Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit sent by Bill Koehnlein The Brooklyn Rail - February 2007 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2007-02/express/gta-play-game Play the Game: Grand Theft Desire (Excerpt from Stephen Duncombe, Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in the Age of Fantasy [New Press, 2007] Note: Stephen Duncombe will be speaking at the Brecht Forum
4.6) Do the Ultimas run in modern OSes (Linux/Win2000/XP etc.)? Many modern operating systems have some way of running DOS programs like the PC versions of the Ultimas. Unfortunately, Origin's desire to push the technical envelope during its heyday has left issues with playing Ultimas through DOS emulators. Most work to some degree, but you'll have varying degrees of success, depending on
4.6) Do the Ultimas run in modern OSes (Linux/Win2000/XP etc.)? Many modern operating systems have some way of running DOS programs like the PC versions of the Ultimas. Unfortunately, Origin's desire to push the technical envelope during its heyday has left issues with playing Ultimas through DOS emulators. Most work to some degree, but you'll have varying degrees of success, depending on