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Labirynth of Crete

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I have strange problem with Labirynth of Crete, taken from link of this site (CUE/BIN image). Two problems, actually.

1. Game marked as "XP-compatible" on most sites (taken from HotU, I presume), but it don't work at all for me under XP. It made several "protection error: XXXX" with several different addresses as XXXX (but I know how to fix it), then run at last... white screen, and that's all. ntvdm+wow.exe+labrynth.exe have 50% of my dual-core processor, but everything firmly hangs. Is this game truly compatible with XP? If yes, then how?

2. Under Virtual PC+Win98SE it seems running well... but have strange issue - mouse cursor is visible in addition to main, "star" cursor, and they don't synchronized! They are in one point on the top of the screen, but lower I go, more gap between it. So last line (string with "QUIT-CONTINUE-SAVE-LOAD") not accessible at all. :( Game therefore unplayable.

What I did wrong?
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Have you tried the Compatibility mode for Win 95 or Win 98 in XP?
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I tried everything, ACT included. One ACT fix (something WOW-related) removed protection error... but it is all.
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I noticed on Vista, cursor problems on old games can occur if u have an app running like a desktop sidebar so turn off any apps when trying to run game.
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1. Is it LoC works for you on XP? Just in case that it is my particular problem, not game's. :)

2. It is Virtual Win98SE. There is nothing, except Windows, there. But...
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Doesn't work natively on my XP, but runs OK under VPC+Win98 or Win3.1
I've also got a 'rip' with integrated DOSBox+win3.1 - just unrar and play directly under XP and probably Vista/Win7 too. It's only about 90 MB packed; if you like I can up it to see if that works for you?
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Thank you. But, if it is included emulated Win3.1, then I suppose, I don't need it. I already have DOSBox and full game. So I need only Win 3.1, it seems... :)

Another question: are you sure it worked as intended under VPC+Win98? I say again: in my case there is de-sync between "real" mouse cursor and "in-game" one, that renders game unplayable. Game itself work, but controls actually unavailable.
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Post by nanette »

Sorry, my mistake! I get the exact same few cm gap in virtual Win98; it's in virtual Win95 where there is no problem
Runs smoothest in DosBox+Win3.11 though - on my pc anyway
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Thank you. :) I'll found Win3.11 and check it. :)
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