Nostalgia

Every now and then, I feel a nostalgia for the way things used to be. I remember playing games on the Commodore 64 and/or early 16-bit PC games, and in particular, Civilization I. I have searched online numerous times to see if there was a free-version of the game to no avail. Then one day, while searching in my basement for something, I stumbled on both Civiliation I and Railroad I on CD-rom. I didn't recall buying it, so I think Dad probably gave them to me. I tried to install them on my Windows 7 64-bit machine, but alas, it would not install. It gave me an error message stating that it is unable to install and to check the software publisher for a newer version.

Here is the error message I received on my first attempt:




Then, while digging a little bit more on the CD, I tried a different attempt because sometimes you can still get it to work. Here is my second attempt:




But, that didn't stop me. I kept searching, because there had to be a way. Finally, yesterday afternoon... eureka, I found a way to install and play it on my 64-bit machine.

I was quite pleased with myself because after finding a way to do it, I promptly started playing my favorite race, the Romans. Even though the graphics and sound were super cheasy, this was the game I spend countless hours playing as a kid! One of the thing that I liked the most back then, and once more today was the crop window.

I haven't installed Railroad Tycoon yet. I'm sure that one will be as much fun as I remember it.

Do you have any nostalgia the as me? Oldies but goodies? Do you have what it takes to finding the secret to reliving your old memories?

Let's see if anyone can figure out how I did it! There is a prize if you do!