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Posted May 13, 2011
Today I was helping my friend's dad clean out a house where the previous tenants had left stuff behind. One of the things I found was a CD of Heroes of Might and Magic II.

I'm wondering if I will be able to play it? The CD itself looks fairly unscratched, but it is from 2001 I think. Are there any mods or patches that would let me play the game and try it out? I've never actually played a HoMM game before, so I want to see what they are like and thought this could be a good opportunity.

Thanks!
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Posted May 13, 2011
You might be able to run the DOS version of Heroes 2 just fine under DOSBox and if you have the Windows version, then I am not sure. I run Win XP and it works fine, though on other Windows it may or may not have problems. Compatibility might help, but I am not sure.

Here you are balance patch for Heroes 2:
www.celestialheavens.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8724
Post edited June 01, 2011 by jurijchrul
Posted May 13, 2011
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klaymen: You might be able to run the DOS version of Heroes 2 just fine under DOSBox and if you have the Windows version, then I am not sure. I run Win XP and it works fine, though on other Windows it may or may not have problems. Compatibility might help, but I am not sure.

Here you are balance patch for Heroes 2:
www.celestialheavens.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8724
Thanks. I'll try running the game when I get some more free time this weekend.

The CD says Dos/Win 95, but it also says "Designed for Microsoft Windows 95" so I'm thinking it is a Windows thing and not purely DOS.
Posted May 13, 2011
I've been able to run my CD copy of HoMM2 Gold on my WinXP machine without the need for DosBOX or any patches or tweaks. Not sure if the original release of HoMM2 will be as easy to deal with, but it's definitely worth just seeing if it will work before playing around with DosBox or any patches.
Posted May 16, 2011
Just curious: does multiplayer between DOS and Win95 versions work?
Posted May 16, 2011
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mgol: Just curious: does multiplayer between DOS and Win95 versions work?
IMO it should. But I've never tried it, so it is just my opinion.
Posted May 16, 2011
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SheBear: The CD says Dos/Win 95, but it also says "Designed for Microsoft Windows 95" so I'm thinking it is a Windows thing and not purely DOS.
I've never tried installing it, but i'm sure that my CD copy of HOMM2 comes with both executables and both installers...IIRC there are a "setup.exe" and a "install.exe", the former is the usual InstallShield windows setup, the latter should be the DOS version of the installer.
Posted May 16, 2011
You might want to set compatibility mode on the exe just to be sure.
Posted May 16, 2011
Well, I think I'm going to have to try using DosBox (is it easy, I've never used it before, actually?).

The launcher opens fine and plays music and looks good, but the setup can't open because it isn't compatible with a 64-bit machine. :(
Posted May 16, 2011
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SheBear: Well, I think I'm going to have to try using DosBox (is it easy, I've never used it before, actually?).

The launcher opens fine and plays music and looks good, but the setup can't open because it isn't compatible with a 64-bit machine. :(
Can't you use an XP Virtual Machine instead? You can get the Virtual PC app free from Microsoft, unless that's changed recently.
Post edited May 16, 2011 by H2IWclassic
Posted May 16, 2011
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SheBear: Well, I think I'm going to have to try using DosBox (is it easy, I've never used it before, actually?).

The launcher opens fine and plays music and looks good, but the setup can't open because it isn't compatible with a 64-bit machine. :(
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H2IWclassic: Can't you use an XP Virtual Machine instead? You can get the Virtual PC app free from Microsoft, unless that's changed recently.
I have never heard of a virtual machine before. I'll check that out!
Posted May 16, 2011
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SheBear: I have never heard of a virtual machine before. I'll check that out!
It uses a chunk of memory and hard drive space to simulate another computer. You configure devices and install Windows within it as normal (although you can't control both your desktop and the virtual PC at the same time).
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