Then quite possibly the codec pack installed on my 98 machine may have included the wmvcore library

as i wrote before,after replacing the old exe with the new one released
by securom,the game finally runs - even though Atari confirmed that this
game does'nt support Win98.
Maybe it's a big difference if you're using Windows98 or Windows98SE?

But a friend also has Win98SE and the game does'nt run,
i really want to know why...

@Joe Forster/STA don't know if you received my email,but thanks for your
answer anyway (wrote about making a compatibility patch)

Hi herc,

Sorry about not having read your post earlier... As I wrote in my E-mail reply to you - well, you're welcome :D -, I'm pretty busy these days and couldn't try the game before. I couldn't make it work under Windows XP either but, currently, I have no time to play around with it anyway so I didn't try that "new EXE" yet... :o

And, yes, I'm running the first, Gold Edition of Windows 98 and am not planning to replace with with Windows 98SE... ;)

Joe

Running win98 makes sense .. kinda..
but running win98se? why? it's like running winme.. almost..

you are aware of the existance of DOSBOX (the dos emu) arent you?

I have to disagree with you there, NOTHING is like WinME lol

And hopefully nothing ever will :P

exactly my point..
so why 98se?

Hey guys,

Windows 98SE supports WDM-style drivers. Many pieces of optional hardware have WDM-style drivers only, not the old VXD-style ones. E.g. I would be unable to use my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 under Windows 98 (Gold Edition), only XP... :( (Therefore, I use the SB Audigy 1 instead and keep the 2 on the shelf, unused... :D )

Joe

but doesnt win98se take away the ability to boot into DOS (ver. windows)? or was that ME?