Re: Pokemon Play It! under XP?

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Hi StevenE,

I don't have the Play it! game, and I tried searching online to see if that might
have been a DOS game, however I couldn't find an answer either way ...

When a game is a DOS game, it could work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available,
or search at: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a :-)

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp
which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/faq.php and http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm For
sound
issues use: http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound Good Luck! :-)

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


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"StevenE" <stevene@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Xns96C096261DB4Dstevenenospamcom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Tried pulling out the Pokemon "Play It!" CD and installing/running the game
| on Win XP. I have managed to get the install to run using the
| compatibility feature of XP but could not get the game to do more than
| launch a solid balck screen and wait for a forced program close. I thought
| maybe some of the DLLs used by the program needed an update, sso I located
| the lateset version of the sound and video DLLs and tried replacing those.
| It seems that the Play It! program is locked into a specific routine in one
| DLL that is no longer included in the lateset release. Can't find any
| website info relating to how to force it to work. And of course Wizards no
| longer has the Pokemon cards and doesn't seem to have support fo rthe
| program.
|
| Anyone else managed to get Play It! working under XP and may be willing to
| share the secret?


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