By: nogard0

nogard0 — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:29:15 -0500

i have the retail version .. it gets an error 217 (OR 271) at an address on a 98se machine. anyone have this error ?

By: Raven

Raven — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:55:07 -0500

I dunno what happened, but the download went fine... and when I tried to install, it said it was already installed. I do not have this game, but have Rise of Atlantis. As far as I can tell, that must be what it saw. My GF grabbed this one and it worked fine... but she missed Rise of Atlantis when it was offered. Guess I'll have to play on her computer... *pout*

By: Nehmah

Nehmah — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:09:09 -0500

This is the first game I have actually gotten to download on time to play. (My fault for not reading the regs carefully! (red face

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:10:34 -0500

The only problem I have with it seems to be the addiction factor. Can't seem to stop playing. Great Game! Thanks!

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:18:52 -0500

@Whiterabbit-uk and needforspeed Thanks for the reply and advice. I run CCleaner after every browsing session, deleting all related stuff in my Internet browsers. But it didn't make any difference. I had already tried the Firewall thing, but to no avail either. Oh well, I'll go for the MyPlayCity versions. Thanks again. .................................Moderator comment......................... If you continue to have poblems I would delete the cookies manually. Also reboot your modem as opposed to turning off your firewall. :)

By: Skye-hook

Skye-hook — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:12:27 -0500

Tried changing display settings, still didn't work. I think it then is probably my drivers, & I'm not gonna bother right now to get new drivers, had enough problem with drivers for awhile already, & they all say I have the latest ones. This game had this problem 3 yrs ago, also? So I'm also doubting latest drivers would be needed, so I dunno. I liked this game when had it once, but it's not important enough to do more research to get it to work. Thanks anyway, Playrix! :)

By: Vikki

Vikki — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:47:04 -0500

Wow, I had no problem at all with the download. I run 7 with a 64bit. Was a bit worried by reading comments as I have not quite figured out My Play City just yet.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:32:03 -0500

Installed and ran fine on my laptop: windows 7 home premium 64bit and my desktop: windows 7 ultimate 32bit both all up to date.

By: Capp

Capp — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:25:31 -0500

I downloaded this game before, and initially enjoyed it, but EVEN if you get it to work on your machine take my advice: don't bother unless you want to get really frustrated with the gameplay later on. This is the game, IIRC, where at some point you're humming along just fine, getting all the tokens or whatever they are, and some "Evil Something or Other" (I forget exactly what it's called) mysteriously makes all your work vanish, and essentially makes you start all over again. And THERE'S NO WAY to avoid this. It's programmed right into the game. Then, in the later levels the alignment of the board makes completing certain levels impossible unless you're incredibly lucky, depending on how the tokens fall. I play a lot of similar games. I finish all of them, with few exceptions. If I can't get by a level that is planned to be almost impossible to beat (say, after about 60 trys), then the frustration isn't worth the effort. One plays a game for the challenge, but also for the gratification of winning, at some point, otherwise what's the use? I play games for the enjoyment of it. Once a game becomes so hard that it's not fun anymore, it gets deleated. Over-zealous programmers can have their game. I don't want it, or anything else they offer. It's a long time ago, but I remember sending off an email to the makers of this game telling them that playing a game that one can't finish in a reasonable amount of time using a reaonable amount of skill stops being played, and starts being deleted. I'm not saying all games should be easy, ot finished within 30 minutes, but to frustrate the gamer with no real reason is to insure that they never downloade your games again. Which is why I'm avoiding this one Big time. And taking the effort and time to warn other people in the process. I realize this comment is so far down the list that it may never be read, but that's ok. If you do get a chance to read this, when I tell you I told you so, I told you so.

By: Delilah

Delilah — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:45:51 -0500

Thanks so much to needforspeed (#66): changing the screen settings makes the game run just fine. And I think it will help some other games I've been having trouble with ever since SP3 was inflicted on my formerly SP2 XP Pro system. Now if I can just figure out how to collect more bonuses/get more time on the later levels where I always got stuck before...

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