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The matrixgames site for the game says win 7 as minimum windows, might it still run on xp, the latest version of the game?

Try it and see. I think that it does....GP

Previous versions of the game ran normally on WinXp.

Yaab wrote: Tue Sep 23, 2025 12:08 pm Previous versions of the game ran normally on WinXp.

I think this would start out OK but one of the issues with WinXP was that it could not address as much RAM or disc storage as later Windows versions. When you get later in the game with massive numbers of ships, air units and LCUs moving and fighting it could become a problem. I am unsure if the switches that adapt the game to newer OS and hardware work with XP or no.

Regarding memory, this listing from Matrix under "requirements" indicates a recommended memory of 1GB.

https://www.matrixgames.com/game/war-in ... ls-edition

I presume that's not really the case then for late game with lots and lots of (Allied) units?

Yeah, the problem wasn't storage, it was in the OS' ability to access storage (RAM, HDisk or tape) above 1.2 GB or something in that neighbourhood. 64 bit Windows was not available at the time, IIRC. I think Win7 finally fixed that.

Well I've installed it on an old PC with an entire 1536 memory. We'll see how it does, Windows XP. Just needed a place to run it. I could always make a NAS VM but didn't want to in this case.