Argh...Game not working properly.

[johnjohn320]

I pulled out and dusted off my old copy of Chessmaster 6000 (yes, I'm that much of a dork) and installed it on my Windows XP machine. Of course, like so many other things, it will not work properly. It runs, but there are no menu buttons at the top, and you can't change board types, starting a new game only works about 25% of the time, etc etc. I've tried compatibility mode, no difference (why is that feature even there? It hasn't worked once...). I've also downloaded the only patch I could find (from download.com) and it also had no effect.

What's the dealyo, yo? Can anyone help?
Thanks.

 

[diskop]

Hmm, just sounds like some compatability issues to me. I would go out and buy the new chessmaster. What're they on now, 9000? I used to have the 5000 or 6000 myself, and played online chess while playing that at the same time. The moves that the opponent made I plugged into chessmaster, and made his moves on the online game. It was fun

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: diskop
Hmm, just sounds like some compatability issues to me. I would go out and buy the new chessmaster. What're they on now, 9000? I used to have the 5000 or 6000 myself, and played online chess while playing that at the same time. The moves that the opponent made I plugged into chessmaster, and made his moves on the online game. It was fun

Well, other than actually working in this case, I don't see anything that the newer ones could offer, and, as everyone will tell you about themselves, I'm not made of money. It's ridiculous, this game isn't that old (the box says it's made for 98), it should work. Is there anything else I could try?

 

[DanFungus]

I think I have chessmaster 2000 on cd somewhere....
edit: It was Chessmaster 2100. Mmmmm..old DOS games

 

[johnjohn320]

Does anyone else have any suggestions?

 

[HappyPuppy]

If it's a DOS game, make a DOS bootdisk and boot to that to run the game. I used to have to do that a lot with Win3.1 in order to gain enough conventional memory to run games like Doom (II?).

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
If it's a DOS game, make a DOS bootdisk and boot to that to run the game. I used to have to do that a lot with Win3.1 in order to gain enough conventional memory to run games like Doom (II?).

Nope, as I said, it was designed to run in 98. It's really not that old...

 

[911paramedic]

On the shortcut, right click and choose properties, then you can click a box on the "compatability" tab to have it run in 98 mode.

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: 911paramedic
On the shortcut, right click and choose properties, then you can click a box on the "compatability" tab to have it run in 98 mode.

(cough)...uh....read the first post.

I pulled out and dusted off my old copy of Chessmaster 6000 (yes, I'm that much of a dork) and installed it on my Windows XP machine. Of course, like so many other things, it will not work properly. It runs, but there are no menu buttons at the top, and you can't change board types, starting a new game only works about 25% of the time, etc etc. I've tried compatibility mode, no difference (why is that feature even there? It hasn't worked once...). I've also downloaded the only patch I could find (from download.com) and it also had no effect.

What's the dealyo, yo? Can anyone help?
Thanks.

 

[johnjohn320]

Jigga-bump.

 

[johnjohn320]

One more bump for the road...

 

[johnjohn320]

Hmm....well if no one here can help me, where do you suggest I look for help?

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320
Hmm....well if no one here can help me, where do you suggest I look for help?

Best Buy.

That is, if playing a game of chess on your computer is really that important to you...

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: johnjohn320
Hmm....well if no one here can help me, where do you suggest I look for help?

Best Buy.

That is, if playing a game of chess on your computer is really that important to you...

Huh? Anyway, no, it's not that important I guess, this is just the kind of thing I do when I get bored (and friends are an unavailabe resource at the time).

 

[sandorski]

I suppose that the newer versions would "offer" functionality in WinXP. Not trying to be a smart ass, but if you've tried Compatibility Mode already, I think you're SoL.