Good Morning everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark Brew is ready.

The weather here is finally warming up a little and the snow is slowly melting. Need to go grocery shopping this morning.

Hope you all have a great day!

Gerry

Thanks for everyone's quick responses. GOG is my go-to source for any games. They're fantastic!! I only use Steam when a game isn't available on GOG, and once a game becomes available on GOG, I buy a copy from GOG to support them as much as I can.

Unfortunately, all the games I'm playing aren't available on GOG, Steam, or anywhere else except on Abandonware or CDs I own. But I did figure out a way to resolve the issue.

QuickTime 2 and 3 can reside on the same machine with no issues, but QuickTime 4 can't be on the same machine with 2 and 3. As I mentioned before, I'm using PCEM to run Windows 98 SE. Here's the steps I went through.

(1) Using PCEM I created one virtual hard drive (.VHD file) for running QuickTime 2 and 3, and a second VHD for running QuickTime 4

(2) Launched PCEM and completed fresh Windows 98 SE install on each VHD

(3) Upgraded DirectX 6.1 to DirectX 7.0 on VHD for QuickTime 4. The games that need QuickTime 4 require DX 7, not DX 6.1 which is the default version installed on Windows 98 SE

(4) Created two PCEM configurations, one for QT 2 and 3 and one for QT 4

(5) Installed QT 2 and 3 games on first one and QT 4 games on the second one

(6) Created batch file to run PCEM using VHD with QT 2 and 3, and another batch file to run PCM using VHD with QT4

(7) Added shortcuts for these two batch files to Start Menu

Everything is working perfectly now.

Yes, it is a lot of work, but I REALLY enjoy these old games.

If anyone is interested in an in-depth explanation of the technical steps, I'll be happy to post the details here.

I would share the PCEM configurations I setup, but I can't because Microsoft still has copyright on Windows 98 SE, although they don't sell it anymore. I used my licensed copy of Windows 98 SE. As I mentioned above, all the games I installed are abandoned or CDs I own so I didn't violate any copyrights.

Successfully installed the following games:
- AMBER Journeys Beyond
- Dune 2000
- Egypt 1156 B.C.: Tomb of Pharoah
- Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy
- FAUST: Seven Games of the Soul
- Morpheus
- Nightlong: The Union City Conspiracy
- RHEM
- The Cameron Files: Secret of Loch Ness
- The Crystal Key
- The Forgotten
- The Messenger
- Traitors Gate

Running on Steam this sale ends March 15th

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Spring Sales are starting up - Sale Events

Hello everyone, nice to be back somewhat.
The price for these games I like plus good games. I have been away and not played some puzzles.
Yes Chapter 2 game out today - good price also. I went to some escape games. What are the good puzzle games out there??

Remember: every post helps keep the hamsters running inside the forum servers.

Thanks Marian and Oldbroad! It is a pretty good year so far since I'm so close to putting the game out.

Neofeud is again discounted!

In more good news, Neofeud 2 will be coming out this March if all goes according to plan! I am now over halfway through the finalized version of Neofeud 2 and the testers so far have experienced no major bugs.

Thanks all.

Thank you Ana!

Thanks, Marian.

Thanks mxm.

Thanks Marian!

Good morning manXman ... nice finish by you Marian OldBroad and Michele

Thanks, Marian!