micropros gp2 on windows 7 how to
Posted: 05.02.2011, 12:02
after much much work and determination i finally figured out how to play gp2 on my windows 7 machine with all the sounds and hassle free gaming i have posted this for people who want to play the old game on new machines no promising but vista users this should work 4 u 2
b4 I GET STARTED THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR THE INTERMEDIATE PC USER
OK TO GET THIS OLD RELIC OF A GAME TO WORK FIRST U MUST DOWNLOAD
DOSBOX FROM
http://ykhwong.x-y.net/
U WILL NEED THIS VERSION...
IT WILL WORK ON NORMAL DOS BOX BUT IS A PAIN TO FIND THE FILE DOSBOX.CONF IL GET TO THIS A LIL LATER
U WILL ALSO NEED TO FIND A PROGRAM CALLED - UNIVBE - ITS A PAIN TO FIND BUT EVENTUALLY U WILL i SEARCHED IN GOOGLE FOR HOURS unfortunatly i can not find a link for it because i forgot to save it but it HELPS TO CHECK OTHER FORUMS AS SOMETIMES THEY HAVE HANDY LINKS IN THERE AND ADVICE .. i do remember that was how i acquired mine from were remains a mystery
OK ANYWAY BACK TO THE SUBJECT
ONCE THIS (UNIVBE) IS FOUND THEN CREATE A FOLDER IN UR C DRIVE CALLED OLDGAMES AND PASTE UNIVBE IN THERE
C:\OLDGAMES
NOW AFTER DOWNLOADING DOSBOX GO TO THE DIRECTORY THAT UR DOSBOX FILE IS LOCATED AND IF U HAVENT ALREADY EXTRACT THE CONTENTS OF IT TO UR DESIRED LOCATION (HELPS TO HAVE A FEW DOSBOX INSTALLATIONS SO THAT U CAN RUN ANY GAME OF ONE AND CREATE SPECIAL ONES LIKE WE ARE HERE TO AVOID ALL THE MOUNTING NEEDED AND NOT HAVE TO EVER DO THIS ANNOYING TEDIOUS CRAP EVER AGAIN....
IN THIS LOCATION U HAVE JUST CREATED FIND DOSBOX.CONF
OPEN WITH NOTEPAD
IN THE [DOSBOX]
SECTION
CHANGE
-----------------------------------------------------
machine= XXXX
(XXXX BEING WAT THE ORIGINAL MACHINE = IS)
TO machine=svga_et4000
THEN SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS DOCUMENT AND CHANGE
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
SECTION TO
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
MOUNT D X:\ -t cdrom X BEING THE LETTER UR CD ROM DRIVE THAT UR GP2 IS IN
MOUNT C C:\OLDGAMES
SAVE AND EXIT
INSERT UR GP2 DISK AND
OPEN UR NEW MODIFYED DOSBOX WITH DOSBOX.EXE
U MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THE DIRECTORY IN DOS BOX AS IT WILL OPEN UP AND UL BE IN LIKE Z OR C DRIVE OR SOMETHING SO JUST TYPE D: PRESS ENTER AND TYPE DIR PRESS ENTER THEN TYPE INSTALL IT WILL OR SHOULD RUN U THROUGH THE INSTALLATION PROCESS ..
THE INSTALATION SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY CREATE ANOTHER FOLDER IN UR C:\OLDGAMES CALLED GP2
AFTER THE INSTALLATION IS COMPLETE OPEN UR DOSBOX.CONF AGAIN AND CHANGE THE
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at start up.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
MOUNT D X:\ -t cdrom - X BEING THE LETTER UR CD ROM DRIVE THAT UR GP2 IS IN
MOUNT C C:\OLDGAMES
TO
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
MOUNT C C:\OLDGAMES
MOUNT D X:\ -t cdrom - X BEING THE LETTER UR CD ROM DRIVE THAT UR GP2 IS IN
C:\UNIVBE.EXE
C:
cd gp2
gp2
SAVE AND EXIT
AFTER THIS IS COMPLETED U SHOULD NOW BE ABLE TO OPEN UR DOSBOX.EXE AND IT SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY START GP2
PRESS ALT ENTER TO PLAY GP2 IN FULL SCREEN
HAVE FUN
Annotations:
-AS I HAVE SAID You can also use the standard version of DOSBOX found under http://www.dosbox.com, but ITS AN ASS TO FIND DOSBOX.CONF
-Without that UNIVBE.EXE thingo the game-screen will BE REALLY SMALL AND THE GRAPHIX WILL BE REALLY POOR
- I have tested this on Windows 7
- I have done this with "The Need for Speed Special Edition" and gp2, and it works well but nfs i did do a lil differently following a guide i found online which is were i came up with the idea of this way of making gp2 run and found univbe
I hope this is helpfull and u can now enjoy gp2 on windows 7 .....
b4 I GET STARTED THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR THE INTERMEDIATE PC USER
OK TO GET THIS OLD RELIC OF A GAME TO WORK FIRST U MUST DOWNLOAD
DOSBOX FROM
http://ykhwong.x-y.net/
U WILL NEED THIS VERSION...
