Download Steel Beasts: Gold Edition (Windows)

Steel Beasts: Gold Edition

Windows - 2002

Year	2002
Platform	Windows
Released in	United Kingdom, United States (2002) Russia (2005)
Genre	Simulation
Theme	Tank
Publisher	Just Play, Noviy Disk, Strategy First, Inc.
Developer	eSim Games
Perspectives	1st-Person, 3rd-Person

4.75 / 5 - 4 votes

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Description of Steel Beasts: Gold Edition

2002, the year Steel Beasts: Gold Edition was released on Windows. Made by eSim Games and published by Strategy First, Inc., Noviy Disk, Just Play, this simulation game is available for free on this page.

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How to play Steel Beasts: Gold Edition Windows

The game had separated releases for US and Europeran markets. In theory, both version should be patched to the version 1.226, but we haven't checked it. After you install the game - check the version, and if it's need - install patches.

To install the game - use utility for mounting disc image files, like WinCDEmu, UltraISO, Alcohol 52%/Alcohol 102% or Daemon Tools Lite, etc. The installer of the game (setup.exe) must be run in compatibility mode with Windows XP SP 2 and as administrator.

After you install the game - install all patches, then put d3drm.dll inside game directory, in "release" folder (where tankSim.exe is ). The game uses DirectX 7, so without that dll you will be getting error at launch.

There's few methods how to run this game on modern systems:

First one is to use Virtual Machine with Windows XP, the game 100% works in VirtualBox 4.0.2 r69518 Final with Windows XP
Second method - to use DDrawCompat, simply putDDraw.dll in "release" folder (we also added that dll in Downloads)
Third method - to run it through DxWnd utility. Read this guide how to run the game through DxWnd, also check this thread
Fourth method - to use dgVoodoo, just copy D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll, d3drm.dll, DDraw.dll and dgVoodooCpl.exe in "release" folder, then launch dgVoodooCpl.exe as administrator, press .\ , then go to DirectX tab and select the settings you want. After that run the game through TankSim.exe

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Comments and reviews

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Aziza86 2025-02-17 0 point

US version wasn't packaged correctly or something. Had to download European version to install.

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zizpexe 2025-01-24 1 point

I click install.exe and nothing happens

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Rob Chan 2024-09-25 -1 point

Just played this on win 10 64 bit, used the US version download. Went to the DDrawCompat site, got the dll, dropped it into release.

Said it needed d3drm.dll to run, downloaded it off this page, smashed that into release.

Works perfectly in game. What a blast from the past!

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Myranda 2024-08-12 2 points

Hi there! is there any difference between the version of the game beside the language?

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garupan 2023-01-15 1 point

What a blast from the past. Thank you for uploading the files and instructions.

Method #4 (dgVoodo) produced the least graphical glitches for me.

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Duvstep 2022-11-03 0 point

the vehicles have that glitchy texture for me

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admin 2022-10-28 -3 points

@DR. SCHNELLINGER Yeah, should work with some tricks, we added instructions and required files

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Dr. Schnellinger 2022-09-02 -6 points

Does it run under Windows 7 x64?

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