- #WINDOWS 98 FOR VMWARE PLAYER DOWNLOAD INSTALL#
- #WINDOWS 98 FOR VMWARE PLAYER DOWNLOAD DRIVERS#
- #WINDOWS 98 FOR VMWARE PLAYER DOWNLOAD DRIVER#
This will insert a virtual cd containing tools and graphics drivers for you to install.
#WINDOWS 98 FOR VMWARE PLAYER DOWNLOAD INSTALL#
When Windows is installed and booted, open up the VMware menu: Virtual Machine -> Install VMware tools. It should tell you the drive letter of you CD-ROM, possibly d: (or maybe e: ), type d:\setup. Restart again, this time you will need CD-ROM support. Restart again, this time enter a:\format c: and follow the instructions. Type a:\fdisk to create a partition on your hard drive (always choose or when asked). You don't have to choose CD-ROM support right now. You have to select "All Files (*.*)" to be able to select the *.IMA file. Add the file as a floppy image to your virtual machine (Edit virtual machine settings -> Floppy -> Use Floppy image file or by clicking the little floppy symbol when the machine is running. Winrar told me the file was corrupted but it worked anyway. Open the exe file with WinRAR ( and extract the contents (should be one *.IMA file). Get a boot floppy with CD-ROM support e.g. Add the line svga.spoof16bppHost = "TRUE" Open the folder where the machine is saved and open the. I used 256 MB RAM (you can change it later, don't choose more than 512 MB) and 8GB Harddisk (maybe too much but it just grows as needed) In VMware Player create a Windows 98 machine.
My Zeus CD had DX7 although the default DX6 from W98SE was enough.
Get Windows 98 SE, Windows 98 should work too if you add a "recent" DirectX version. Also SB16 performance was horrible, every sound in Windows stuttered extremely. I changed to Sound Blaster 16 but instead of blue screens the machine was unresponsive. I suspected sound and removed the virtual sound card: I added a tweak to the vm configuration file and it worked.īut Zeus crashed right after starting with 2 (!) blue screens.
#WINDOWS 98 FOR VMWARE PLAYER DOWNLOAD DRIVER#
The virtual graphics driver did not support 16-Bit color depth (only 4,8 and 32) so Zeus could not switch to a display mode using 16-Bit. But I was desperateĪlso, I just solved the problem in the virtual machine: I really did not expect this, especially not in 64-Bit. I just copied the whole folder over to Vista and it started without any compatibility settings. A friend of mine gave me his CDs and I was hellbound to get it working but reading about all those problems (especially in 64 Bit) made me not even try it. Never played it myself though I liked Pharao. Wow, I didn't expect such quick answers on a board for such old games Maybe you will report back when you find the solution? It might come in handy for other users and I like to learn myself too. I hope above can give you some ideas about where to look. As far as I remember, the default resolution for Zeus is 800*600. The game use screen resolutions in the 4:3 format so if your monitor is running at 1440*800 the highest screen resolution the game can use is 1024*768 as it can't use a resolution higher than what the monitor supports, neither on the X nor on the Y axis.
If the VM you use has a virtual BIOS, try lower the RAM for Win98 to 768MB which is the highest amount usable by that OS. This can be caused by not using the correct drivers but might also happen if the computer has more RAM than what the OS can handle. Regarding the black screen flicker then it usually means the game can not get initiated when loading the graphics driver. I've never used a Virtual Machine (VM) myself but are you not required to install all correct drivers too on the OS that is installed in the VM? I could imagine that being a problem on Win98SE as driver support for that OS has not existed for several years.
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