Games refuse to work on XP

sonicfoot · May 24th, 2003

After I Installed Windows XP the following games that I owned either refused to work or come up with some major bugs:

Alien Vs Predator Gold - Slows down dramaticallly through the entire game, menu, cutscenes etc.

Star Wars Episode 1 racer - I get a blank screen after the intro video.

Rally Championship - Exits when I start playing the game.

Are there any patches to make these games work on WinXP?

F-3582 · May 24th, 2003

Have you tried running them in Compatibility mode? Just right-click the game executable, go to the properties and select Windows 98 in the compatibility section. Some games worked way better afterwards.

sonicfoot · May 24th, 2003

Already did that, and there is no difference.

Sephi · May 24th, 2003

compatiblity mode never worked for me it sucks

mayeb u should try the service pack sp1 or sumthing like that for windows xp it supose to fix comptability with games

sonicfoot · May 24th, 2003

Ive already updated winxp to the latest with all the patches, service packs etc form windows update.

Genius_GZA · May 24th, 2003

There's no real remedy for that kind of problem you have to look for XP patches over the Internet or updtaes for the games I'm sure there are some fixes if not then instal Win 98 or Me on other partition Good Luck

sonicfoot · May 24th, 2003

I would do a partition, but Im not sure if my 18gig harddrive would be big enough for it.:confused:

N1ghtw0lf · May 24th, 2003

eh...ive never had a problem with AvP Gold, or Episode 1 Racer on either computer of mine...dunno whats wrong...get all the latest patches is all i can say...

Zell · May 24th, 2003

Yeah if you are lucky you find some .

Exodus · May 24th, 2003

and your drivers are all good and updated too?

F-3582 · May 24th, 2003

Why don't you switch back completely?

sonicfoot · May 24th, 2003

I wouldnt wanna switch back cause I have much less crashes compared to the WinMe (which I had before).

N1ghtw0lf, you mangaed to get them games working on WinXP without any patches?Lucky

**Kane** · May 24th, 2003

>Alien Vs Predator Gold - Slows down dramaticallly through the entire game, menu, cutscenes etc.

I have this game running fine if I skip the cutscenes. There seems to be some kind of bug there.

>Star Wars Episode 1 racer - I get a blank screen after the intro video.

There is an XP patch for this on the Lucas website

>Rally Championship - Exits when I start playing the game.

There is an XP patch for this game. Try searching Google

May 24th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	Games refuse to work on XP After I Installed Windows XP the following games that I owned either refused to work or come up with some major bugs: Alien Vs Predator Gold - Slows down dramaticallly through the entire game, menu, cutscenes etc. Star Wars Episode 1 racer - I get a blank screen after the intro video. Rally Championship - Exits when I start playing the game. Are there any patches to make these games work on WinXP? __________________ My Notebook: [Compaq Pressario M2000] AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile 1600+, ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M IGP 64MB, 512MB DDR333 ,15.0" XGA TFT Brightview Display 1024 x 768, Windows™ XP Home Edition My Computer: Intel™ Core™ 2 Quad CPU Q6600, Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 256MB, 2.00 GB RAM, 22" TFT Screen, Windows™ Vista Home Premium

May 24th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	Have you tried running them in Compatibility mode? Just right-click the game executable, go to the properties and select Windows 98 in the compatibility section. Some games worked way better afterwards. __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

May 24th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	Already did that, and there is no difference. __________________ My Notebook: [Compaq Pressario M2000] AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile 1600+, ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M IGP 64MB, 512MB DDR333 ,15.0" XGA TFT Brightview Display 1024 x 768, Windows™ XP Home Edition My Computer: Intel™ Core™ 2 Quad CPU Q6600, Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 256MB, 2.00 GB RAM, 22" TFT Screen, Windows™ Vista Home Premium

May 24th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	Ive already updated winxp to the latest with all the patches, service packs etc form windows update. __________________ My Notebook: [Compaq Pressario M2000] AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile 1600+, ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M IGP 64MB, 512MB DDR333 ,15.0" XGA TFT Brightview Display 1024 x 768, Windows™ XP Home Edition My Computer: Intel™ Core™ 2 Quad CPU Q6600, Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 256MB, 2.00 GB RAM, 22" TFT Screen, Windows™ Vista Home Premium

May 24th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Genius_GZA GameCube Player! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Shaolin Temple , The Tibet Mountains Posts: 1,183	There's no real remedy for that kind of problem you have to look for XP patches over the Internet or updtaes for the games I'm sure there are some fixes if not then instal Win 98 or Me on other partition Good Luck __________________ My Specs: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600@3.0GHz, GeForce 8800GTS 512MB[ForceWare 177.92], 4GB DDR2 5300 RAM, Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 HiFi, Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3

May 24th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Sephi Thinking outside the box Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,509	compatiblity mode never worked for me it sucks mayeb u should try the service pack sp1 or sumthing like that for windows xp it supose to fix comptability with games

May 24th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	I would do a partition, but Im not sure if my 18gig harddrive would be big enough for it.:confused: __________________ My Notebook: [Compaq Pressario M2000] AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile 1600+, ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M IGP 64MB, 512MB DDR333 ,15.0" XGA TFT Brightview Display 1024 x 768, Windows™ XP Home Edition My Computer: Intel™ Core™ 2 Quad CPU Q6600, Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 256MB, 2.00 GB RAM, 22" TFT Screen, Windows™ Vista Home Premium

May 24th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
N1ghtw0lf An American Paradox Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Call Me Butter Cuz' I'm On A Roll! Posts: 6,822	eh...ive never had a problem with AvP Gold, or Episode 1 Racer on either computer of mine...dunno whats wrong...get all the latest patches is all i can say... __________________

May 24th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Zell The Sword Saint Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Death Zone Posts: 1,750	Yeah if you are lucky you find some . __________________ Kuzuryusen ! God-like speed to attack all nine vital points in one stroke. Impossible to dodge and defend ! How want's to stop me E-Mail

May 24th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Exodus Now the stars don't match Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Null Posts: 14,202	and your drivers are all good and updated too? __________________ No, I don't like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music or download video game music. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

May 24th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
F-3582 Back to regular business Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: in Sachsen Posts: 3,242	Why don't you switch back completely? __________________ In a world without walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

May 24th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
sonicfoot Why im I not Happy? Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 711	I wouldnt wanna switch back cause I have much less crashes compared to the WinMe (which I had before). N1ghtw0lf, you mangaed to get them games working on WinXP without any patches?Lucky __________________ My Notebook: [Compaq Pressario M2000] AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile 1600+, ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M IGP 64MB, 512MB DDR333 ,15.0" XGA TFT Brightview Display 1024 x 768, Windows™ XP Home Edition My Computer: Intel™ Core™ 2 Quad CPU Q6600, Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 256MB, 2.00 GB RAM, 22" TFT Screen, Windows™ Vista Home Premium

May 24th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	>Alien Vs Predator Gold - Slows down dramaticallly through the entire game, menu, cutscenes etc. I have this game running fine if I skip the cutscenes. There seems to be some kind of bug there. >Star Wars Episode 1 racer - I get a blank screen after the intro video. There is an XP patch for this on the Lucas website >Rally Championship - Exits when I start playing the game. There is an XP patch for this game. Try searching Google __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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