Gaming Does Anyone Know Why...

[Mr. Maul]

[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][COLOR=DimGray]...When I try and play my copy of [B]Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure[/B] (for PC), an error message pops up after the splash screen stating, "Pitfall must be played using the CD-ROM," despite the fact that I am, indeed, using the CD-ROM?




Any solutions would be greatly appreciated, as the lack of anticipated nostalgia is killing me.













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[Korey]

[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]I would suggest uninstalling the game and re-installing it. If the problem persists, then it's just a faulty disc that isn't working with your PC. I dunno how readily available that game is, but I would suppose that would be the case.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[Nerdsy]

[quote name='Mr. Maul'][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][COLOR=DimGray]...When I try and play my copy of [B]Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure[/B] (for PC), an error message pops up after the splash screen stating, "Pitfall must be played using the CD-ROM," despite the fact that I am, indeed, using the CD-ROM?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]


[color=deeppink]I don't have any advice. I just wanted to pop in and mention that I'm playing this game [i]right now.[/i][/color]

[Mr. Maul]

[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][COLOR=DimGray]I just gave up and downloaded the Sega CD ROM.




What an epic game.













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[John]

Nostalgiagasm. I only had the demo of this game, so I'd play the first level over and over and over as a kid, finding every secret, trying to find the easiest way to kill that leopard boss, trying to get through it without taking any damage... Man, that was fun.

At any rate, some older games don't run as well (or at all) on newer PCs, so if you end up wanting to play on your original disc for some reason, try right-clicking on the the game's .exe file, going to Properties, and in the Compatibility tab, set it to run under compatibility mode; first try whichever version of Windows would've been the default when the game came out (98?), and then try the rest if that one doesn't work. Compatibility mode is never really a guaranteed fix, but it works sometimes.

[Mr. Maul]

[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][COLOR=DimGray]Only the first level? You missed out. The waterfall level is probably my favorite, if only for the music.

But yeah, I did try adjusting the compatibility (Windows 95 was the release) and setting it to 256 colors and all that jazz, but to no avail.

I also tried seeing if I could figure out what was going wrong by opening it in a hex editor, but then I realized that'd be too much work, so instead, I just edited the error message for the lulz.



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Ah. I would have never have thought to have tried that.











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[Boo]

[size=1]I suck so badly at Pitfall. I still don't know how to beat the jaguar. Then again, I probably have never beaten a Megaman boss (except Megaman Network, because I rocked that game) or anything like it.[/size]

[Nerdsy]

[quote name='Boo'][size=1]I suck so badly at Pitfall. I still don't know how to beat the jaguar. [/size][/QUOTE]

[color=deeppink]Bomb the everloving **** out of it.

Man, **** that thing.[/color]

[Mr. Maul]

[quote name='Nerdsy][COLOR=deeppink']Bomb the everloving **** out of it.[/COLOR][/quote]


[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][COLOR=DimGray]That's my strategy for the whole game.



Good ol' enchanted explosive coals. What can't they do?











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[John]

[quote name='Mr. Maul'][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][COLOR=DimGray]I would have never have thought to have tried that.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/quote] Casual.

[Xyandar]

lol that old game was awesome i used to be addicted to it. i remember my cousins always had it onher computer and i never had a decent pc at the time(loong ago lol) so every time i went there i spent every morning playing Pitfall =)