I came across this in Usenet:

Unless the Operating system is specified on the box at time of release, we do not offer support. Windows XP uses the same kernal that Windows 2000 uses, and as such High Heat 2002 does not work properly under those conditions. We do not have a patch that will enable compatibility as it would require rewriting the game code from scratch, thus negating any simple repair.

3DO Customer Support

Ouch. The only people I found who were able to get it to run were using keyboard control only (no sticks or pads).

Jeez... Talk about sloppy coding. If a game THAT new won't run due to it being KERNEL specific, someone over at 3DO is getting REALLY lazy...

Originally posted by psz If a game THAT new won't run due to it being KERNEL specific, someone over at 3DO is getting REALLY lazy...

Yeah, it was released less than a year before XP was released and apparently they didn't think that many people would switch over as soon as they did.

There's also the presumption that sports fans will buy a new version of the same game every year (apparently that does happen). I'm pretty sure that the 2003 version will be fully XP compliant.

HH2003 came out last year (see http://www.3do.com/highheat/). It was NOT, despite the listing of WinXP on the outside of the box, fully XP compliant. Under WinXP, sound card acceleration must be turned down a notch to avoid audio looping and skipping, and USB gaming devices are not recognized. Save for roster updates and a forum, the product is utterly unsupported. They inadequately, if at all, tested a product, then failed to support it. Way to go, 3do! Still, for $19.99 (US), I can't complain TOO much.

Originally posted by edelbeb HH2003 came out last year It was NOT, despite the listing of WinXP on the outside of the box, fully XP compliant.

Sounds like the lure of game consoles has distracted their attention.

Thanks for the info guys. There has been a severe lack of 'support' on the behalf of 3DO. I intentionally didn't purchase the 2003 version because of this lack of support. Alas I enjoy the game very much so I will undoubtedly fork over the $50-$70(CDN)for the 2004 version when it is available in March.

In the meantime I will continue to 'dual-boot' with Win98 in order to get my fix.

Thanks Again.

Sorry we couldn't help any more. At least you can dual-boot. 😀
Closing thread: RESOLVED (kinda)