Has anybody heard/read anything about possible re-releases of the GK series, or any other Sierra adventure series (KQ, PQ, etc.) for Vista64 or Windows 7?

There are none planned and given the state of Sierra don't count on it. The best hope is for Activision to not realize what they have and sell the old Sierra IP, which is not likely. the 2006 VU collections (KQ, SQ, LSL AND PQ) are still available very cheap. I have seen them new for under $10 US. Just be sure to not install them in the %ProgramFiles% folder and to run the DOSBox patches after installing them. It is possible to get the other games second hand for not a lot of money. As for working on Vista/Windows 7 64 goes, the SHP installers work on these OSs. They are written and tested on Vista 64.

The problem with DOSBox is, it's way over my head. I spent 2 days trying to use it for older games, only to stop myself from throwing my computer out the window at the last second. All of that techno-babble is like Aramaic to me.

I think it's the actually commands of DOSBox that Nephlite's talking about...

So here's a pretty simple break down...

You launch DOSBox, right. It opens up a DOS window.

By default, I think it starts in drive "Z:"

So say your Sierra games are installed on drive C:\SIERRA (or wherever)

From the DOSBox prompt window simply type:

mount d: d:\

It will do its thing.

Then in the DOSBox prompt window type: d:

This will change it to the "D:" drive (which is actually your C: drive, but if you try to mount it as a C: drive, DOSBox tells you that you shouldn't - but still does).

Now you simply do: CD sierra
(if it's, for example in the C:\SIERRA folder)

This will change it so you're looking at: D:\SIERRA

Now from here, repeat the CD (Change Directory) command until you get into the folder of the game you want to play.

So for example you might do: CD LSL1
To change into the Leisure Suit Larry 1 directory. If it's called LSL1

If you ever need to see all the directories, simply type: DIR/W
This will list everything in the current directory.

Hope that helps?

The reason that I posted the link to the installer is so he wouldn't have to figure out DOSBox. It is the reason that I started to write the installers. Even though DOSBox is easy to use, some people are so intimidated by DOSBox that it does not matter how simple that you make the instructions, they still have trouble. Then when the game itself needs to be configured as well...

Ya know, i'm not technically proficient by any stretch of the imagination, but i found the directions on how to use DOSBox to be simple and easy to follow. Of course Collector's installers are way easier than typing in the Dos commands yourself....and he includes those cool icons too.

You might also had some experience with DOS. Most gamers today have never used it and some don't even know what it is.

My brother (who's five years younger than me) said he's met a lot of people who've never even heard of DOS. He thinks he might be within the last age group to use DOS. I wouldn't be surprised.

I remember one time in Junior High (the early 90s) where we had a computer lab. Now let me stress that these computers were quite old and used MacOS. I wondered where DOS was when I turned on the computer. I asked the teacher and she said, "These computers don't use DOS." I was very confused and even a little unnerved.

I had to admit that those old MacOS machines were better than the computers we had in High School. The computer labs there were supplied with 286s.

True, I have had some experience with Dos, and I know men hate reading directions , but damn! it ain't that hard.

I also found an old copy of this book http://www.amazon.ca/PC-DOS-Self-Teaching-Ruth-Ashley/dp/0471513555. It helped jog my memory.....but I can't remember why I had it in the first place .