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First post, by heilo99

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I am attempting to get an old game, designed for Windows 95 to run on my Windows XP machine, SP3. The game is called, The Hive.

Here is the problem:

When I let autoplay start, or when I start any of the applications on the disc in an attempt to get the installation going, (with the exception of one - to be talked about later), I get a strange error message...

SUNMAPLS_IP_EBP_12 can't load in KERNEL32.dll

Here is what I have tried so far:

- All the compat modes
- Turning off various Direct X Functions

Nothing seems to work. Now when I try an application called HIVEPLYR, the program proceeds to load the game and allows me to play. But, it loads everything except the background moving image. You see The Hive is a rail shooter, so basically the player shoots space ships in the foreground while the background movie is supposed to play.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Reply 1 of 9, by Gamecollector

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The only 100% solution is - ViptualPC + Windows 98/Me as guest OS.
*peep**censored*this *peep*Necrosoft...

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Reply 2 of 9, by heilo99

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Can you recomend a VirtualPC and a place to download? I saw some tutorial on youtube, there was someone running Windows 95 which is exaclty, I think, what I want. Thanks for the help.

Reply 4 of 9, by Jorpho

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zenith2009 wrote:

VirtualBox is free.

So are VMware Player and Virtual PC.

Reply 5 of 9, by Davros

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which of those vm's support hardware acceleration ?

and what do you do if there are no win98/me drivers for your gfx card ?

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Reply 6 of 9, by Jorpho

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Davros wrote:

which of those vm's support hardware acceleration ?

and what do you do if there are no win98/me drivers for your gfx card ?

Very good points.

heilo99 wrote:

But, it loads everything except the background moving image.

I was actually thinking that was a codec problem of some sort.

Reply 7 of 9, by Gamecollector

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Davros wrote:

which of those vm's support hardware acceleration ?

No one for the Win9x. So, if you have the Win9x only game with D3D or OGL - the only choice is to build retro PC. Again, *censored**peep* Bill Gates and Necrosoft.

The Hive do not use D3D by the way.

and what do you do if there are no win98/me drivers for your gfx card ?

VirtualPC do not emulate legacy videocard? For Win95/98/ME?

Reply 8 of 9, by Jorpho

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Gamecollector wrote:

and what do you do if there are no win98/me drivers for your gfx card ?

VirtualPC do not emulate legacy videocard? For Win95/98/ME?

I think his point was that if one has a Win9x only game with D3D or OGL, installing Win9x on one's computer is not an option if one's video card has no Win9x drivers. As you say, the only choice in that instance is to build a retro PC.

Reply 9 of 9, by Davros

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my point exactly

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