Play Me game on Xp? possible?

[Crutchdutch]

I recently bought a game on e-bay, came to find out that it wasn't made
for my operating system. The game was made for Windows Me, and I have
Windows Xp Home. **fatal error** is the message I get when I try to
play it. The game installed just fine, but shows a black screen and I
have to use the task manager to exit. Please tell me there is
something I can do about this, I can't return the game and I'm not
spending $100 or more just to buy an out-dated operating system.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

I recently bought a game on e-bay, came to find out that it wasn't made
for my operating system. The game was made for Windows Me, and I have
Windows Xp Home. **fatal error** is the message I get when I try to
play it. The game installed just fine, but shows a black screen and I
have to use the task manager to exit. Please tell me there is
something I can do about this, I can't return the game and I'm not
spending $100 or more just to buy an out-dated operating system.

What is the game?
Have you tried running it with the compaibilty mode set to Win98/ME?
It may be able to be run in DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/)

 

[Crutchdutch]

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What is the game?
Have you tried running it with the compaibilty mode set to Win98/ME?
It may be able to be run in DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/)

The game is Fallout Tactics.
Requires Pentium 2 (or compatible), Windows 95/98/2000/and Me...I have
a Celeron, v.2002 Windows XP Home Edition.

How do I change the 'compaibilty' mode to Win98/ME?
I don't believe this game was made to run in DOS, but I tried
DosBox...ineffective, same *fatal* error message:

C:\dev\phoenix\display\directx7\dd7_display.cpp(715):**fatal
error**: Could not create primary and back surfaces

Sounds to me like a problem with direct x v.7...which I don't have and
v.8 comes with the game, which I've tried, also v.9 and v.10; it's as
if direct x isn't able to make primary or back surfaces or
something...
Funny thing is, no part of that file exists on my computer or the
game disks...

 

[ronald.phillips]

Fallout Tactics works fine in XP. Have you installed all of the patches
for it? Hope you have a fast internet connection....