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Yes, it does run on XP

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 38 / 49
Date: January 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

There are some reviewers that say that this will not run on XP. I can only say that you need some serious help. With your computer , that is. I have XP home and this whole package runs perfectly. Please do not mis-inform people. If this will not run on your XP system, just troubleshoot. It does support windows XP. Hope I've shed some light. Happy new year!
ADDED : I see a reviewer or two that can't get this to run. Sorry if you can't figure out how to get it to work. But, like another reviewer said, go over to a fansite and they will tell you what you need to do. Just type in the complete title into a search string. It's really not that difficult. Unless you're an angry gamer like some folks. :-)
S'all good. Also, to the one who asked why 'should' we have to troubleshoot... good question. It seems every other game you buy for the PC involves troubleshooting to get it to work properly. Or a patch. That's the nature of the beast, i guess.
But, seriously guys, relax. People may have to work a little a getting this to run, but the rewards are soooo worth it.
Just be patient with it. It'll work for ya'.

A Worthy Compendium. . .

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 18
Date: May 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The four most recent additions to the classic RPG franchise, "Might & Magic," bundled in one fairly priced compendium, make for an excellent purchase. While none of these games are, or ever have been, ground-shaking in terms of originality or graphical finesse, they make make up for their shortcomings with deceptively addictive gameplay. One of these games alone might be worth the price of admission (save perhaps for the disappointing 2002 installment, simply called "Might & Magic IX"), but combined, for fans of the genre and those "Might & Magic" die-hards, it's a splendid bundle worth your attentions.

here's a hint on how to get #7 to work

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 19 / 21
Date: August 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I got Might & Magic 7 to work by the following:

1. Right-click on the icon on your desktop and select Properties. Click on the Compatability tab. Click the box that says "Run this program in compatibility mode for" and pick Windows 95. Then click OK at the bottom.

2. Click START on your desktop. Select ALL PROGRAMS, then select 3DO, select Might and Magic VII, then Might and Magic VII Configuration Utility. Under Video, select Software 3D, then launch Might and Magic VII.

The sound for the game might not be perfect, but at least you get to play!! I love this game! You will want to play at least twice so you can choose the Light Path and the Dark Path.
If you do choose the Dark Path, be careful.. there is a bug in the game. There are two quests where you have to pick up "lich jars". It is best to get both sets of lich jars in your pack before you turn any of them in, because if you fulfill the wrong quest first the other set will never be there for you to find.

In case you can't read the contents from the photo...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 24 / 30
Date: January 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This compilation contains:
* Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
* Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor
* Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer
* Might and Magic IX
On a total of eight CDs in a cheap paper folder. Note that this collection overlaps two games with the previous "Millennium Edition" collection (IV-VII).

Also included are:
* A map with The Land of Enroth (VI) on one side and Erathia (VII) on the other
* A map of The Land of Jadame (VIII)
* A map of The Land of Chedian (IX)
* Installation instructions on the paper CD folder
* No printed manuals

This is labelled a "Value Pack" for a reason. If you want the most games for your money, don't mind reading or printing the manuals from the CDs, and don't like to pay extra for packaging, this collection fits the bill.
I can't say anything about the four games themselves, since I haven't actually installed them yet.

Last of a great series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: December 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The Might and Magic Platinum edition puts three of the best titles of this series together with the final title. FOR XP USERS : please make note.. These games can be played on XP, just install the program, right click on the icon on desktop, select properties. Click on "Run this program in compatibility mode for" and select your favorite O/S - Win98/ME works well.

MM6 is by far the best of the lot, although a game within the game - Arcomage - a card game is built into MM7. MM9 was released too early so outside of better graphics there is much to be desired from the game itself. Despite the previous review, 3DO.com makes no distinction where you bought your game, the tech help remains excellent, plus they do have a message board that allows you to get game and tech help from other users.

Might & Magic......and XP ?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: October 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well, I've played and completed all of the MM games in this package, and enjoyed them all, even though MMIX was not the most straight forward of games when it came to actually learning how to gain the classes you wanted, it was still extremely rewarding. They all are. They are all long games ( with perhaps MMIX being the shortest, but still long, if you get my drift !)

Whilst these games are not the most graphically appealing games on the market, in my opinion, they are some of the best RPGs out there, even now, with a wonderfully designed magic system and a fabulous realtime OR turn based combat mechanism ( you choose). Epic adventure, 1000s of baddies, tonnes of quests, you really cannot go wrong. My only issue, is as far as the original releases go, only numbers 6 and 9 work on the awesome XP operating system, so 7 and 8 are destined to be played on your old WIN 98 pc. Unless, that is, they have modified the games for this boxset.

