Deadly_Nightshade

Games Part Two * Final Fantasy XI (with Windows-compatible Playonline Viewer) [[5]] * F1 2006 (Win 98/Me Compatibility Mode) * FlatOut 2 (32-bit Home Premium) * Flight Gear (32-bit Home Premium) * Flight Simulator 2004 * Flight Simulator X SP1, SP2 enables DirectX10 effects (32/64-bit) * FBI: Hostage Rescue * FIFA 07 * FIFA Manager 2007 * Football Manager 2007 * Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich * Freelancer * Flatout 2 * Fritz Chess 10 * Garry's Mod 10 (32/64-bit works) * Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (32/64-bit) * Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (64-bit) (GRAW2 works, but the Ageia PhysX engine may need to be installed with the quiet option) * Global Operations * Gothic 3 (Windows Vista will not allow two files to install in the system folder on 64-bit) * Grand Prix 4 * Grand Theft Auto II * Grand Theft Auto III * Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas * Grand Theft Auto: Vice City * Guild Wars / Prophecies / Factions / Nightfall * Gun * GunBound WC * GZDoom * Half Life * Half Life 2 & Half Life 2: Episode One * Half Life 2: Episode Two * Half Life 2: Lost Coast * Halo: Combat Evolved(Must install the latest patch) * Halo: Custom Edition * Halo 2 * Hitman: Blood Money * Hitman: Contracts * Hollywood Mogul 3 * Homeworld (Ultimate 32-bit) * Heroes of Might and Magic II- The Succession Wars (Operates fine with no compatiblity changes on Home Premium) * HomeWorld 2 (Home Premium 32-bit)- Works just fine, version 1.0 * Hoyle Card Games 2007, Board Games 2007, Puzzle Games 2007 * Hugo: The Evil Mirror * IGI2: Covert Strike (32-bit) * In The Groove + Impact Dance-pad * Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb * Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge (Install XP patch, run in Compatibility Mode XP SP2) * Jack the Reaper * Jade Empire: Special Edition (32/64-bit) * Jazz Jack Rabbit 2 * Jerusalem (French) (32-bit). Patch available here * Keepsake (32-bit) (Works after updating the StarForce drivers) * Kill Switch * KISS: Psycho Circus the Nightmare Child * Kisses (32-bit Home Premium) * Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Legend * Klotski (and Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1991) * Knights and Merchants (run as an administrator 32-bit Home Premium) * Lego Star Wars II (32/64-bit) * Lineage II: Chronicle 5 (32-bit) * Little Fighter 2 (32-bit) * LOCOMOTION by Chris Sawyer (64-bit) * Luxor, Luxor 2 (32-bit) * Max Payne 1.01 * Max Payne 2 * Magic Ball 3 * Mafia: City of Lost Heaven (32-bit) * Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (32/64-bit) * Medal of Honor: Airborne (32/64-bit) * Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (32-bit) Must check "Run this program as an Administrator" * Medieval 2 Total War (32-bit and 64-bit) * Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries - Must be patched to latest version and run in Windows XP Compatibility Mode as an Administrator (Home Premium 32-bit) * Microsoft Crimson skies (32-bit) * Monkey island III: the curse of Monkey island (32-bit) (Windows 95/98 compatibility mode)

Yes, one story you spam-posted everywhere. Can you please provide more proof then a single story that has no citations or indications of what the problem was, as even someone using XP has had the issue described.

