Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Vista XP Compat?
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I want to play Halo 2 Vista when it comes out. I also want to be able to play Halo PC, and many other games, when I get Vista. Problem is, the games use Windows XP. Will I be able to play all XP games on Vista? If so, could you tell me if I can, or give me a Vista- Windows XP Compatible game list?

Thank in advance :)

  • 09.19.2006 4:10 PM PDT
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Well, most games are backwards-compatable, meaning they will work on all systems higher than the ones they were designed for. Howerver, since Vista is making some major graphical changes, I don't know. I would guess so, because Microsoft wouldn't want to alienate everyone who wants to play their old games.

Oh, wait, they already did alienate everyone....

  • 09.19.2006 4:16 PM PDT
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How could they alienate nobody?

-OFF TOPIC- OMFG! I just accidentally clicked on the little arrow to the side of the little nav bar at tht bottom of the screen! ZOMGWTFBBQ!!1!!!eleven!!!

  • 09.20.2006 5:32 AM PDT
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compatablity here(summarized) or here(official article).

Halo PC is compatable, as well as xfire (although there are a few bugs)

  • 09.20.2006 6:46 AM PDT
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NO MORE HALF LIFE 2???? NOOOOOOOES!!!!!

This better be fixed before Vista comes out, or Micro$oft is getting a lot of angery letters.

EDIT: Wow, that was lame, perhaps a small leap outside of legal bounds would work better....

[Edited on 9/20/2006]

  • 09.20.2006 8:19 AM PDT
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Posted by: ROBO LEADER
NO MORE HALF LIFE 2???? NOOOOOOOES!!!!!

This better be fixed before Vista comes out, or Micro$oft is getting a lot of angery letters.

EDIT: Wow, that was lame, perhaps a small leap outside of legal bounds would work better....


its actually up to the game makers to patch their software to run on vista. There was a pseudo-patch for halo so that it detected the DirectX version correctly *retarted gearbox didnt think ahead about there being another number after 9*

  • 09.20.2006 9:44 AM PDT
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We all know that Halo 2 Vista is not coming out for XP, and I'm sure you know that, but here's a reason I thinky why.

Halo 2 Vista is prolly gonna be using DirectX 10, and I'm a DirectX programmer, and it only works fer Vista :(. So I'm stuck with DX9.0 :p

  • 09.20.2006 11:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: Bapa
We all know that Halo 2 Vista is not coming out for XP, and I'm sure you know that, but here's a reason I thinky why.

Could it be the fact that they are operating systems? You cant run an OS in another OS, as far as I know. Cept Mac vs Windows.

  • 09.20.2006 7:31 PM PDT