Egyptian prophecy and vista

[surgemaster]

Hello,
will the egyptian propehecy play on vista with 2 gigs

 

[M8R-nbe6p6]

Hello,
will the egyptian propehecy play on vista with 2 gigs

Do you mean this game?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Egyptian_Prophecy


The short answer is: no, this game will probably not work on Vista.

The long answer is: MAYBE, but it will take some work to even try. From what I can see on Google, the game will **MIGHT** work on Vista depending on where you got it from.

Did you buy it on CD-ROM? or did you use a GAME DOWNLOAD service?


* CD-ROM
If you bought this game as a physical disc with "Dreamcatcher" labeling on it as the producer, then there might be a software patch. I see some discussion about this:

http://www.gameboomers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/710116/1.html
http://www.gameboomers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/717451/1.html
http://www.gameboomers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/683297

Part of the problem with the patch is that the producer website is gone, they went out of business. This means that you would need to search for copies of the patch from other places:

http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=THE+EGYPTIAN+PROPHECY+%2Bpatch

It is possible that there are two separate patches: a Vista patch and a patch for NVidia video cards:

http://games.softpedia.com/get/Patch/The-Egyptian-Prophecy-the-Fate-of-Ramses-Nvidia-Patch.shtml

Microsoft has a page published explained that this CD-ROM version (the boxed copy) does not work on 32-bit Vista, but they give very little detail beyond that:

http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/windows-vista/Details.aspx?type=Software&p=Egyptian%20Prophecy&v=Dreamcatcher%20Interactive&uid=&pf=8&pi=6&c=PC%20Gaming&sc=Action%20%26%20Adventure

So far, I can't find a download page for a "Vista patch", so this is not looking so great.


* GAME DOWNLOAD

The downloadable version of the game might be patched already, but I can't find solid proof of this, only some vague documentation. For example: the requirements listed on the online purchase page made available by the developer show that Vista is supported, but there is no mention of 32-bit versus 64-bit:

http://www.kheops-studio.com/shop/game/26

OS:2000/XP/Vista/Seven
DirectX:9.0c
CPU:800 Mhz
Memory:128 Mo
Video Memory:32 Mo
File size:2.00 Go

Vista support is also listed here for this online vendor, but still no more details:

http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/4838/egypt-iii-the-fate-of-ramses/index.html

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU: 1.0 GHz
RAM: 256 MB
DirectX: 9.0
Hard Drive: 2193 MB

Without more details, you might be spending some money on something that would just make you annoyed and angry because the website was wrong.


If you want to know more about the game, there's actually a review by someone else posted to TomsHardware:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/42526-13-mini-review-egyptian-prophecy-fate-ramses

I don't know if the game is good enough to warrant the effort of setting up a separate computer with Windows XP just you have a better change to make it work... but the reviews on Amazon make the game sound fun.


* ALTERNATIVES

I'm sorry, this looks like there might be some work involved in making the game work, and it isn't guaranteed.

I found rumors that it was being remade for iPhone/iPod/iPad, but its just rumors. However, Some company had made it for Windows Mobile:

http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Games/Adventure/EGYPTIAN-PROPHECY-The-Fate-of-Ramses-11287.shtml

 

[hang-the-9]

This post is not as much fun as I thougth it would be, I figured you'd be talking about how some ancient Egyptian king foretold the coming of Vista and how it would destroy the Earth.

It's just about some silly game, ick.