Originally posted by Reckless Don't think many people will help you out!
Don't misunderstand. It's not that we (or others) don't care, it's just that there are many "abandoned" titles placed for download that are an unfixable mess.
In this case, it's hard to tell. If you have the floppy version, they should've included the SETUP program; so I'm guessing that it's a hacked version of the CD game. If that's the case, your critical files are INSTALL.INI and RESOURCE.CFG. If you have them, try zipping them up and adding them as an attachment here and we'll see if we can tweak them. You might also give us a listing of the files in the game directory. They may have left out driver files you need.
I had lost/sold/binned some of my earliest s/w and ended up spending far too much on eBay to get some titles back.
eBay *blech* Half-price Books has been one of my greatest resources. Found an original, boxed "Ultima VII: The Black Gate" in the "all black" box (complete with all it's contents: cloth manual, etc...) there on the "closeout" rack. Price?
Originally posted by Reckless Don't think many people will help you out!
Don't misunderstand. It's not that we (or others) don't care, it's just that there are many "abandoned" titles placed for download that are an unfixable mess.
In this case, it's hard to tell. If you have the floppy version, they should've included the SETUP program; so I'm guessing that it's a hacked version of the CD game. If that's the case, your critical files are INSTALL.INI and RESOURCE.CFG. If you have them, try zipping them up and adding them as an attachment here and we'll see if we can tweak them. You might also give us a listing of the files in the game directory. They may have left out driver files you need.
I had lost/sold/binned some of my earliest s/w and ended up spending far too much on eBay to get some titles back.
eBay *blech* Half-price Books has been one of my greatest resources. Found an original, boxed "Ultima VII: The Black Gate" in the "all black" box (complete with all it's contents: cloth manual, etc...) there on the "closeout" rack. Price? $1
I think the primary reason it was made so cheap was that it is the 5.25" floppy disk version. Doesn't matter as I still have a 5.25 drive (as well as the CD version). Found an unopened box of "Freddy Pharcus: Frontier Pharmacist" there for a $1.
Recently found the jewelcase+CD for the Windows 3.1 version of GADGET. It was missing the paper CD insert, but it still a deal consider it originally retailed for $79.99 and I got it for 50 cents.
Even bought some I didn't ever own before - Callahan's Crosstime Saloon - which I can't quite get working!! Ah well!
I think the primary reason it was made so cheap was that it is the 5.25" floppy disk version. Doesn't matter as I still have a 5.25 drive (as well as the CD version). Found an unopened box of "Freddy Pharcus: Frontier Pharmacist" there for a
Originally posted by Reckless Don't think many people will help you out!
Don't misunderstand. It's not that we (or others) don't care, it's just that there are many "abandoned" titles placed for download that are an unfixable mess.
In this case, it's hard to tell. If you have the floppy version, they should've included the SETUP program; so I'm guessing that it's a hacked version of the CD game. If that's the case, your critical files are INSTALL.INI and RESOURCE.CFG. If you have them, try zipping them up and adding them as an attachment here and we'll see if we can tweak them. You might also give us a listing of the files in the game directory. They may have left out driver files you need.
I had lost/sold/binned some of my earliest s/w and ended up spending far too much on eBay to get some titles back.
eBay *blech* Half-price Books has been one of my greatest resources. Found an original, boxed "Ultima VII: The Black Gate" in the "all black" box (complete with all it's contents: cloth manual, etc...) there on the "closeout" rack. Price? $1
I think the primary reason it was made so cheap was that it is the 5.25" floppy disk version. Doesn't matter as I still have a 5.25 drive (as well as the CD version). Found an unopened box of "Freddy Pharcus: Frontier Pharmacist" there for a $1.
Recently found the jewelcase+CD for the Windows 3.1 version of GADGET. It was missing the paper CD insert, but it still a deal consider it originally retailed for $79.99 and I got it for 50 cents.
Even bought some I didn't ever own before - Callahan's Crosstime Saloon - which I can't quite get working!! Ah well!
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Recently found the jewelcase+CD for the Windows 3.1 version of GADGET. It was missing the paper CD insert, but it still a deal consider it originally retailed for .99 and I got it for 50 cents.
Even bought some I didn't ever own before - Callahan's Crosstime Saloon - which I can't quite get working!! Ah well!
Try it out on some friend's PC. I think your PC's are suffering from "weird hardware response" syndrome.