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I was wondering if anyone new what the required and recommended systems specs are for Highway to the Reich?

I am unsure of the new games specs, however I wouldn't be shocked if they were somewhat similar to the previous games. Off the cuff I ran the game with 128 Meg at 700 Mhz CPU and an 8 meg video card onboard a laptop. I know have a 2.4 mhz CPU with 512 meg and 64 meg Video. I would think the harddrive space required may increase as they are revamping the graphics a bit and implemeting some additonal OOB's however I do not think it would be to drastic. I am sure an official answer will be provided as the guys from Panther frequent the board alot! BTW it is a great game, with lots of features that give it a different but very good feel of operations.

Here you go:

System Requirements:

Windows 95 / 98 / ME / 2000 / NT4 SP4 / XP
DirectX 8
Pentium II 500 Mhz CPU
64MB RAM
16Bit Direct Sound compatible Soundcard
2MB Video Graphics Card 8BIT Color
8x CD-ROM
400MB free Hard Disc space

AAAAAAAaargh

I was hoping my humble 400mhz machine would just be able to squeeze and play this.

Or would that be wishful thinking on my part...?

Paul,

The game will actually play on our oldest test machine here. We call it Barney. Anyway it is an old PII 366. So yes it will run but in my view the larger scenarios are too slow on it. So I would not recommend it and that's why we list the minimum specs at a PII 500.

Thanks for the reply.

Looks like I might be OK then

I`m use to a little slowwwwnesss having being brought up on 8 bit tape loading machines (happy days)

Anyways, thank for the reply and I look forward to giving this a go.

Originally posted by Paul Wykes
I`m use to a little slowwwwnesss having being brought up on 8 bit tape loading machines (happy days)

Hey Paul, that's some warped sense of humour there.

Paul. I owned a Spectrum and an Amstrad CPC464 in the eighties. Did you ever play Arnhem by CCS? Clearly an ancestor of the Airborne Assault games. There were some great strategy games published for the 8-bit computers. The best one I ever played was Rebelstar on the Amstrad.

I know I'm wallowing in nostalgia, but it's good to hear from someone who also experienced these pioneering games.

Hi,

Good to see a fellow 8-bit wargamer. Yes, I had Arnhem on the spectrum. A great game. I`m sure I`ve got it somewhere in the cupboard.

I also had rebestar. A true classic.

Originally posted by Blunderbuss
I owned a Spectrum and an Amstrad CPC464 in the eighties. Did you ever play Arnhem by CCS? Clearly an ancestor of the Airborne Assault games. There were some great strategy games published for the 8-bit computers.

That was my machine progression then on to the Amiga. CCSs’ Arnhem was also my very first introduction to wargames. Never looked back since. Either CCS were brilliant or I was susceptible.
Ray

I have a laptop (fujitsu P-1000) that does not have a CD built-in. Will HTTR run without CD ?

Jos

Nice little toy!

You should have waited a few extra months for the P-2000 which has a cd/dvd combo drive.

Fujitsu does offer an external drive PN FPCCD19 for $149 USD.

I'd be very surprised if anything ever gets released again that doesn't have extreme levels of copy protection. The wargame market segment is just too small to risk having things go around the internet for free which happens even with copy protected versions.

It is a nice toy indeed. I did buy the P-1000 on purpose, because it is smaller and lighter (I take it everywhere) than the P-2000. I do have an external CD drive for the P-1000, but since I like to travel light, I never take it with me. Therefore I am asking about the possibility to use the software without CD-ROM. I do use sofwtare like Route 66, which has this option built-in. However, I do understand that people want to copy-protect their work. I am a software developer, so I know how they feel.

Jos

jwarmer,

No, you will need the CD. Sorry, but you will have to lug around that external CD drive if you want to play AA:HTTR on your travels.

Dave

Arjuna,

thanks for the clear answer,

Jos