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Multi-player Pinball?

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I was a big fan of the silver ball when I was a kid. Hours and hours spent in cafes and arcades.
I really miss the Pinball in Win 7 (MS couldn't be bothered to code a 64-bit version, it seems).
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I was a big fan of the silver ball when I was a kid. Hours and hours spent in cafes and arcades.
I really miss the Pinball in Win 7 (MS couldn't be bothered to code a 64-bit version, it seems).
That shouldn't stop you from installing a 32-bit version ;).
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As it happens, I was looking around this evening - Pinball from XP is available from third-party sources.
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El Viejo wrote:
As it happens, I was looking around this evening - Pinball from XP is available from third-party sources.
8) - see, you just gotta do a little diggin' and not take "no" for an answer :). 32-bit programs can run on 64-bit architectures, but not so much the other way round :D (i.e. 64-bit application on 32-bit architecture).
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CommRLock78 wrote:
32-bit programs can run on 64-bit architectures
<chuckles> Yeah... I ain't as green as I am cabbage-looking, you know.

Reason I hadn't thought about it 'til today is I've been distracted by Win 7's Chess for the last few weeks.
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El Viejo wrote:
CommRLock78 wrote:
32-bit programs can run on 64-bit architectures
<chuckles> Yeah... I ain't as green as I am cabbage-looking, you know.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: - I figured you must have known, I said that just in case you didn't ;). And hey, you're El Viejo, The Old-man, not a cabbage! :P
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El Viejo wrote:
Reason I hadn't thought about 'til today is I've been distracted by Win 7's Chess for the last few weeks.
Nice! 8) I've got Dreamchess, but I haven't really played it yet - [still] too distracted with Oolite :D.
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CommRLock78 wrote:
El Viejo wrote:
Reason I hadn't thought about 'til today is I've been distracted by Win 7's Chess for the last few weeks.
Nice! 8) I've got Dreamchess, but I haven't really played it yet - [still] too distracted with Oolite :D.
Likewise, but I think I've only played one game with it.. :lol:

And Warzone 2100 which I still haven't even fired up.
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Diziet Sma wrote:
CommRLock78 wrote:
El Viejo wrote:
Reason I hadn't thought about 'til today is I've been distracted by Win 7's Chess for the last few weeks.
Nice! 8) I've got Dreamchess, but I haven't really played it yet - [still] too distracted with Oolite :D.
Likewise, but I think I've only played one game with it.. :lol:

And Warzone 2100 which I still haven't even fired up.
I've played warzone a few times now - it's pretty good. There are a slew of games I've installed but haven't played though. Why bother when the best game of all is at your fingertips? 8) <shuffles off to get a new Feudal Mission :mrgreen: >
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