I'll try it out later on this afternoon, & I sure will let you know. Hope it works, I love this game. Thanks Judy

I did a search for Pandora's Box in glitches but didn't find anything so here I am. I am running Win 7 64 bit and it won't install. The only patch is for people with Pentium 3 processors and I don't think this applies to me. I checked the Microsoft site and there's nothing there either. Anyone got it to run on this OS? Let me know what I need to do if you did. Thanks!

Debra, have you tired to do the actual installation in XP mode? I've had success with several games which refused to install normally, but worked just fine when I used the Troubleshoot Compatibility option.

hi all; regarding my Black Dahlia win 7 64 bit install, I used the no CD patch then installed the v1.10 patch, then went into the game folder. There are three files, the BD game icon, the BDdv patch & BD patch Videos. I went into compatibility mode on all three & under settings I ticked "run in 256 color" & run in "640 x 480". Now the game plays perfectly. Judy

I'm glad to hear that you got it working, judith! Black Dahlia was one of my favorites, although very difficult puzzles. Are you finding all the patches you used online?

I haven't had any luck at all with the older games I'm trying to get going:RealMyst, Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within, Morpheus. Actually, I think they're all 32-bit games and won't even start installing: I get a message that I need a 64-bit version of the game--like that's ever going to happen!
Or maybe I just don't know how to "tweak" the settings correctly.

Mary, I've gotten that same message for several games I've tried to install. When that happens, try installing in XP compatibility mode.

Right click on the CD/DVD drive that indicates the game CD is in the drive. Select Open. Find the setup file and right click on it. Select Troubleshoot Compatibility. From there follow the prompts. I even got Dracula Resurrection to install and play that way. That one wouldn't even play on my old XP drive!

I will give that a try Drac and let you know how it works.

I tried and it still gives me compatibility issues. I may try and put the Pentium 3 patch on just to see what happens.

OK I got it to work by going into the properties and setting it to WinXP, run as administrator and dowloading the Patch 1.0 that fixes Pentium 3 problems. Hope that helps others and thanks for the help and suggestions. I appreciate it.

Excellent, Debra. Another one to add to the list. One of these days I'll alphabetize it!

I agree with you Cissy. I played it years ago and really enjoyed it. By the way, what version do you have?

Thanks,
FJT

Yoomurjak's Ring runs on Win 7!

Sweet!

Sherlock Holmes the Awakened runs perfectly with the vista patch on win 7 64 bit. Judy

hi all,

I just wanted to let you know that I've started pulling out my older games too. So far, Darkness Within in pursuit of Loath Nolder ran perfectly all the way through BUT Egypt II Heliopolis wouldn't even install, even after trying all modes in compatibility.

Ikonius, is your OS 32-bit or 64-bit Win 7?

64-bit

Thanks. I need to update the first post, but have been running pretty hard the last couple of days.

no worries. This post is very much appreciated.

Has anyone tried replaying The Longest Journey (the first) and Jack Keane? Neither of them seem to work on my 64-bit win 7, even in 98 and XP modes. I still get an "incompatible program" window that pops up. Hoping someone found a workaround

As for Jack Keane, the installer gets past the infamous shared files block, but still won't run, even in XP mode. HEEEELP! I feel I'm losing my mind, not to mention some still very playable games here arrrgh!

Ikonis, I also have Win 7 64 bit, and it took me quite a while to get The Longest Journey to work. What finally worked for me was disabling 3D acceleration in the options menu that pops up before you start the game and then downloading the patch. You need to disable the acceleration first, as once the patch is applied, you no longer have that option. (I also turned the shadows off once I started playing, as the dotted shadows - caused by disabling the acceleration - were a distraction for me. This may not be an issue for you though, as everyone is different.)

As for Jack Keane, that game works fine for me, so I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions. Hopefully someone else will have a suggestion for it.

ok will try that for TLJ. Did you have to choose a specific compatibility mode or did you stick to default?

EDIT: I succeeded in installing the game in win98 compatibility mode, but for some reason I could not force it to install it on C(x86). Will try again and let you know.

Try it in compatibility mode for NT 4.0. I had to double check as it's been a while since I set it up, but at looks as though that is what mine is set for.

EDIT: I just remembered, I should have asked you which version of TLJ you have. The information I have given you applies to the 2 disk version. Do you have the 2 or the 4 disk version?

ok will do. I had to uninstall it anyway as it was giving me a "parameter is incorrect" error message when I clicked new game. I wonder if it's because I mistakenly installed the 1.61 patch to C x86?

EDIT: Sorry, by the way, I seem to have a leftover Tages driver on my drive somewhere. Windows keeps prompting me that it has to disable it. Oddly enough, when I try to look for it, I can't locate it.

EDIT2: OK. I've reinstalled the game in the proper place (C x86) I then unchecked 3D acceleration BEFORE installing the patch like you recommended. Now the game runs, but I still get a "parameter is incorrect" error message on a regular basis (4 times during the opening sequence alone). Is there anything else you recommend? And I have the 2-disk version)

Did you try looking for it with the search box? In downloads? I don't have any experience with Tages, so I'm not really sure.

Yes, the "parameter is incorrect" message could be related to the patch being installed to C x86, though that is where my game is located. If you follow the instructions, the patch should automatically be applied to the game itself. This may be a silly/obvious question, but did you run the patch application, or did you just put it in your x86 folder?

EDIT: Sorry, just read your second edit. Did you try it in NT 4.0 compatibility mode? I never got the error messages you've mentioned, but I did get serious lagging in the opening scenes before I did all of these things combined - disabling 3D acceleration, patch, compatibility mode. (Also, are you running the game as administrator? Not sure if this would be a factor, though, as generally speaking, the computer refuses to play the game at all if you are not. It may be a possibility, though.)

EDIT 2: You may also want to make sure that anti-aliasing is disabled. This may cause problems as well.