Sim tower and Windows 7

[Megan140]

I've been trying for over an hour now to get Sim Tower (I know, old game. No need to tell me) to work. It worked fine up to Vista. I've tried to run it in compatibility mode but with no luck. I've also tried Virtual PC 2007 but nothing. I have even tried copying and pasting to my comp and then installing but nothing (that one was a long shot I know). I am currently installing VMware-the free download-to see if that will work.
Is there anything else I can try to get this game to work? I have Windows 7 Home premium 64bit.

-that's what I keep getting

 

[Megan140]

I've been trying for over an hour now to get Sim Tower (I know, old game. No need to tell me) to work. It worked fine up to Vista. I've tried to run it in compatibility mode but with no luck. I've also tried Virtual PC 2007 but nothing. I have even tried copying and pasting to my comp and then installing but nothing (that one was a long shot I know). I am currently installing VMware-the free download-to see if that will work.
Is there anything else I can try to get this game to work? I have Windows 7 Home premium 64bit.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g284/ViraIshnia/ugh.png-that's what I keep getting

This is what I get with VMware:

 

[Herr_Koos]

I'm guessing it uses a 16bit installer, which will not execute in a 64bit OS. Which OS do you have installed on the virtual machine?

 

[Snipergod87]

I'm guessing it uses a 16bit installer, which will not execute in a 64bit OS. Which OS do you have installed on the virtual machine?

It shows he has Sevrer 03 x64 virtualized (but not booting, its trying to boot over LAN) which is also a 64bit OS and wont run sim tower.. You need a 32bit OS.

 

[verbalizer]

^+1

 

[Megan140]

It shows he has Sevrer 03 x64 virtualized (but not booting, its trying to boot over LAN) which is also a 64bit OS and wont run sim tower.. You need a 32bit OS.

So how do I get it to run on a 64bit?

 

[henydiah]

i think this Sim Tower can work in win7 with CD no copy in HDD /virtual

 

[Megan140]

i think this Sim Tower can work in win7 with CD no copy in HDD /virtual

How?

 

[henydiah]

sim tower bundle CD

 

[Megan140]

sim tower bundle CD

What CDs are in the that? Mine came in a bundle.
Sim City
Sim Copter
Sim Isle
Sim safari
Sim Tower

 

[henydiah]

play load game use CD

 

[Megan140]

play load game use CD

What? I can't even get the computer to read the CD it shows that first error message

 

[Herr_Koos]

play load game use CD

You didn't read his first post, did you?

 

[henydiah]

sorry

 

[Herr_Koos]

Cool, we all miss things sometimes.

Besides using a Virtual PC, I can't really think of anything else. Will SimTower run under DOS?

 

[Megan140]

Cool, we all miss things sometimes.

Besides using a Virtual PC, I can't really think of anything else. Will SimTower run under DOS?

I tried using dosbox but I couldn't figure it out. I know nothing about dos so even getting it to find the CD was impossible

 

[Herr_Koos]

DOSBox comes with help instructions included. You can figure it out with a bit of patience and reading. What you need is two lines of code that mount the CD-ROM and your games directory. Type "intro" after launching DOSBox to get detailed instructions on how to do it.

 

[Megan140]

DOSBox comes with help instructions included. You can figure it out with a bit of patience and reading. What you need is two lines of code that mount the CD-ROM and your games directory. Type "intro" after launching DOSBox to get detailed instructions on how to do it.

So I've managed to mount the game but now when I try to install it I get illegal command:win

 

[henydiah]

when your game work fine in vista !
maybe can built 2 system Vista & Win7 ?

 

[verbalizer]

what are your system specs anyways.?
if had win7 professional or ultimate then it could be tried under xp-mode.
win7 home doesn't have that option.
it might be worth it anyways to windows anytime upgrade to win7 pro or ultimate since you have valid install, look into it.
with enough RAM (4GB) I think is the requirement try xp-mode.

 

[Megan140]

what are your system specs anyways.?
if had win7 professional or ultimate then it could be tried under xp-mode.
win7 home doesn't have that option.
it might be worth it anyways to windows anytime upgrade to win7 pro or ultimate since you have valid install, look into it.
with enough RAM (4GB) I think is the requirement try xp-mode.

Unfortunately, this isn't my computer (mine is a vista that doesn't work so good anymore). It's my moms. It's an HP Pavillion dv7. 64 bit OS with 4GB ram. It has Windows 7 Home Premium

 

[verbalizer]

anytime upgrade from home to pro or ultimate..

 

[Megan140]

Upgrading does sound like a good idea but I kinda wanted to play this game without having to buy software

 

[verbalizer]

lol..

 

[Herr_Koos]

Upgrading does sound like a good idea but I kinda wanted to play this game without having to buy software

Whoa there! No need to upgrade Windows just yet. There are free Virtual PC apps you can try (like Sun VirtualBox).