First post, by VirtuaIceMan
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I've recently noticed (for my complete PC rally games collection) that there was a PC port of the PSX game Dakar Rally 97 (PSX version shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_lOk-uXodY).
So I picked up this one: http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r144164515
However, despite the seller claiming (Google translate) "It works with WINDOWS 7 32-bit.", I haven't yet been able to get it to do anything!
On Win 8.1 64bit the installer fails, and as it uses InstallShield 2, which is incompatible with 64 bit. The replacement Installshield installer I tried (for IS3) doesn't work - it threw a technical message up in Japanese (although I suspect there might be other replacements out there I could try).
So I went to VMware Player and booted up Windows 98SE (I don't think the game is D3D accelerated at all). The game then installed fine, but upon booting opens a small window then locks up that program. I presume it might initially try to load the AVI videos, but I'm not sure.
I plan to try it on my 32-bit WinXP machine (and possibly on Win98SE via VirtualPC), to see if that yields any results. It's all made trickier by the game, installer and error messages being in Japanese (although in-game most of the content seems in English from the user manual).
Anyway I'll report back more on it in time, if I get anywhere. Perhaps it actually does need a Win95 install and not Win98SE...
My PC spec: Win10 64bit, i7-4970K (not overclocked), KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, Creative Soundblaster ZXr, 16GB RAM, Asus Z97-A motherboard, NZXT 410 case, ROG Swift GSYNC monitor