GAMEBOOMERS provides you with all the latest PC adventure computer games information, forum, walkthroughs, reviews and news.

GB Reviews

Latest & Upcoming Adventure Games

GB Annual Game Lists

GB Interviews

BAAGS

GB @ acebook

About Us

Walkthroughs

free games galore

Game Publishers & Developers

World of Adventure

Patches

GB @ witter

GameBoomers Store

Print Thread
window 8.1 question #972765
08/11/14 07:09 PM
08/11/14 07:09 PM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
family Offline OP
BAAG Specialist
family  Offline OP
BAAG Specialist

Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
i fry my motherboard and had to get a hp pavilion with window 8.1 can dracula 1 and 2 and 3 play on it. cool

Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #972776
08/11/14 07:44 PM
08/11/14 07:44 PM
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,224
near Yosemite
Marian Offline
Global Moderator
Marian  Offline
Global Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 48,224
near Yosemite
Take a look at this page. Apparently both 1 and 2 will work. I'm not sure about #3, but I know that GOG sells it as a download that is compatible with Windows 8.1.

Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #972800
08/11/14 10:04 PM
08/11/14 10:04 PM
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 7,263
Arizona
InlandAZ Offline
BAAG Specialist
InlandAZ  Offline
BAAG Specialist

Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 7,263
Arizona
All 3 will most probably play, however you will need to install DirectX 9.0c - you can find it here DirectX end-user redistributable

Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #972810
08/12/14 12:34 AM
08/12/14 12:34 AM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
family Offline OP
BAAG Specialist
family  Offline OP
BAAG Specialist

Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
how about the cake mania games.

Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #972880
08/12/14 10:31 AM
08/12/14 10:31 AM
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 7,263
Arizona
InlandAZ Offline
BAAG Specialist
InlandAZ  Offline
BAAG Specialist

Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 7,263
Arizona
Originally Posted By: family
how about the cake mania games.


From the system requirements I've seen, yes you will need it.

Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #972881
08/12/14 10:53 AM
08/12/14 10:53 AM
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Jenny100 Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Jenny100  Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Whether the Dracula games play or not will probably depend on your video card rather than Windows 8.1.

System requirements for Dracula 3 include a video card with 128 MB of discrete video memory (not shared memory). That could be a problem if your video card only uses shared memory.

If you're using the original disc versions of the Dracula games, Dracula 3 has copy "protection" that may not be compatible with Windows 8.1 and may prevent the game from playing. If you are using a download version of the game, this shouldn't be a problem.

It's kind of ironic that the older Dracula games are more likely to work than the newer one.

Some of the Cake Mania games at Big Fish list Windows 8 and some don't. The newer ones are more likely to be compatible. You'll just have to try them.

Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #972931
08/12/14 02:23 PM
08/12/14 02:23 PM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
family Offline OP
BAAG Specialist
family  Offline OP
BAAG Specialist

Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
dracula 3 work find cake maina main street is acting funny, mouse is fighting me and it is a sandlot cd-rom. cool

Last edited by family; 08/12/14 02:33 PM.
Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #972950
08/12/14 04:42 PM
08/12/14 04:42 PM
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Jenny100 Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Jenny100  Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Apparently the game was released in 2009.
The CD version may need a patch, but I can't find one.
Online versions may be updated and work better.
You could try a demo to check.

Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #972962
08/12/14 05:23 PM
08/12/14 05:23 PM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
family Offline OP
BAAG Specialist
family  Offline OP
BAAG Specialist

Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
okay i will try that, it is running in slow motion. cool

Last edited by family; 08/14/14 10:31 AM.
Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #973353
08/14/14 02:48 PM
08/14/14 02:48 PM
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 7
J
Jason_Encore Offline
Junior Boomer
Jason_Encore  Offline
Junior Boomer
J

Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 7
We had published Dracula 1 2 and 3 back in the day and these versions are DRM Free and don't require the disk in the drive.

Check the version of the disk you have for the publisher - Our disks have the Encore logo silkscreened on them. Any other disks, and they might use Tages or SecurRom.

Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #973361
08/14/14 04:01 PM
08/14/14 04:01 PM
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Jenny100 Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Jenny100  Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Originally Posted By: family
okay i will try that, it is running in slow motion.

Is that the Cake Mania Main Street that's running in slow motion?

Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #973413
08/14/14 10:08 PM
08/14/14 10:08 PM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
family Offline OP
BAAG Specialist
family  Offline OP
BAAG Specialist

Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
yes it is choppy during the words screen and my escape from franstein castle is freezing, it is from wildtangent, it play fine at the place i get my computer fix, but now it freezes. cool

Last edited by family; 08/14/14 10:10 PM.
Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #973528
08/15/14 04:05 PM
08/15/14 04:05 PM
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
Jenny100 Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Jenny100  Offline
GB Reviewer Glitches Moderator
Sonic Boomer

Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 40,644
southeast USA
I'm not sure why the Cake Mania: Main Street won't run well.
Its system requirements don't seem very high.
You could try uninstalling and reinstalling, if you haven't already.
If you have an antivirus, you might want to make sure the antivirus isn't scanning the game as it tries to run. Maybe you can enter an exception for the game exe in the antivirus scan list (depends on your antivirus).
You might also try changing compatibility mode on the game's .exe file to XP compatibility.

If the game from Wild Tangent is slow or freezes, check that it isn't an online game that depends on the speed of your internet connection. The place where you got your computer fixed might have a faster internet connection than you do.

Re: window 8.1 question [Re: family] #973534
08/15/14 04:50 PM
08/15/14 04:50 PM
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
family Offline OP
BAAG Specialist
family  Offline OP
BAAG Specialist

Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 7,402
marietta,georgia
okay i will try that, is drac going to do a winow 8 for big fish games. cool it didn't help. cake maina main strret is choppy and cake mania light action camera freezes at the six level and 4 level of tf the pizza place. i got cake mania main street to run okay but not the others.

Last edited by family; 08/23/14 04:02 PM.
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread

Moderated by  Draclvr 

Who's Online Now
1 registered members (Kaki's Sister), 222 guests, and 0 spiders.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Staff, Mod
Newest Members
PierreLombardo, Dux, WillPowerGoat, Ebalon, J7769mon
9388 Registered Users
Powered by UBB.threads™