Recent content by Mantis312

Im getting exactly the same problem. Keeping the shift button down works fine but I just have no idea how I can correct this with the key mapper (sorry pretty useless here!). I type Control-F1 and bring the virtual keyboard up but am pretty lost from there. If someone could provide some sort of...

Sorry for the many questions but is there also a guide to installing/playing these games in Windows 7 or do I just need to read through all the old threads etc? Many thanks

Thanks for your help. I have just got my wing commander 4 in the post, it is the version as per the box above which is windows 95 and ms dos native. Would anyone know whether it is better to install the dos version and run through dos box or install the windows 95 version and just run it...

Thanks heaps. Yeah I have been looking for the DVD version but seems like quite a hard beast to find! If I get the Windows 95 version then would running it in Windows 95 compatibility mode in my Windows 7 be the option to get it running? Sorry for all the questions, if there is a link to...

Thanks heaps! I can only seem to find Windows 95 version of the WC4 game. Not a Dos one? Maybe I am out of touch with the versions that were released but I assume the Windows 95 version can be run through DosBox as well? It is the "Big Box" version. Thanks for your help!!

Hi there This is my first post in the forums here. I like all of you are a huge fan of the Wing Commander games, namely WC3 and WC4 that I remember playing as a teenager. I have a Dell XPS laptop with Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit so did not ever really think about running them till I did...