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Atlantis 2 in Virtual PC 2007 on Windows 95 VM -- Skipping Music problem.
Previously I tried the GOG version (setup_beyond_atlantis_2.0.0.10.exe) of Atlantis 2 in Windows 7 x64, but I had so many problems with it (transitions and cut scenes were skipped, mouse cursor was sluggish and jerky in the game menu -- and worse yet, the game wouldn't start at all after the first playing session, no matter which compatibility mode I chose). So I gave up on the GOG version and decided to play it in Virtual PC using my old Atlantis 2 DVD.
Almost everything works in Virtual PC (freshly made Windows 98SE VM) except the music skips. I tried reducing audio acceleration through the Win 98 dxdiag (rebooted Win98 afterwards), but this had no effect on the skipping. I'm using a disc image of the Atlantis 2 DVD that I made using imgburn.
Would this be a computer speed problem or a Windows 98 driver problem? Virtual PC emulates an SB16, and I'm using the default drivers that installed with Windows 98SE. Would using SB16 drivers from the Creative website help reduce skipping, or is this more a matter of imperfect SB16 emulation in Virtual PC or excessive computer speed?
The computer I'm using has these specs
Processor: Intel Core i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz
RAM: 8.00 GB = 8192 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti with 1.25 GB Video RAM
Except for the CPU speed, most of that is probably irrelevant for anything running in Virtual PC.
