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From:Simon & Schuster , Simon & Schuster Interactive ,
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User Rating: Amazon Sales Rank:#14292 |
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 Disappointed, 2006-07-28
This game will NOT run under Windows XP or 2000. The box states it is compatible, but the reality is blackouts and screen freezes with audio antics. Glad I didn't spend any more than I did.
 Great game from a great man!, 2006-04-27
I thoroughly enjoyed this game. I bought it when it first came out and raced to complete it with all the others who had bought it. It has great characters and interesting puzzles to solve. While it is true that it does not run on Windows 2000/XP, it runs just fine under MS Virtual PC (now free from MS) with Win 98 installed. I still go back and play it again from time to time. I wish we had more games from Mr. Adams. He went too soon.
3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
SP2 workaround extended, 2006-02-03
There is a less drastic way of getting the videos to work under service pack 2.
Simply get a copy of iccvid.dll from XP Service Pack 1 (Often on the original windows disk, it just needs uncompressing) and drop it into the games root directory (The same directory as ST.exe is in).
This means you do not have to mess around with windows system DLLs. The game checks the current directory when it loads up before it checks the system32 directory for the file, hence it loads the SP1 version for the game, and all your other programs use the safer SP2 version.
Hope this helps.
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
SP2 fix - a workaround, 2005-10-16
I just wanted to say that I loved this game when it first came out, and I just now found my copy if it from ages ago, and I am starting ot play it again.
I ran into the same SP2 incompatability problem, but I did a little research (about 5 minutes) and found that if you replace iccvid.dll in C:\windows\system32 with the one found on a sp1 machine (or extract it from the install cd) then it'll work without a problem.
1 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 No videos, wanted to play it so bad too., 2005-10-09
I didn't want to pay full price for this game so I waited....then it finally came out in stores again....with a strategy guide bundled. So it was the same price as before. I waited more. Never saw it in stores again. Finally I ordered it for dirt cheap the other day. I installed it and found the same issue another user reported. None of the avi files in the game play. Kind of ruins it. Accordin to the other review you have to uninstall XPSP2 and go back to SP1. Not gonna happen. Oh well. Btw, I'm a huge Douglas Adams fan and have read all of the Hitchhiker and Dirk Gently books.
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