Windows XP & Kids Games?

[Thira28]

Just installed Windows XP Pro on my childrens computer. Are kids games going to work on Windows XP? Most games are from Mattel, Knowledge Adventure, and Broderland. Are there or will there be any patches in case these games will not work?
Thanks.

 

[Insidious]

I've had good luck with stuff running under XP.
Best way to find out is just to give it a try. If the game doesn't work right, browse to the executable file and right click on it (in windows explorer)
then select properties, then select the compatability tab and check the box for windows 98 compatability mode... if
that doesn't work, try the windows 95 mode. Chances are, one of these modes will work fine.
(Actually, you have a very good chance of not having to do anything at all and the app. will work great.

 

[JMichna]

I have an 8-year old, and her games are the same vendor mix as yours, plus a lot of Matel Barbie stuff. My experience is that the newer games (less than two years) work fine under XP for the most part. Games three years or older are quite "iffy" even with the XP compatability tools. Roughly 1/2 to 1/3 of these older games don't run. When I next repartition and format her PCs's hard drive, I'm going to set it up dual boot, Win98se and WinXP Pro. Probably allocate 5-10gb for Win98se, and 20-25gb for XPPro. Win98se will be only for gaming, I won't bother to setup dual email, etc., in both OS systems. XP will do newer games, email, etc.

I have run across instances where patches fix XP-compatability issues. Case in point is Roller Coaster Tycoon: without patch it fubars, with patch it runs fine.

As suggested in prior response, try 'em and see. If you get enough of your collection that doesn't work, then go dual boot.
Good luck,
jmichna

 

[BAMAVOO]

I have seen some kids games just say can't run on nt??? Don't even get a chance for compatibility mode?