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geekhack Community => Other Geeky Stuff => Topic started by: fohat.digs on Sat, 19 December 2015, 09:37:21
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My son has Black & White ("1") with Creature Island that he would really like to play on a modern 8.1 machine.
We have tried to install it at least half a dozen times, following various instructions found on the internet including downloading new .dlls, renaming folders without spaces, registry tweaks, updates, etc.
It will sometimes seem to install properly, with or without the expansion pack, but when you try to run it, nothing happens.
Got any ideas?
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System requirements seem fairly low - have you considered running it in a virtual machine with an older OS installed?
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System requirements seem fairly low - have you considered running it in a virtual machine with an older OS installed?
Indeed very low requirements. I played the crap out of that game on my 2003 build with XP. My first suggestion is virtual machine too. If not, maybe pick up a cheap XP machine?
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What is this "Windows 8.1" you speak of?? I went from 7 to 10 ;D
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VM is definitely going to be the best option.
What is this "Windows 8.1" you speak of?? I went from 7 to 10 ;D
I'm on Win8.1 right now =]
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I remember trying to get that game to work in W7 or Vista and never could. Hope you can figure out a way to get it going.
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isnt your son a teenager? He would have to be like 4 when B&W came out.
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What is this "Windows 8.1" you speak of?? I went from 7 to 10 ;D
Poor guy...