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First post, by skyrunner14

Posted on 2013-01-20, 15:17

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I played this game as a kid and recall really liking it, so when I saw it was on Abandonia I immediately downloaded it. I can't get it playing, however. I try to run the game with "monte", and all I get is a black screen where nothing happens. I tried going into"msetup", and I can apparently setup up correctly there, but trying the midi test and digital audio test doesn't work either. All I get is a red square with nothing in it.

Am I just hopelessly inept and doing something wrong, or is this not going to work for me? Maybe it's just the files at Abandonia? Any help will be most appriciated. Thanks!

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Reply 1 of 12, by Gamecollector

Posted on 2013-01-20, 17:17

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Go bug the Abadonia forum, please.

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Reply 2 of 12, by skyrunner14

Posted on 2013-01-20, 18:03

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I tried downloading the game in several different places, but no matter where I get it from, the game just won't work. Everywhere else I get the game from the "msetup" works, but "monte" STILL doesn't...

Reply 3 of 12, by Dominus

Posted on 2013-01-20, 18:18

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Problem is that illegal downloads are not supported here.

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Reply 4 of 12, by skyrunner14

Posted on 2013-01-20, 18:39

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That's the thing, though. I have a physical copy, but I can't get that to work either... if downloading the game elsewhere is illegal, I'm going to delete it immediately, though. I honestly wasn't aware. Sorry about that.

Reply 5 of 12, by Dominus

Posted on 2013-01-20, 19:03

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For your real copy follow the guide linked in my signature.

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Reply 6 of 12, by keropi

Posted on 2013-01-20, 19:11

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The game is a little mess... I have 2 prints of it: one is a dos+win version and the later is just windows with different .exe version too... be sure that your original print is a dos/win one and not a win-only one

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Reply 7 of 12, by skyrunner14

Posted on 2013-01-20, 19:55

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I've got Windows 8. Installing 3.1 wouldn't mess anything up, right?

Reply 8 of 12, by skyrunner14

Posted on 2013-01-20, 21:22

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I'm pretty sure my copy in Windows only... gah. And I checked eBay, but it's hard to tell whether the ones I see being sold include the DOS version.

Reply 9 of 12, by kolano

Posted on 2013-01-20, 21:46

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At least some of the original versions of "Montezuma's Revenge" were booters rather than "DOS" versions. You might want to see if you can boot off the disk.

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Reply 10 of 12, by skyrunner14

Posted on 2013-01-20, 22:07

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I tried it out earlier... it's one of those Autorun things. You have to install it before you can play, sadly. Guess I have one of the newer, 1998 versions rather than the 1997 one. Darn...

Reply 11 of 12, by VileR

Posted on 2013-01-20, 22:19

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kolano wrote:
At least some of the original versions of "Montezuma's Revenge" were booters rather than "DOS" versions. You might want to see if you can boot off the disk.

"Return" != "Revenge" ;) although they did pull a DoTT with Return by including Revenge as a bonus game.

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Reply 12 of 12, by leileilol

Posted on 2013-01-20, 23:00

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It's a Windows 95 game. Both the 97 and 98 versions are afaik.

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