the required 6MB of free Hard Drive space for the installation Also it looks like AotP requires M$-DOS 5.0 or higher Wow, it's been a long time since I played these and I remember when I hoped to have a system that was good enough to really enjoy them. I will admit that I did prefer many of the features of the old sims, many by MicroProse. I would like to see many old Sims like F-117a redone with whole new graphics & sounds but remain the same feel. I prefer Sims that allowed to do as well or as bad as I wanted without having to do it all over again like some arcade game. That's whay I like SH3 __________________ Specter

02-08-07, 01:09 AM	#4
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Try DOSbox I think you might need a freeware program named DOSbox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox Heard about it, but haven't used it myself. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

02-08-07, 01:52 AM	#5
Winston Wild Night in Bangkok Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wales Posts: 179 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I've tryed dosbox. It's very good as you can get to play a lot of old games. The trick is it needs a bit of tweeking to get the most out of it. However it's well worth it as if like me you have a shed load of old games to play. Spend a bit of time reading up on how to use it and you'll be fine. __________________ "Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash"

02-08-07, 07:01 AM	#6
WOD Gunner Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 92 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	Dosbox is good...I´ve have it and use it for some old games if I don´t have lust to turn on my old PI. And the other thing is VDM Sound....with that 2 little prgramms I got nearly all old dosgames I have running under xp.