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Games People Play Games People Play is where to discuss personal computer, video game console, and arcade hardware and software - be it RPG, Sim, Strategy, Fighting, Action/Platform, or any other category. Although discussion of modern platforms/software will most likely dominate, discussion of classic videogame/computer hardware and software is always enjoyable, and certainly welcome - ESPECIALLY since there are public domain/shareware emulators of nearly every older computer/console available these days. Here's a taste of what awaits you: Nintendo-vs-Sega-vs-Sony, Console-vs-PC-vs-Mac, Hardware spec sheets/information, Industry news and discussion, Software reviews, IRC conference announcements/Reports, Emulators, Emulators, Emulators! ... and much, much more!

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Old 2002-10-06, 02:31
Zheka Zheka is offline
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anyone play this game? what do you think, any good? i bought it yesterday but my god damn computer wont play it. what does it mean when it says

Failed to Load Hard Sprits(spelled it right?)
out of video memory.
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Old 2002-10-06, 02:35
SomeEverydayNobody SomeEverydayNobody is offline
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Sounds to me like your video card doesnt have enough ram. How big is it?

:keep in mind this is a quick assumtion Ive made!
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Old 2002-10-06, 03:20
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63 MB of ram. its a crappy old computer.
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Old 2002-10-06, 03:39
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I've had that happen while trying new games on a 16MB Voodoo 3. Try dropping your desktop resolution and depth before you start the game. Assuming it gives you that message on startup, of course.
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Old 2002-10-06, 04:10
SomeEverydayNobody SomeEverydayNobody is offline
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I didnt mean PC ram, I meant video card ram. but chances are if your pc has 63mb ram, your video card is somethign like 8mb, which emans youll probably need a new one to run any games now-a-days.

wanna hear soemthing funny? your COMPUTER has 63mb of ram. My video card has 64mb DDR ram! sorry, just a bit amusing.
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Old 2002-10-09, 07:50
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there should be some settings that should change the video procesing. try find something that says software rendering and use that. that should work.

your not missing out on much though, the game is overly complicated with a very slow learning curve. it has little action (you can aviod all action with an autoplay button) and is not hard to win the game once you pick up on a few things.

it spent a total of two days on my hard drive (beating winamp3 by one and a half days).
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Old 2002-10-09, 11:39
XeNobiTe XeNobiTe is offline
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quote:
Originally posted by SomeEverydayNobody:
wanna hear soemthing funny? your COMPUTER has 63mb of ram. My video card has 64mb DDR ram! sorry, just a bit amusing.


Don't brag. My video card has 128 meg ddr and I have a gig of sdram. So what? There are prolly people who have 4 gig sdram. Who cares? Yes, 64 meg sdram isn't enough if you're going to play games that were made afther 98-99, but if you're using your pc for playing occasionally an mp3 and doing some surfing on the net, then 64 meg is more than enough.
 
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