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**Problem Solved, Thanks to Alias**
Gentlemen,
I need your help identifying an old game from Win 3.1.
I got a shareware version of it from some PC Game mag from the UK.
Game Info:
Two sides sending different toys to do battle against each other.
The objective might have been to get them to the other side of the board, not sure though.
Toys were mostly wind-up versions of chatter teeth, snakes, santa claus, etc, etc.
They all had strengths and weaknesses, so the game was kind of like a tactical battle game.
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Any help naming this game would be very appreciated.
Merci,
Mikail
ps: remember this came out when windows 3.1 was used, so its old
Post edited March 07, 2009 by yazleb
It sounds kind of like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys:_Let_the_Toy_Wars_Begin!]Toys: Let the Toy Wars Begin![/url], but that was console only.
Hmm, was not that one, but thank you for trying, I DO remember that Toys game for SNES.
I should Clarify the game I am talking about used Pre-rendered CG sprites, much akin to Donkey Kong Country but the toy designs were toy story esque
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cogadh: It sounds kind of like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys:_Let_the_Toy_Wars_Begin!]Toys: Let the Toy Wars Begin![/url], but that was console only.
I'd just like to be able to run 3.1 again.
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Weclock: I'd just like to be able to run 3.1 again.

If you still have the disks you can easily install Windows 3.1 in or a virtual machine such as [url=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28C97D22-6EB8-4A09-A7F7-F6C7A1F000B5&displaylang=en]Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (free). Virtual PC is a bit faster than DOSBox, but any relatively recent CPU should be able to emulate Windows 3.1 at full speed in either program.
Virtual PC has the advantage of making an emulator-style complete save state when closing the virtual machine window, which will be restored exactly as you left it when you next run it. DOSBox has the advantage of being able to use custom configuration files to launch programs directly, and you don't have to install DOS before you can install Windows.
I use VMs extensively to experiment with other operating systems and run incompatible software, and I find it a lot easier than actually dual booting. The one limitation is that there is no hardware video acceleration, but Windows 3.1 doesn't use that anyway.
Virtual PC you say...hmm, I will try that for kicks, especially when I find out what game i'm missing.
Come fellas, think!
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Weclock: I'd just like to be able to run 3.1 again.
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Arkose: If you still have the disks you can easily install Windows 3.1 in or a virtual machine such as [url=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28C97D22-6EB8-4A09-A7F7-F6C7A1F000B5&displaylang=en]Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (free). Virtual PC is a bit faster than DOSBox, but any relatively recent CPU should be able to emulate Windows 3.1 at full speed in either program.
Virtual PC has the advantage of making an emulator-style complete save state when closing the virtual machine window, which will be restored exactly as you left it when you next run it. DOSBox has the advantage of being able to use custom configuration files to launch programs directly, and you don't have to install DOS before you can install Windows.
I use VMs extensively to experiment with other operating systems and run incompatible software, and I find it a lot easier than actually dual booting. The one limitation is that there is no hardware video acceleration, but Windows 3.1 doesn't use that anyway.
Fear my awesome google skills (or not if I'm wrong):
http://www2.worldvillage.com/wv/gamezone/html/reviews/gear.htm
CASE CLOSED!
PROBLEM SOLVED!
Please kindly have a cookie, I would bake you some myself if you were in the neighborhood.
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Aliasalpha: Fear my awesome google skills (or not if I'm wrong):
http://www2.worldvillage.com/wv/gamezone/html/reviews/gear.htm
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no probs, I seem to be good at finding weird stuff like that
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Weclock: I'd just like to be able to run 3.1 again.

You can, with emulation. Dosbox can run it great too.
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Weclock: I'd just like to be able to run 3.1 again.
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drmlessgames: You can, with emulation. Dosbox can run it great too.
thanks, the 50 other posts here about it didn't make it clear enough.
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drmlessgames: You can, with emulation. Dosbox can run it great too.
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Weclock: thanks, the 50 other posts here about it didn't make it clear enough.

Anytime! : )
The next step is finding where to download the game.
One website wants money for the game, but I can't be sure its the real deal and there is no torrent for it either.
Demo links are dead as well.
Abandon ware.com or whatever, doesn't seem like a legit place
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Aliasalpha: no probs, I seem to be good at finding weird stuff like that
Here's the demo. This game is so old and obscure that you will probably have a very hard time finding it.
What's sad is that was the last place I thought to check, cheers mate!
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Arkose: Here's the demo. This game is so old and obscure that you will probably have a very hard time finding it.