Purple and green color, resolution fix for old school games

How to fix old games running on Windows 7 from schowing up in purple and green colors, Age of Empires, StarCraft, etc.

StarCraft Classic with the blotchy purple and green resolution problems.

Having a newer computer is always a nice asset for gaming, so we like to think, right? There's just one problem... being a cool hipster and all, you want to play some of those retro and old school games you used to play as a kid, the only thing is the game companies do not update those games anymore and you are in a completely upgraded hardware era.

This is for those games that have purple, green or even blue blotchy areas and seem to be distorted due to resolution or graphics problems.

Now, there are probably a few different ways to fix these types of display issues with older games, but the one I am writing about isn't one of those difficult registry tweaks or the kill explorer trick, those are really tedious fixes and require in-depth computer knowledge, which we do not always have the time to research. As much as I'd love to make things difficult, I am not going that route.

The fix is a neat little tool dubbed "DirectDraw Compatibility Tool" created by a Russian programmer named Лёха Galogen, it applies a one time registry entry for the game you want to fix. All you have to do is download the program and run it, it's pretty simple to use, just find the executable of the game...

Example:

C:\Program Files (x86)\StarCraft\StarCraft.exe

Then, click apply, all done. No more blotchy colors or resolution errors, play the game with nice DirectDraw support. This tool works on both 64 bit and 32bit operating systems, the latest version as of 04/03/2012 is 1.01.

Requirements
DirectDraw Compatibility Tool (Software)

Download http://www.mediafire.com/?y1t737f9sgnf4d1 http://www.filedropper.com/directdrawcompatibilitytool#download http://www.4shared.com/file/4Nj0umuX/DirectDraw_Compatibility_Tool.html

Red Alert 3: Sex Sells

There is a lot of talk online about the women of Red Alert 3, most of it is negative from dedicated fans of the Red Alert Series.

They mainly complain about EA advertising the game using sexual influence.

I disagree with their arguments, beautiful women is a great thing to see, especially on posters.

Do you think I want to see some ugly chick in the game? No. Putting hot chicks in the game and making them "slutty" is a way to get some guys to buy the game, especially if they are a fan of Jenny McCarthy, all the other RA fans will still buy this game regardless. So I say to you sirs, please refrain from flaming EA for portraying really beautiful and gifted women as "sluts", I think they are quite gorgeous and make the game a little more realistic, they look so good that I don't mind them being there. And remember, they are women who deserve the same respect as us so please try not to be so negative, besides they are actors...

The last thing I have to say about this is that Red Alert has always had sexy women within the game, even in it's infancy so why would you have a problem with it now?