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First post, by Reckless

Posted on 2003-09-12, 13:46

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I've got 21st Century's Pinball Powerpack on CD which contains Dreams, Dreams2, Fantasies, Illusions and Mania but I cannot get any of them to run!

I'm 'sure' I've had Dreams/Fantasies running but now when I try the ntvdm process just dies 🙁 I really wanted to play Illusions again but this one has a different error:

Error: The pMAX protected-mode handler driver cannot find a protected-mode interface. Please try creating a DOS bootdisk (see the "troubleshooting" section in your user manual for details), re-booting your machine with it and then re-running the game

I've run them all with and without VDMSound. DOSBox doesn't support them either. Have I any other options (specifically about the Illusions problem)?

Thanks in advance!
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Reply 1 of 6, by Snover

Posted on 2003-09-12, 15:07

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Those were released for free at back2roots.org (the Amiga versions). Get UAE, and run it through that. (The DOS version is a direct (badly made) port of the Amiga version, you'll only gain from playing the Amiga version.)

Yes, it’s my fault.

Reply 2 of 6, by Nicht Sehr Gut

Posted on 2003-09-12, 15:56

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You'll still be stuck with "Pinball Dreams 2" as there's no Amiga version of that. Hrrm. Not sure if it will run with VDMSound...

Reply 3 of 6, by Reckless

Posted on 2003-09-12, 18:49

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Doh! sounded too good to be true.... my 'm8' Google is not being terribly helpful over a 'small' pre-requisite called Kickstart.

Thanks for your help anyways!

Reply 4 of 6, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2003-09-12, 18:58

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If the handler is complaining about not finding protected mode support, make sure DOSX is loaded for NTVDM. Check your CONFIG.NT and AUTOEXEC.NT files (if running WinXP and maybe other NT OSes.)

Reply 5 of 6, by Reckless

Posted on 2003-09-12, 19:23

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DOSX is indeed already loaded. I guess they have use a different extender to DOS4GW 😕

Reply 6 of 6, by Harekiet

Posted on 2003-09-12, 20:27

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Seems to use a bios routine to switch into protected mode, not supported under win2k i think.

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