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  1. 07-22-2002, 11:32 AM #1
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    I Miss Panzer General

    This game was the best. Is there a modern day equivalent?
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  2. 07-22-2002, 11:36 AM #2
    Doug Erickson
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    Advance Wars on the GBA is like PG Lite with anime characters.
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  3. 07-22-2002, 12:10 PM #3
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    Yeah, that and PG2 rocked. I wonder if it plays on XP.

    I loved the somewhat branching campaign with the possibility of invading England and the US. Super elite german scout units taking on tanks. Yeah, that's the stuff...
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  4. 07-22-2002, 12:56 PM #4
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    PG I/II were cool games. Easy to get into, but still offered some good strategy with inundating the player with tons of statistical data.
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  5. 07-22-2002, 02:08 PM #5
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    Uh, you mean "without" inundating the player, don't you?

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  6. 07-22-2002, 02:39 PM #6
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    yea, I need to remember to preview my posts more...
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  7. 07-30-2002, 04:43 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pillbod
    Yeah, that and PG2 rocked. I wonder if it plays on XP.
    I tried loading up "People's General" the other day and didn't have any luck. I can't remember if I was on XP or just '98 with a newish version of DirectX. Anyway it seemed to have major redraw problems, so I'm assuming there's something they did which doesn't agree with the latest versions of DirectX. I did manage to get Allied General running.
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  8. 07-30-2002, 07:57 AM #8
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    Unfortunately Advance Wars is missing the one element that made Panzer General (and Fantasy General) great games: persistent armies. Building your forces over the course of the campaign was half the fun.

    Don't get me wrong--Advance Wars is still a fine game, and I understand that the limitations of the platform make it hard to keep track of that much save info. Still, it's no Panzer General...
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  9. 07-30-2002, 11:54 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by ydejin
    Quote Originally Posted by Pillbod
    Yeah, that and PG2 rocked. I wonder if it plays on XP.
    I tried loading up "People's General" the other day and didn't have any luck. I can't remember if I was on XP or just '98 with a newish version of DirectX. Anyway it seemed to have major redraw problems, so I'm assuming there's something they did which doesn't agree with the latest versions of DirectX. I did manage to get Allied General running.
    Download the Application Compatability Toolkit from microsoft and fool around with it; you should be able to get it working.
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  10. 07-30-2002, 12:08 PM #10
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    Re: I Miss Panzer General

    Quote Originally Posted by Anonymous
    This game was the best. Is there a modern day equivalent?
    The last/latest PG game, Scorched Earth, actually added a skirmish mode, sort of.

    Dunno about XP, though. Live dangerously.

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  11. 07-30-2002, 10:37 PM #11
    ydejin
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jason McCullough
    Download the Application Compatability Toolkit from microsoft and fool around with it; you should be able to get it working.
    Great. Thanks, will try that when I get a chance.
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