I've found an impossible obstacle: I bet noone on totse can give me the correct way to get old lucasarts games like afterlife and star wars rebellion to run on XP. (Shameless cry for help)

thats not a challenge u just want someone to do it for u, but since im here ill give it a go
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ok im thinking u mean a dos game right? well i have a similar game (liero) as u all know it wont work on XP but if u disable the sound it will work, here are the instructions

1) find the exe file of that game
2) right click goto propeties
3) click on the program tab on the top
4) on the lines "cmd line" u should see something like C:\Liero\LIERO.exe
5) u simply change the line to C:\Liero\LIERO.exe /N
6) the /N command means disable sound and now it should run. (hopefully)

so i hope i helped if i havent then meh

Belongs in Games People Play, you're more likely to get an informed answer there..

Heads up Xenobite..!

LIERO!!! isnt that game really really hard?

Someone get System Shock 2 working on XP...now thats impossible

No, If you right click on the program you can emulate win95 mode, and that should let you do it. AND keep the sound!