help with Thomas' Railway Adventures

[thomasuser]

I am unable to install the old Infogrames' Thomas Railway Adventures game on an XP system.

Does anybody have any suggestions on getting a game of that vintage with the CD copy protection system to work on a new OS like XP or Vista?

I have the original CD, it just keeps finding new ways to not properly run.

Thanks

[EMZayas]

What OS was this game originally meant for?

If for Win 95, Did you try enabling Windows 95 compatibility in the properties of a shortcut to your application ?

(not sure if it's the same for Win 98 games)

[thomasuser]

I believe the software was written for win 98. Approx. 4 years ago I used it on a win 98 machine (different hardware from my current machine).

I have tried running the software with compatibility mode enabled for the icon, but I receive the same error as when that mode is not selected.

In general, the software is difficult to install (generating several different errors). I managed to get it installed on one of my win 98 machines, only to have it stall when I try to play the game. It asks for the CD to be placed in the CD drive, even though it is already there. I think this software used a copy protection routine that looked for something on the original disk, but that routine does not work properly under XP.

[martyg]

Moved to appropriate forum. Atari Retro is for actual Atari products from the previous Atari's.