Games Part One * 1602 A.D. (32-Bit) * 1701 A.D. (32,64-Bit) * 3D Rij-Simulator * 80 Days (32-bit) * Agatha Christie: And then there were None, Murder on the Orient Express (32-bit) * Aladdin in Nasira's Wraak (Dutch) * Aliens versus Predator 2 * America's Army 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 (32-bit) * Anno 1701 * Age of Empires and the Rise of Rome expansion * Age of Empires II and The Conquerors expansion * Age of Empires III and The WarChiefs expansion * Age of Mythology and The Titans expansion * Age of Wonders II * Alice (American McGee's) * Anarchy Online (32-bit) Runs fine. * Another World: 15th Anniversary Edition * Ankh (32-bit) [German] : Download the patch from official website * Archlord (32-bit and 64-bit) * Armies of Exigo * Atlantis I (French) (32-bit). Patch available here * Atlantis II, Atlantis III (32-bit) * Atlantis IV Evolution (32-bit) * Aura: Fate of the Ages (32-bit) * Armed and Dangerous * Arx Fatalis (32-bit / Not supported on 64-bit) * Blade Runner (32-bit) * Baldur's Gate (32bit) * Baldur's Gate II TUC (32bit) * Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (32bit) * Battle for Middle-Earth 1 & 2 * Battlefield 1942 * Battlefield 2 & Special Forces * Battlefield 2142(32bit) * Battlefield 2142(64bit) * Beyond Good and Evil (32-bit) * BioShock (64-bit) * Black and White 2 * Blood II The Chosen (It rarely crashes, but this was happening under XP too.) * Broken Sword: The Angel of Death * Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 * Cabal online * Caesar IV (32-bit) * Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth * Call of Duty & United Offensive * Call of Duty 2 (run cod2mp_s.exe in XP SP2 compability mode. Single-player operates fine.) * Call of Duty 2 * Call of Duty 4 (64-bit) * Call of Juarez (64-bit) * Championship Manager 2007 * Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (64-bit) * Civilization II * Civilization III * Civilization IV * Civ City Rome (32 bit) * Civ City Rome (64 bit) * Cobra 11 - Nitro (StarForce protection Vista-update is required) * Cold War * Colin McRae - DiRT (32/64-bit) * Colin McRae Rally 2 (32-bit Home Premium) * Commanche 4 (32-bit Home Premium) * Command & Conquer: The First Decade (Tiberium Sun may need to be re-installed) * Command & Conquer: Generals * Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour (Run as Administrator) * Command & Conquer: Renegade * Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars(32-bit) * Commandos: Beyond The Call Of Duty * Company of Heroes (32 Bit) * Condemned - Criminal Origins * Continuum * Counter-Strike 1.6 * Counter-Strike Condition Zero * Counter-Strike Source * Crashday (With patch 1.1 + No Intro Fix) * Cricket 07 (Australian version - works on both x86 & x64) * Crysis * Darkstar One * Darwinia * Dawn of War: Dark Crusade v1.2 (Vista Ultimate 64-bit) * Day of Defeat * Deal or No Deal * Deer Avenger 2 * Delta Force Black Hawk Down & Team Sabre * Deus Ex * Diablo I * Diablo II * Doom 2 (Doom95) (Requires DPlay.dll in the game's directory for doom95 to work properly) * Doom 3 (Requires working OpenGL support) * Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (Requires working OpenGL support) * Doomsday 3D Engine v1.9.0 Beta 4 * Dracula 2 (32-bit) (Run in Windows 98 Compatibility Mode) * Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (32-bit) * Driver (32bit) * Duke Nukem 3D High Resolution Pack (HRP) (also External Release (XTR)) v1.0 * Duke Nukem Manhattan Project * Dungeon Keeper * Dungeon Keeper: The Deeper Dungeons * Dungeon Keeper 2 (32-Bit) * Dungeon Runners (32-bit) * EA Link (for EA Games) * Dungeon Siege 2 (Tested on 32-bit) * Earth 2160 (32,64-Bit) * Egypt II, Egypt III (32-bit) * Eve Online (32-bit) * Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (32-bit both demo and full game) * Evany: Crystal Keys II (32-bit) * Everquest, Everquest II * Evidence - the last ritual * Evil Islands: Curse of Lost Soul (32/64-bit) * Fable: The Lost Chapters * Fallout (32 bit Home Premium, 64-bit Ultimate) * Fallout 2 (32-bit) * Fallout Tactics (32-bit) * Far Cry (64-bit and 32-bit with v1.4 patch) * F.E.A.R (32/64-bit) * F.E.A.R Extraction Point (expansion) * F.E.A.R Combat (Multiplayer)

