You're almost definitely seeing the same problem I did. You want to make sure the program is set up to use the Thunderboard instead of the sound blaster. It's something wrong with the soundblaster coding in KQ 5,6 on faster computers...waits for a response that came even before it started waiting or something like that.... try it!

The Windows version of KQ5 will run fine on XP. You just have to set your resolution down, before you launch the game. Compatibility Mode does not change it soon enough so the game quits before it even starts. A convenient way to do this is to make a batch file to replace the Windows shortcut and set the bat file to run 640x480 256 colors. To install the Win version, go to the KQ5 folder on your CD and run setup.exe, not install.exe.

The Win version of KQ6 has higher resolution dialogs images and is much nicer than the DOS version. It's a little involved to get going on XP, but it can be done. See this thread on Sierra's boards on how to do it:

http://community.vugames.com/WebX?14@46.er7zc … xXyR.3@.f00b588

um, i don't know how to make a batch file (blush) how do you do so?

Right click on the Windows shortcut and choose Properties. Copy what is in the Target box and paste it Notepad. Save it with a ".bat" extension, such as "KQ5.bat"

ok i created a batch but i still recieve an insufficent memory error, and i didn't see a Thunderboard choice, my only choices were

for sound: adlib,tandy3,ibm or pc compadable, roland
mt-32

speech: cms sound blaster, IBM ps1, tandy with DAC, pro audio spectrum, disney sound source, compuadd multimedia card