Bug Report: Crash on Game Startup

[Yuuichi]

For a number of games, I've gotten this crash whenever I try to run them:

ebp=0033c4a4 esp=0033c494 program=E:\Temp\MONTY.EXE
cs: sel=019f  base=02a90000  limit=7d55ffff
ds: sel=01a7  base=02a90000  limit=7d55ffff
es: sel=01a7  base=02a90000  limit=7d55ffff
fs: sel=01b7  base=00000000  limit=7ffeffff
gs: sel=01b7  base=00000000  limit=7ffeffff
ss: sel=01a7  base=02a90000  limit=7d55ffff

Call frame traceback EIPs:
  0x000b53b0
  0x000b532d
  0x000bdd44
  0x000b4daf
  0x00001887
  0x0000199d
  0x0002041c
  0x000b461a

Error: the program has exited without requesting it.
Program pointer: -09  (write this number down), ACI version 2.14.119
If you see a list of numbers above, please write them down and contact
Chris Jones. Otherwise, note down any other information displayed.

That game, as the executable name indicates, is Reality on the Norm's "Monty on the Norm".  I've also had this happen (same program pointer) with "Permenant Daylight" and I believe one other, though I can't seem to find that one right now. I should add that I'm running Win2k and using VDMSound to get DOS engine games' sound to work, and also that both of those games (and I think the third one as well) use the DOS engine.

[ThunderStorm]

I'm not sure, but I think I remember someone solving this problem by running the setup file before running the game. I guess it's worth a try.

[Pumaman]

Yeah that's worth a try - these games were written with very old versions of AGS which aren't supported by the Windows engine, and don't run well under Windows 2000/XP.

The ideal solution would be to contact the game author and ask them to upgrade the game to Windows, but they may well not be prepared to do so.