Esterian Conquest 1.50 reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Otherwise-Willow6904 · 2022-04-28 17:25 I'm having issues getting this version of EC running under Windows 10 32bit. If I click on one of the *.exe files nothing happens. Both in the command prompt and just clicking on it in a window. When the files are moved over to a DOS computer the files work. I do have version 1.11 of the game running without issue. Even a separately downloaded shareware version does the same. I do not get the Run Time Error 200 message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2022-04-28 20:54 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmine45 · 2022-04-28 20:56 Do you have a link where you downloaded it from? I'd like to try it to see if I can reproduce the error. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Otherwise-Willow6904 · 2022-04-28 21:31 I had just searched for Esterian Conquest 1.50. The file should be called EC150.ZIP. I was given the register version of 1.50, I told them I'll set it up so they can play. My v1.11 is registered from years ago and it's running fine. Please let me know if you can figure it out. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mro_0000 · 2022-04-29 14:27 upload the registered version so the bbs community can make use of it. did you patch it for the rte 200 error? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Otherwise-Willow6904 · 2022-04-29 15:51 It was given to me and I wasn't told I could share. I did try to patch it to no avail. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- codefenix · 2022-04-30 15:20 I have exactly the same results as you. I tried downloading EC150.ZIP from multiple sources, and none of them work on my Win32 BBS PC (gives an NTVDM error message). It doesn't work in DOSBox either, simply locks up DOSBox with no error message at all. Then I tried copying the files to my 486DX DOS rig that I've been building, and they work there fine. This makes me wonder if the game's code contains some low-level assembly routines that only work on a true 386/486 CPU, but I honestly have no clue. Begs the question whether anyone at all is running this version of the game on a modern-ish BBS. You might be out of luck on this one unless you come across it installed somewhere. Programs only give a Runtime 200 error if written in certain (later) versions of Pascal and make use of the CRT unit. So patching won't do any good unless both of those things apply to EC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Otherwise-Willow6904 · 2022-05-01 04:07 Thank you for looking into this. I even tried MoSlo Deluxe to see if replicating a 386/486 with that might help. It didn't. If someone runs a BBS on Dos let me know and I'll see if I can share the registered version of 1.50 with you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mro_0000 · 2022-05-02 08:40 Yeah i read that wrong and that's why i suggested patching. there's something funny about the code, you are right. won't work despite what i've tried. the game probably isn't worth it anyways.