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First post, by NetDanzr

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Hi y'all.

I've been trying to run the three Premier Manager games by Gremlin Graphics (early 1990s) on a WinXP Home, SP1 system, with rather mixed results, and was wondering whether anyone has any suggestions.

Premier Manager I
- In WinXP, runns fine, but a weird color palette causes it to have some white-on-white text. 256-color compatibility doesn't solve this.
- With VDMSound, same result.
- With DOSBox, the colors are fine, but the mouse cursor is shifted, which makes it hard to click on the proper field.
(I'd like to know whether I can run it somehow, with proper colors.)

Premier Manager II
- In WinXP, it freezes on startup.
- With VDMSound, it runns perfectly.
- Not tested with DOSBox.
(No complaints here, it's only FYI.)

Premier Manager III
- In WinXP, a no-go; tried all compatibility mode combinations.
- With VDMSound, a no-go; gives me a "could not find an Extended Memory Manager"
- With DOSBox, a no-go; freezes upon loading.
(Any way to run this game?)

I must confess that I'm a total newbie when it comes to configuring VDMSound and DOSBox, so I may have overlooked something basic.

Reply 3 of 3, by gil22

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Premier Manager III (-in winxp)
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-Installing:

Install the game to c:\pm3 (this might not be neccessary)

RClick on install.exe

Select "properties"

LClick on the "memory" tab

In the "Expanded (EMS) memory" section

Change the value to "2048"

LClick on the install.exe shortcut

"Select music card"

Choose "Roland MT32"

For Port Address choose "330"

Then "exit" "yes" "yes" to save changes

-Playing:

RClick on pm3.exe

Select "properties"

LClick on the "memory" tab

In the "Expanded (EMS) memory" section

Change the value to "2048"

and "ok" out.

LClick on the pm3.exe shortcut

Game should start.

Good Luck!