TetriMania master on XP??

[nick]

Just converted my elderly neighbor to a new-ish PC and
XP Pro. Not sure this was a great idea. All is well
except her TetriMania master PC game will not run.

Ideas??

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

If you don't find an answer here, you might try the
microsoft.public.windowsxp.games or microsoft.public.games newsgroups for
some advice.

 

[Anthony Buckland]

Just converted my elderly neighbor to a new-ish PC and
XP Pro. Not sure this was a great idea. All is well
except her TetriMania master PC game will not run.

Ideas??

The eternal question: what happens when you try? (In detail)

 

[nick]

The eternal question: what happens when you try? (In detail)

The program install fine and starts up. But it's all blurred as
if it were out of focus. The colors smear across the screen
and everything is sorta blotchy. Then it dies and XP asks
if I want to send an error report. I have tried other screen
resolutions with the same results.

 

[philo]

The program install fine and starts up. But it's all blurred as
if it were out of focus. The colors smear across the screen
and everything is sorta blotchy. Then it dies and XP asks
if I want to send an error report. I have tried other screen
resolutions with the same results.

First off, try running the game in the Windows95 compatability mode

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02february18.mspx


Otherwise, look around for some other Tetris games...
I still use a very old version from Windows3.1 and it works fine in XP

Everything in Bowep still runs on XP
and the package contains Tetris

http://www.siteaboutnothing.com/games/


A google search will provide many more free versions of the game

 

[nick]

First off, try running the game in the Windows95 compatability mode

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/russel_02february18.mspx


Otherwise, look around for some other Tetris games...
I still use a very old version from Windows3.1 and it works fine in XP

Everything in Bowep still runs on XP
and the package contains Tetris

http://www.siteaboutnothing.com/games/

The TetriMania does the same thing in compatibility mode so
I just downloaded BOWEP. Hope that keeps her happy!

Thanks for the pointer.

nick

 

[Elmo]

The TetriMania does the same thing in compatibility mode so
I just downloaded BOWEP. Hope that keeps her happy!

Thanks for the pointer.

nick

Have her try lowering the graphics hardware acceleration slide. She can
lower graphics hardware acceleration in Display Properties, Settings
tab, Advanced button, Troubleshooting tab. If this helps, she probably
needs a different graphics card or drivers.

 

[philo]

The TetriMania does the same thing in compatibility mode so
I just downloaded BOWEP. Hope that keeps her happy!

Thanks for the pointer.

nick

Ok...

otherwise, there are plenty of Tetris games out there

here are a few more

http://www.tetris-games.org/

 

[nick]

Have her try lowering the graphics hardware acceleration slide. She can
lower graphics hardware acceleration in Display Properties, Settings
tab, Advanced button, Troubleshooting tab. If this helps, she probably
needs a different graphics card or drivers.

Thanks for the advice.


I set the Graphics Acceleration to OFF. Program starts and the
text and picture look great. But then it dies and XP asks
whether I want to send an error report.

Ah well...

 

[Bob I]

Perhaps try tech support at the publishers site?

http://www.egames.com/

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Tetrimania is a Win95 game.

Perhaps try tech support at the publishers site?

http://www.egames.com/