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Community => Adventure Related Talk & Chat => Topic started by: Fleshstalker on Sat 31/03/2007 20:08:53

Title: I was able to run the demo of Monkey Island 1 on my PC...
Post by: Fleshstalker on Sat 31/03/2007 20:08:53
Using XP and it was working well. The next day, the demo won't run at all. How is this possible. I heard XP is not suppose to run old Moneky Island games, but mine did and then the next time I booted it up, it would not work no matter how many time I tried. ??? Oh and I don't even have the SCUMM download to make older titles run on XP.
Title: Re: I was able to run the demo of Monkey Island 1 on my PC...
Post by: Steel Drummer on Sat 31/03/2007 20:12:46
Download SCUMMVM. That's the only solution I can think of, since I don't own XP. ;)
Title: Re: I was able to run the demo of Monkey Island 1 on my PC...
Post by: Fleshstalker on Sat 31/03/2007 20:29:35
Yea, I know it would work if I downloaded SCUMMVM, but I just find it strange how it worked the first time and then it didn't the next day. I find it strange.
Title: Re: I was able to run the demo of Monkey Island 1 on my PC...
Post by: Mr Flibble on Sat 31/03/2007 20:36:05
Share and enjoy.

Downloads page (http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php#stable)

You're right, it is rather strange. Have you updated or changed anything at all, or possibly a program is running that wasn't before? Maybe a program isn't running that was before?
Title: Re: I was able to run the demo of Monkey Island 1 on my PC...
Post by: Fleshstalker on Sat 31/03/2007 20:45:29
Nope. I haven't changed or update anything on my PC and nothing was running while playing it the first time or afterwards. Oh well...
Title: Re: I was able to run the demo of Monkey Island 1 on my PC...
Post by: Magic on Sun 01/04/2007 18:02:20
PCs are so utterly complicated that a simple answer is sometimes not possible. I can't believe the amount of problems that I've solved with a reboot without making changes, nor the few times that a program hasn't run and then has run without problems the next time.  ???

They are fickle beasts, in short. Understand as much as you can but know that you won't understand them all. :)