IT WILL WORK ON NORMAL DOS BOX BUT IS A PAIN TO FIND THE FILE DOSBOX.CONF IL GET TO THIS A LIL LATER
U WILL ALSO NEED TO FIND A PROGRAM CALLED - UNIVBE - ITS A PAIN TO FIND BUT EVENTUALLY U WILL i SEARCHED IN GOOGLE FOR HOURS unfortunatly i can not find a link for it because i forgot to save it but it HELPS TO CHECK OTHER FORUMS AS SOMETIMES THEY HAVE HANDY LINKS IN THERE AND ADVICE .. i do remember that was how i acquired mine from were remains a mystery
OK ANYWAY BACK TO THE SUBJECT
ONCE THIS (UNIVBE) IS FOUND THEN CREATE A FOLDER IN UR C DRIVE CALLED OLDGAMES AND PASTE UNIVBE IN THERE
C:\OLDGAMES
NOW AFTER DOWNLOADING DOSBOX GO TO THE DIRECTORY THAT UR DOSBOX FILE IS LOCATED AND IF U HAVENT ALREADY EXTRACT THE CONTENTS OF IT TO UR DESIRED LOCATION (HELPS TO HAVE A FEW DOSBOX INSTALLATIONS SO THAT U CAN RUN ANY GAME OF ONE AND CREATE SPECIAL ONES LIKE WE ARE HERE TO AVOID ALL THE MOUNTING NEEDED AND NOT HAVE TO EVER DO THIS ANNOYING TEDIOUS CRAP EVER AGAIN....
IN THIS LOCATION U HAVE JUST CREATED FIND DOSBOX.CONF
OPEN WITH NOTEPAD
IN THE [DOSBOX]
SECTION
CHANGE
-----------------------------------------------------
machine= XXXX
(XXXX BEING WAT THE ORIGINAL MACHINE = IS)
TO machine=svga_et4000
THEN SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS DOCUMENT AND CHANGE
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
SECTION TO
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
MOUNT D X:\ -t cdrom X BEING THE LETTER UR CD ROM DRIVE THAT UR GP2 IS IN
MOUNT C C:\OLDGAMES
SAVE AND EXIT
INSERT UR GP2 DISK AND
OPEN UR NEW MODIFYED DOSBOX WITH DOSBOX.EXE
U MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THE DIRECTORY IN DOS BOX AS IT WILL OPEN UP AND UL BE IN LIKE Z OR C DRIVE OR SOMETHING SO JUST TYPE D: PRESS ENTER AND TYPE DIR PRESS ENTER THEN TYPE INSTALL IT WILL OR SHOULD RUN U THROUGH THE INSTALLATION PROCESS ..
THE INSTALATION SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY CREATE ANOTHER FOLDER IN UR C:\OLDGAMES CALLED GP2
AFTER THE INSTALLATION IS COMPLETE OPEN UR DOSBOX.CONF AGAIN AND CHANGE THE
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at start up.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
MOUNT D X:\ -t cdrom - X BEING THE LETTER UR CD ROM DRIVE THAT UR GP2 IS IN
MOUNT C C:\OLDGAMES
TO
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
MOUNT C C:\OLDGAMES
MOUNT D X:\ -t cdrom - X BEING THE LETTER UR CD ROM DRIVE THAT UR GP2 IS IN
C:\UNIVBE.EXE
C:
cd gp2
gp2
SAVE AND EXIT
AFTER THIS IS COMPLETED U SHOULD NOW BE ABLE TO OPEN UR DOSBOX.EXE AND IT SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY START GP2
PRESS ALT ENTER TO PLAY GP2 IN FULL SCREEN
HAVE FUN
Annotations:
-AS I HAVE SAID You can also use the standard version of DOSBOX found under http://www.dosbox.com, but ITS AN ASS TO FIND DOSBOX.CONF
-Without that UNIVBE.EXE thingo the game-screen will BE REALLY SMALL AND THE GRAPHIX WILL BE REALLY POOR
- I have tested this on Windows 7
- I have done this with "The Need for Speed Special Edition" and gp2, and it works well but nfs i did do a lil differently following a guide i found online which is were i came up with the idea of this way of making gp2 run and found univbe
I hope this is helpfull and u can now enjoy gp2 on windows 7 .....