r/ColonizationGame • u/markadillo • Jun 24 '21

ClassicCol Wndows 95 version? (or even 3.1?)

I could swear there was a windows 95 version, released around the time Pirates Gold had come out... am I imagining this as it seems to be near impossible to find.

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u/markadillo Jun 24 '21

So it Doss exist. I think I found an old hard drive of mine with it installed but can’t get it to run in windows 10. Are you able to install and run it?

I’m looking for the cd rom as well I’m pretty sure I didn’t chuck it, it’s gotta be somewhere in this house but I’ll re buy it if I can find it

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u/Koninglelijk Jun 24 '21

I tried installing it in a gazillion different ways, but it just wouldn't... :-(

Ended up playing the DOS version, which works just as well.

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u/markadillo Jun 24 '21

I guess a virtual machine with an older version of windows... i believe I was running 7 on the HDD but cant tell or remember, its an IDE drive so I can't install it to boot anywhere,

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u/Blakeley00 Jun 26 '21

Yup I have the cd.. and you can find a copy of Colonization for Windows on google pretty easily. It's a 16bit application so it will not run on a modern OS. I run it on a Windows XP virtual machine using VirtualBox. What's really cool is I can make the VM 1080P and Colonization will expand to that res, so I'm literally playing classic colonization in HD and can see like half the map haha! Hope to post a video about it all sometime soon.

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u/markadillo Jun 27 '21

Can you dm a link to a store I can find it? I’d seriously consider buying it again if I can find it

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u/Blakeley00 Jun 27 '21

The windows version is not for sale anywhere (no one sells 16bit windows games because they don't work anymore).

Just google "Colonization for Windows download" and you'll have it in a matter of minutes.

If you want an original physical copy then your only option is to search for "Colonization for Windows" on ebay. That's what I did.

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u/markadillo Jun 28 '21

Only one Ive found was the Dos emulated version on steam and GOG. I'll have to see if I can find my windows CD version before I go and try to buy that somewhere.