I hope that works out for you, Penny Lane. Be sure to let us know!

If it has to do with Flash and you don't have an older computer with Flash on it, I don't think you'll be able to play it. I wasn't able to play the Dream Chronicles (disc) games on Windows 7 after I removed Flash. I was able to play them in Win XP because that computer is never online and Flash was not removed from it.

But that doesn't explain why Marian and Starcom can play it so...

I do hope you can!

Did you try answering "no" to the Flash installation like Marian did?

For those looking for substitutes for Flash Player, there is an article here that lists a variety of choices. It also tells you what web browsers they support.

Hi oldbroad re:
That is because Marian and I are special , seriously the games have or should have the built in Flash within each game, the Flash utility that caused serious problems where the Flash required for Web Browsers and Not the Stand alone flash for games.
That is why the link that Marian provided are Flash replacements for games and for a safer Web. experience, or at least that is what I have read so far.

Thanks for the link Marian. I'll take a look at it a bit later.

Starcom, I believe you hit the nail on the head!

Well, I don't know anything much at all about Flash so I will just take your word for it and also go by what my own experiences are (which I don't have many regarding it yet).

Also, Starcom and Marian, are you going to continue the game and play through to the end? I'm wondering if there will be anything missing somewhere in the game.

Keep in mind that one of the reasons for Flash no longer being supported is because it was so plagued with security concerns. From one of my tech publications:



So, I would be very wary of any of the "substitutions."

So, I dug my disc out and put it in my Windows 7 computer to see what would happen and I was informed that the game is already installed on there, so I found it and opened it up and watched the short video at the beginning. It sure seems like it is working and there was no mention of Flash being required.

In the "performance tips" it states this:

"If using a laptop computer make sure it is not set for lower power usage and plugged into AC for maximum speed. Gameplay is enhanced by using a mouse with laptop."

Don't know if that is helpful in any way.

Yes it is very helpful oldbroad, and it shows or should show that these games have already the necessary Flash components built in to make the game run properly. So why is this game giving some people like yourself so much problems is really puzzling.

As to playing the game through, I will do so and get back to you when I finish the game, might take awhile while I finish off another game.

It seems to be giving only Penny Lane trouble and since she is using a laptop that's why I posted that info.

Yes you are right oldbroad sorry, it is Penny Lane that was having the trouble, I am playing this game on my Windows 10 64 bit Laptop and I don't seem to have any problems so far and yes you are also right about making sure that a laptop be set at high performance and preferably plugged in or if on battery to make sure it is fully charged and that the battery settings is set also at high performance while playing a game.
Thanks again oldbroad and take care.

My laptop is plugged in and fully charged. I will get the disk today from amazon prime so we shall see,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Oldbroad, I have downloaded and played quite a bit of Shadow Lake a couple of times since the Flash issue, with no problems.

I guess I'm just curious why it even mentions Flash during the install.

Waiting to hear from Penny Lane.

As I said before, an AMAX game (it was one of the Puppetshows, I don't remember which one) talked about a Flash install at some point during installation (people thought that meant that the game was no longer playable) and Big Fish said this message was an error and then they fixed the problem. So, this may be the same sort of thing. Some kind of bogus message most likely, but what triggers it I don't know.

I got the disk. Installed it and the flash sign appeared again I clicked on the game icon and it opened up as before but within a few seconds the disk check came up again. I restarted the laptop but the same thing happened. The last time that I played the game on my PC it worked fine. I haven't used my PC since getting my laptop but I will try the game again on it just to see if it works. So it seems that something in my laptop is stopping it.

So, I re-read the thread and sorry if I missed it, but Marian, are you installing on Windows7 or Windows 10? I'm wondering if it's 10 that is blocking it.

I am able to play the game on my windows 10 PC. It plays perfectly. Why it won't play on my laptop is a mystery. All of my other MCF games play ok on my laptop.

Oh I forgot to mention that when I installed the disk it installed into my game manager rather than separately. Could the manager be the problem?

Most of the disc games that I have go into the game manager. I find that annoying but what can you do. Even on my XP computer which is not hooked up to the internet ever, if I install a BF disc it will open the game manager.

I'm glad you will be able to replay the game. Too bad you didn't try the desktop with the download before purchasing the game again on disc though.

Well, I was curious to see if installing a disk would make a difference. Oh well.

Drac, I was installing it on Windows 10. No problems with Windows 7 either.

I am glad you will be able to replay the game, Penny Lane!