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I own a Win7 64bit and was so disappointed when it wasn't able to play Zanzarah, especially considering I had just bought a new copy (instead of constantly borrowing my friends) so that I'd be able to finish a complete playthrough.

Having tried just about everything else I did as suggested, installing onto my roommates computer (Vista 32bit) and, without even starting up the game, copied the entire Zanzarah folder onto a disk. Transfered the folder to my own computer and plopped it right into my Program Files and started it up - no more of the annoying frozen in the kitchen bit!

I have gotten to the point where you are given your pixie bag, I have 3 fairies who have all been through battles, I have saved and exited and reloaded - everything *seems* to work. I will update if I hit any snags.

Hopefully someone will test this for 32bit, but I don't really foresee any problems. Might also work on a Win7 if *installed* in compatibility mode (since installation seems to be the cause of the kitchen freeze problem) but I'm not sure.

Hope this helps some people get back to enjoying Zanzarah! =)

Welcome to GameBoomers, Kryztal_Ray!

This is wonderful news! Thank you very much for the information. We have quite a few fans of Zanzarah here, myself included!

I did everything but stand on my head and whistle Dixie to get Zanzarah to run on my 64-bit Windows 7. It installed and started up just fine. But when I would try to walk Amy out of the kitchen, the game went completely haywire. I wonder what would happen with the installation that's on my XP computer.

Thanks, Kryztal_Ray - I may have to do a bit more trouble shooting here... I'll report back later this week.

Kryztal_Ray and for the information. I know it will be helpful to some members.

Enjoy the game! Do you have a favorite fairy?

Drac Let us know what you find.

Krystal_Ray, would you like that million bucks in cash or as a check! It works!

I just copied my Zanzarah file from my XP computer and put it into an existing THQ folder on my Windows 7 computer. Of course, I had to start it from the game icon in the file... I'll need to change the location pointer to the X86 folder in Windows 7 so I can use the icon from the desktop.

Now if I just could get some time to edit my Windows 7 and Games thread down in the Glitches Forum! Maybe next week...

Wow! Great news, Draclvr. I don't have Windows 7 yet but when I do, it will be so nice to know that Zanzarah will run!

Zanzarah and Shivers 1 were my two main disappointments! But I have my XP computer for Shivers 1 and now Zanzarah works! Yay!

Wooo Hooo, so glad it is working for you now Drac

Good news indeed! And you did'nt have to stand on your head & whistle Dixie Drac

Nice to see an old game make it back,

Dunn T

Not this time, Dunn!

If the solution above doesn't work for you (unfortunately it didn't for me), you can use mine instead: emulating an older system to run Zanzarah.

On Win 7 64 bit, my game would crash once I tried to move in any direction from the kitchen.

I tried several virtual clients (On lowest settings: 'Virtual PC' got about 10 Frames Per Second - unplayable. 'Virtual Box' was roughly 20 - the overworld was playable, but not the battles. The only one that worked was VMWare (A silky smooth 40-60 FPS on highest settings that's pretty darn perfect):
http://www.vmware.com/

You'll need a 32 bit windows installation disk, or alternatively boot from an .iso if you purchased your 32 bit windows online.

I used Windows 7 32 bit, emulating a system with 2 processors and a 15gb hard drive, then copied over the zanzarah installation on a USB. I started out playing it safe at 640x480 16bit on lowest settings in game, but after that worked perfectly I upped it to 800x600 with highest settings and it still didn't break a sweat.

Good luck!

Thanks Flightsaber, and to Gameboomers

Zanzarah is a favorite around here.

Thanks, flightsaber, and welcome to Gameboomers!