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defrective product

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 29
Date: December 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Misleading representation. I was unable to install a single one of the 4 games in this package on my ne Hewlett-Packard Model 793 xp computer. Amazon doesn't take software back. 3Do can't accept return because I bought game from Amazon.com. Best buy's techs never heard of game and sent me back to 3 DO. I bought my pc specifically to play M&M games I don't care for the more enhanced graphic rpg's with their funny looking little dummies for inventory. I feel cheated. I enjoyed M & M 6 and 7 on my win 98 machine and was looking forward to playing on new xp. Shame on Microsoft, Amazon ,Hp and 3Do.

The 3do mystery

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 34
Date: November 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

You know, I was about to purchase this compilation tonight, just for the simple fact that I can't get the games that I have ALREADY BOUGHT to work on my winXP setup. Then I decided not to.. Because I already own ALL 4 of these games, and 3do has dissappeared off the face of the planet.. Why should I give MORE of my money to a company that won't even support the games it already has.. How do I know that a year from now windows won't upgrade to WIN 2006 and the games won't work again.. I've had it with 3do, that is no way to run a company.. You can't just disappear, yet still produce new games.. Grrrr..

Might and magic platinum

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 18
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This was my christmas Present , Does not play on XP home or pro
I have all the original games that would not play on XP so I bought Platinum that said would NaDa
Thats 30.00 $ down the tube, I guess that why if you try to go to 3Do.com it not there. I have a Compaq 1.7ghz machine with 512 megs of ram All the other games run
might and Magic 6 and 9 run from the original disks
I think I learned my lessen well Don't buy this game!!!!! This is my first review

If a car is red, are all cars red? NO

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: August 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Sole_fish... you are the one misinforming people, the game won't run on my Win XP Media Center Edition SP2 and I have searched many websites for ways to get around the problem. My laptop is NEW and has no problems so don't assume because it works on your computer that it works on all computers... that's just flawed logic. I want to add that this game has no active support so keep that in mind when purchasing it. I'm going to search fan sites for some info on how to patch/update the game so it will run on my system. Good luck if you do decide to make the purchase.

dose not work with XP on duol core

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i could never get it to work on my pent 4 4500 doul core with DirectX 9.c and XP and 3do games are out of bussiness and ubisoft bought the name but dose not upgrade or stand behind the 3do games . some disagreement about wiether they work on xp well if your computer is older and not a duol core with a older version on direct X it works but if your updated and have a good computer with XP they well not run . other srevice have changed some the older M & M 1-4 like game tap for exsample but they your paying a monthly fee and no CD to own

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.

Dont bother if you have newer XP

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First off all of these are great games but if you have XP with any newer updates the games except 9 and sometimes 6 will not run 8 is almost imposible and most the patches dont work and youll spend a week editing the game files to make it play 7 has a patch u can get it to play with about 4 hrs of patients and alot of extra downloads running in the background but you wont have sound with service pack 2 trust me if you dont know alot about editing and patching and making virtual drives and stuff like that this is not for you i just keep an old pc with 98 and an old voodoo card and it runs good on that

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.

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

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.

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