Anyone running RCT1 on Windows XP?

In article <43cd9217_3 DeleteThis @news.peopletelecom.com.au>,
th_westcott DeleteThis @hotmail.com says...
> Tried that, but all that does it get rid of the "not supported on WinNT"
> error. When you run the app under WinXP you get an Access Violation error -
> which is not unusual for Win98 apps on WinXP. I've tried the patch file on a
> Win98 install and it does give me an error indicating that the patch is only
> applicable for the US version not the UK version. So there's no doubt that
> the app has to be patched and the only "official" patch is not valid for my
> edition.
>
> Thanks.
>
Personally I've had no problems running it on XP, my only problem
occured when I tried to use a No-CD patch with both expansion packs.
Maybe it's just one of those 'Windows' things, maybe you don't have the
latest driver for something, or maybe you have a driver that is too new.
Not sure what else to suggest, sorry...
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I've found no definitive answer, to the issue, but it appears that only the
US version of the original product has a patch allowing it to run on Windows
2000/XP. It also appears that subsequent (post 1999) releases and expansion
packs already contain the patch required to allow it to run in these
versions of Windows.

It is curious that the "Best of Atari" series of RollerCoaster Tycoon still
has only Windows 95/98 as required OS written on the box. The website entry
for this product doesn't give this kind of detail, the downloadable demo
works on Windows XP SP2, except for the exception on exit. Is it worth $9.95
to find out?

Cheers,
Tim

"Mike Archer" <mikearcher RemoveThis @gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <43cd9217_3 RemoveThis @news.peopletelecom.com.au>,
> th_westcott RemoveThis @hotmail.com says...
>> Tried that, but all that does it get rid of the "not supported on WinNT"
>> error. When you run the app under WinXP you get an Access Violation
>> error -
>> which is not unusual for Win98 apps on WinXP. I've tried the patch file
>> on a
>> Win98 install and it does give me an error indicating that the patch is
>> only
>> applicable for the US version not the UK version. So there's no doubt
>> that
>> the app has to be patched and the only "official" patch is not valid for
>> my
>> edition.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
> Personally I've had no problems running it on XP, my only problem
> occured when I tried to use a No-CD patch with both expansion packs.
> Maybe it's just one of those 'Windows' things, maybe you don't have the
> latest driver for something, or maybe you have a driver that is too new.
> Not sure what else to suggest, sorry...
 >> Stay informed about: Anyone running RCT1 on Windows XP?