Emulation * BeebEM 3.7 (32-bit) * Cygwin (64-bit) * Daemon Tools 4.08HE (32-bit/64-bit) * DOSBox (0.63 tested in 32 bit, worked fine) * Jnes 0.5.3 works great * Kawaks 1.57 * MAME32 (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) * Nestopia (32-bit) * Project 64 1.6 and 1.7 beta * RockNES (32-bit) * ScummVM 0.5.1 * Snes9X v1.39 * UltraISO 8.6.0.1936 * Virtual rs232 port Driver ver_6.0.1 (32-bit) * VisualBoy Advance Emulator 1.7.2 * ZSNES 1.51 (32-bit) Firewalls / IDS's * Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro 2008 (v6.0.2160.205.402.266 32/64bit) * Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0 - v3.0.15.277 (x86 and x64 versions) * ESET ESET Smart Security v3.0.563 or later (32/64-bit) * FortKnox Personal Firewall 2007 (32/64-bit) * Iolo Personal Firewall (32 bits only) * IBM Proventia Desktop for Windows Vista Preview 32-bit * Jetico Personal Firewall v.2 (32 and 64 bits) * Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0.2.621 and newer (32-bit, 64-bit runs in 32-bit mode) * Kerio WinRoute Firewall 6.3 (native 32 bits and 64 bits versions) * McAfee McAfee Personal Firewall 11.2 build 11.2.121 * Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 1.5 * PC Tools Firewall Plus 2.0 (32 bits only) * Symantec Norton 360 * Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006/2007 - NOTE: Download the latest version * Vista Firewall Control (native 32 and 64 bits) * Webroot Desktop Firewall

I have not had any problems with any of the games that I have tried to play on Vista, nor have any other applications given me any issues. But than again, I would not really recommend you upgrade unless you want the newer features of Vista and have a PC that is capable of running it. If you do decide to upgrade, you should make sure any programs that you want to use are compatable -I'll make another topic with a list of all the main programs that work or can be tweaked to work- and take that information into your calculations.

Works: AntiSpam & AntiSpyware * Avast Avast Home and Professional v4.7.942(32/64-bit) * CA eTrust PestPatrol Antispyware v4.4.4.81 (32-bit) * EMSI Software a-squared Free v2.1 * ESET ESET Smart Security v3.0.563 or later (32-bit/64-bit) * ESET NOD32 Antivirus v2.70.16 or later, v3.0.563 or later (32-bit/64-bit) * FireTrust MailWasher Pro Ver. 5.3 (32-bit) * Javacool Software SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 (32-bit/64-bit) * Lavasoft Ad-aware SE Personal v1.06 (32-bit/64-bit) * MailFrontier Anti-Spam * PC Tools Spyware Doctor v4.0.0.2621 * Pyrenean eDexter v1.42 (32-bit/64-bit) * Spybot Search & Destroy v1.4 (32-bit) * Spybot Search & Destroy v1.5 * Spyware Terminator v1.8.5.986 (32-bit) * Sunbelt CounterSpy V2 (x86/x64) * Trend Micro Internet Security 2007 (32-bit/64-bit) - NOTE: Get the latest version * Webroot Spy Sweeper v5.5.7 (32-bit) * WinPatrol WinPatrol v11.1.2007 or later (32-bit) AntiVirus * ALWIL Software o avast! v4.7 Home Edition (32/64-bit) (28 language versions) o avast! v4.7 Professional Edition (32/64-bit) (28 language versions) o avast! Virus Cleaner Tool - version 1.0.209 (32-bit) (Czech) * Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic (32-bit) * Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium 7.00.04.13 (32-bit) * BitDefender Antivirus 2008 (32/64-bit) * BullGuard o BullGuard Internet Security 7.0 (32-bit) o BullGuard Internet Security 7.0 (64-bit beta) * CA Etrust Etrust EZ CA Antivirus v8.2.0.13 (32-bit) * ClamWin portable v0.88.5 * ESET o ESET NOD32 Antivirus v2.70.16 or later, v3.0.563 or later (32-bit/64-bit) o ESET Smart Security v3.0.563 or later (32-bit/64-bit) * Hitman Pro (v2.6) * Jetico Personal Firewall for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista v.2.0.0.35 (32/64-bit) * Kaspersky o Kaspersky AntiVirus 6.0.2.614 and newer (32/64-bit) (64 bits runs as 32 bits) o Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0.2.614 and newer (32/64-bit) (64 bits run as 32 bits) o Kaspersky AntiVirus 7.0.0.125 * McAfee o McAfee AntiVirus 8.5i (32-bit) o McAfee Security Center 11.2 build 7.2.144 (32-bit only, 64-bit in development) o McAfee Site Advisor for IE or Firefox (32-bit) o McAfee VirusScan 11.2 build 7.2.144 (32-bit only, 64-bit in development) o Stinger v2.60 (32-bit) * Microsoft o Windows Live OneCare 1.5 (32-bit) o Windows Live OneCare 2.0.2500.10 (32/64-bit) * Moon Secure AV free 1.0.0.132 (32-bit) * Norman Virus Control * Panda Antivirus 2007 (32-bit) * Panda Antivirus + Firewall 2008 (64-bit) * PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 4.0 * Symantec o Norton Antivirus 2007 - NOTE: Download the latest version (32-bit and 64-bit) o Norton Antivirus 2008 o Norton Internet Security 2006/2007 - NOTE: Download the latest version (32-bit and 64-bit) o Norton Internet Security 2008 o Norton 360 o Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition v10.2.224 o Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition v10.2.276 * Steganos AntiVirus 2008 (32/64-bit) * Trend Micro o PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 v14.57 (32/64-bit) o PC-cillin Internet Security 2007 - NOTE: Get the latest version * ZoneAlarm Security Suite 7.1.013.000 Beta = Personally tested by myself on one or more Vista equipped PCs. NOTE: Of course, this list does not have all the programs out there, but it does have many of the ones that are known to have no issues with Vista. Feel free to post your own lists.

