Revisiting My Talon Soft Youth

[Lupus_Dei]

Good day ladies and Gentlemen, My gratitude to the forum for granting my request to join , I was in fact a member of this fine forum many many moons ago when heavily into playing in the main Europe In Flames however I could no longer recall my login details ergo I have been reborn anew as The Wolf Of God  .

Having recently developed an itch to retro game I rummaged around in the loft and fished out my boxed set of EIF , unfortunately it turned out to be the original Win 95/98 version as the only windows machine at my disposal being my  veteran Sony Vaio laptop which was a pretty decent spec back in the day Viz

Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU T9800 @ 2.93GHz 2.93 GHz
4.00 GB
64-bit Operating System Vista Ultimate

NVIDIA Ge Force 9600M GT 

Realising that it would be unlikely that EIF would run natively on a machine sporting Win Vista , I attempted to install the game in Win 98 emulation mode , I managed to progress to the opening scenario choice page however unfortunately upon attempting to run any of the scenario options the game crashes back to desktop .

I would be most grateful for any observations on what I may be doing incorrectly and any considerations or advice what options might be available to me.

Is my laptop hardware of sufficient spec to run this game ? And if in the affirmative should I quest around for a later version of the title that supports Vista / Win 7 ? 

My gratitude in advance .

Jasper.

[Jason Petho]

Good day

I don't think you'll get the old EIF games to work on newer systems.

BUT. There is the newer version of JTCS located here:

https://www.matrixgames.com/game/john-ti...ign-series

Which is even getting a new update in the coming weeks!

Jason Petho

[Scud]

Good day ladies and Gentlemen, My gratitude to the forum for granting my request to join , I was in fact a member of this fine forum many many moons ago when heavily into playing in the main Europe In Flames however I could no longer recall my login details ergo I have been reborn anew as The Wolf Of God  .

Hi Jasper,

Welcome back! What was your original call sign at the Blitz? I found a Jasper and a Sgt Jasper. Or something else?

Dave

[Lupus_Dei]

Good day

I don't think you'll get the old EIF games to work on newer systems.

BUT. There is the newer version of JTCS located here: 

https://www.matrixgames.com/game/john-ti...ign-series

Which is even getting a new update in the coming weeks!

Jason Petho

Thank you for your reply Jason , yes I have been eying the Matrix games site and considering a purchase.

I currently do not have a windows machine that can access the internet in order to purchase the game.
Is it feasible for me to make a purchase and download the game via my IMac ( I am aware that the game is windows only) then transfer the game to either burnt to a CD or portable drive , until such time as I build a windows gaming PC later this year ?

I have created an account at Matrix Games , am I correct in thinking that were I to purchase the game via that account that It would be registered to my account and that  would be able to download the game at a later time also ? 

Apologies for the many questions Jason.

[Lupus_Dei]

Good day ladies and Gentlemen, My gratitude to the forum for granting my request to join , I was in fact a member of this fine forum many many moons ago when heavily into playing in the main Europe In Flames however I could no longer recall my login details ergo I have been reborn anew as The Wolf Of God  .

Hi Jasper,

Welcome back! What was your original call sign at the Blitz? I found a Jasper and a Sgt Jasper. Or something else?

Dave

Hi Dave , pleased to make your acquaintance, unfortunately I cannot recall what handle I used way back in the day … I was playing a lot of IL2 online at that time and It might have been my online squadron handle Das Raven but I am not at all sure of that.

[Jason Petho]

Good day

I don't think you'll get the old EIF games to work on newer systems.

BUT. There is the newer version of JTCS located here: 

https://www.matrixgames.com/game/john-ti...ign-series

Which is even getting a new update in the coming weeks!

Jason Petho

Thank you for your reply Jason , yes I have been eying the Matrix games site and considering a purchase.

I currently do not have a windows machine that can access the internet in order to purchase the game.
Is it feasible for me to make a purchase and download the game via my IMac ( I am aware that the game is windows only) then transfer the game to either burnt to a CD or portable drive , until such time as I build a windows gaming PC later this year ?

I have created an account at Matrix Games , am I correct in thinking that were I to purchase the game via that account that It would be registered to my account and that  would be able to download the game at a later time also ? 

Apologies for the many questions Jason.

Yes, that is correct. If you purchase the game through matrix games and REGISTER the game, it will always be available to download through your profile. 

You can also download the installer and store it on a CD or external drive until you want to install it. Just make sure you keep the Serial number with the download. 

Thank you for the interest! 
Jason Petho

[Lupus_Dei]

Hi Jason , Thank you for your guidance most kind , Just to appraise you I went ahead and purchased the game and downloaded the files to my iMac see attached screenshot , one further question if I may , whilst having purchased and downloaded the game via my site account I don't seem to be able to register the game , I am logged in typed in the correct SN in the prompt box however I keep getting
Error message “ Sorry , you already redeemed this serial “ any ideas what I am doing wrong there ?

[Jason Petho]

Good day

If you go to My Page in the top banners of the matrix page, after you log in, does it show you the Campaign Series game listed there? 

If not, you'll have to submit a ticket to Matrix/Slitherine. 

Positive vibes!!

[Lupus_Dei]

Good day

If you go to My Page in the top banners of the matrix page, after you log in, does it show you the Campaign Series game listed there? 

If not, you'll have to submit a ticket to Matrix/Slitherine. 

Positive vibes!!

Hi Jason , I just logged in and yes the game is showing .