To sum up, longevity, playabilty and a gameworld that you get to feel very comfortable in, I spent so long playing these games they became almost like a familiar friend or a second home. It may just be me, but I found myself getting very involved in the vast MM world. I really cannot recommend these games enough. Just buy them and enter a whole new world.

The entire series of one of the best RPGs next to DnD

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: September 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Taking a look at some other RPG series on the market, Final Fantasy, Baldurs Gate/Everwinter Nights, all that fun stuff, there comes to leave a genre of game that fits the RPG bill perfectly: Might and Magic. This is the best of the M&M series into 1 package.

MM6 - Although the dungeons were incredibly lengthly, and the character selection graphics funny, the game itself took me months to complete in its entirety.

MM7 - Easily the best of the M&M series, this game shows some of the best points an RPG can have, especially how you get your own castle and choose your side (good guy or bad guy). Another one that took me a month or two to complete.

MM8 - Not as good as story line as MM7, but the game engine features some impressive enhancements over MM6 and MM7 that make the game very worth while... Although, as soon as you get Dragons in your party, their strength alone allow you to be able to maul anything rather easily. Took me about four months on and off to play.

MM9 - New game engine, which was sparked by the complaigners getting what they wanted... This game wasn't as good as previous games, but the mechanics of the game somehow mutated the original M&M game elements into a more "fit for the future" perspective (ie: taking it into a more rigid hiearachyal system of advancements of character class). Although the graphics were nice and the game play wasnt really that bad, the game was easily completed in about a 2 weeks time, and the Lich advancement wasnt able to be reached until 3 dungeons till end of game (where as all other top character advancements were done easily within 7-10 dungeons of the last dungeon, ie: lich quest wasnt able to be completed until WAY TOO into the ending parts of the game). Not bad, but could of been much better.

Althought MM9 wasnt as good, Im looking forward for 3DO to make MM10 top of the mill... They have the engine made, all they need now is a killer storyline and some awesome graphics and it will be a 5 star....... if they take their time and do a good job.

WinXP problems when games says it is XP compatable?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: November 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm sorry, but when a game says it is WinXP compatable, but you have to modify it to make it run on XP, then it isn't compatable.

I had 2 of the original games, and had to do a lot of work to get them working. I can live with that with the originals. But I got the platinum version because it implied that it worked, out of the box, with XP. It doesn't.

To the reviewer that said that you can troubleshoot it, why should we have to?

Since just about everyone is using XP, stay away from this, unless you like messing with it. Even IGN sites don't have a "this will make it work on XP" patches or fixes.

Great games, if you can get it to work. If you aren't computer knowledgable enough to get them going without worrying about grabbing virus laden programs, stay away! I have it 2 stars, because if you can get them to work, these are great games.

A Solution to a Gamer's Woe

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: June 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've tried for years now to get MM6 running on XP home. What most solutions out there do not tell you is that they are geared towards XP Pro, and simply will not work with XP Home. I recently went ahead and bought Platinum Ed. (well worth the money for 4 games worth your time)and ran across a method to get MM6 running on XP home with minimum effort. If you are getting an error after installing this game about MSS32.DLL not being found, do a google search with the terms "NT Compatible Might and Magic VI Mandate of Heaven" and hit I feel Lucky. The second post links to a replacement exe file that will allow you to run the game with the compatibility mode turned OFF. Hope this helps some of you out there.

WinXp Compatibility issues, Really just HARDWARE issues

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In regard to your problem. I had the same. I have found a solution.

First you need to do google search for a program called DeShrink V1.6.

Use this program to DeShrink the driver named MSS32.dll.

I have found that there are times when compatibility mode must be specified for ALL executables in ALL directories, including those on CD.

Before you install, search for and find ALL executables on BOTH CD's. On install cd mark all exe to either compatibility mode 95 or 98, I used 95. After this, remove cd then put cd back in so that your install prog starts automatically.

After install completes, insert play cd, cancel autoplay, change compatibility to ALL exe files on cd.

Then you must go to where game is installed and change compatibility to ALL exe files.

This is when you use DeShrinker prog.

There are a few other things you must do.

If you bios permits you to overclock your system, then you should also be able to UNDERclock my system is 2.6 I underclocked to 1.5, this solves the problem of your processor being to FAST for Might and Magic 6.

I also disabled my AGP acceleration in dxdiag
Start run dxdiag 3rd tab

ONE MORE THING IN DXDIAG, I ALSO MOVED SLIDER ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT TO DISABLE HARDWARE ACCELLERATION FOR AUDIO.

This solution works for me hope it helps out with this really good game.

PS. Please distribute this to others you know of who are experiencing the same problem

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