A mature "Teen" game would be ok, although I would suspect that this would be best as a "Mature" or "Adults Only" game.

I have Vista on one PC and XP on another, and so far I have been happy with both of them. Of course, I actually did some research and found out what would be needed to run Vista, and some games, properly - and managed to get something that works for less than $1,000. The minimum system requirements for Vista Basic are much lower than those for any other version* -disregarding the starter version for developing countries- and the recommended specs are even higher**. I would suspect that the people who are yelling about SP1 do not have the necessary hardware, or did not bother to check if their drivers were compatible with the update. * 800 MHz 512 MB RAM DirectX 9 capable N/A 20 GB 15 GB CD-ROM Vs. 1.0 GHz 1 GB RAM DirectX 9 capable GPU with Hardware Pixel Shader v2.0 and WDDM 1.0 driver support 128 MB RAM supports up to 2,756,000 total pixels (e.g. 1920

Downloading on both PCs now...

Well, Microsoft has finally released the first service pack for Windows Vista - and now users must decide if they want to do a complete installation or wait until Windows Update delivers the Service Pack in smaller segments. It has been confirmed that initial release retains the compatibility issues with several leading brands of antivirus and antispyware* programs, as well as other software, although most of the developers have issued either a SP1 compatible version or a patch to fix the issue within their existing software. At the moment, I have decided to wait and upgrade after I figure out some issues I have been having with my graphics drivers, but, once those are resolved, I plan on upgrading to SP1. Links: 32bit Vista 64bit Vista *Known Programs: BitDefender AV or Internet Security (10) Fujitsu Shock Sensor (2.1.0.0) Jiangmin KV Antivirus (10) Jiangmin KV Antivirus (2008) Zone Alarm Security Suite (7.1.078) Iron Speed Designer (5.0.1) Xheo Licensing (3.1) Free Allegiance (2.1) NYT Reader (1) Rising Personal Firewall (2007) Novell ZCM Agent (10.01)

It was my understanding that all of the extra stuff in the Enhanced Version was going to be offered as a patch to those who have the regular game.

I just rewatched The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly.

Nah, they're already subcontracted to Russia.

Turok

I'm falling asleep today... See you later this morning...

R.I.P.

Not that I want to derail the tread, but I thought this would fit in nicely after your comment. Christianity- The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever, if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

I've kept some going for three-four years, but, yeah, it might simply be time to buy another one.

The battery itself might be going, or you might need to clean the optical lens.

Part of my fleet...

Does it use its own power (id est a battery)?

I'm still playing SoaSE and MotB, and in the latter I am trying out a halfling invisible blade. Hopefully my copy of BGII will get here and then I'll reinstall the original to try out TuTu.

How are the newer ones? The last one I really played was Silver, and that was better than Yellow - although it did lack the kick-ass surfing mini-game.

I'm still playing MotB and SoaSE.