Hello Dear Friends,

I've been asked whether The Riddle of the Sphinx and The Omega Stone will run under Windows 7. I didn't see either of them mentioned on the Windows 7 and Games post here on this forum. And I was unable to find any information relative to these 2 games anywhere else, so I assume that neither will run under Win 7, Is this a good assumption?

Thank you,

Mr. Bill

It might depend on what version of the games you're running. Big Fish lists their versions of these games as running under Windows 7.

Mr. Bill, I had a vague memory of having Riddle of the Sphinx, so I dug through my old games. Yup, I've got the original disks. I'll load it up on my Windows 7 and let you know. I dont have The Omega Stone.

EDIT: I put in the first disk and it went through all the installation to the point where it asked if it should install Quick Time 5 which is required to run the game. I just clicked on OK and then it said I already had a newer version and I should uninstall it if I wanted to install v. 5. I just exited the screen and double clicked on the game icon on my desk. The game opened and I played for about 1/2 hour. I saved a game and loaded a game. The panning worked fine. My hand cursor sort of blinked sometimes, but otherwise the game played just fine for that short period of time. Even though this is a Windows 95/98 game, I did not even have to install or play in compatibility mode. Playing in compatibility mode may help with the occasional blinking cursor.

EDIT: Mr. Bill, I played for about an hour this morning and the hand cursor didn't blink. I'd give this game a solid OK for playing on 64-bit Windows 7 with no tweaking necessary.

Time to edit the post again...

Thank you Draclvr. I'll pass this on.

She said she couldn't get it to install and wanted to know if there was a patch for Windows 7 for these games.

Again Thank You,

Bill

Which version does she have?
I think the original version from 2000 came with QuickTime 4, not QuickTime 5, so there could still be a version difference.

There is also ***this***, which is from 1982 and not the same game at all. That certainly wouldn't install because it's DOS (16-bit).

Mr. Bill, you could also suggest that she try installing in compatibility mode. I've had that get me past a couple of bumps in the road with older games in Win 7.