Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom.reviews Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!nbn!well!nigel.msen.com!yale.edu!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!m2.dseg.ti.com!ief!robertw From: robertw@ief.itg.ti.com (Robert Wallace ) Subject: Re: CD ROM games Message-ID: Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 14:25:09 GMT References: <2pokmt$h3a@news.csus.edu> Organization: IEF Development, Texas Instruments Inc., Plano Texas. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 29 Rob Ryerson (ryerson@nextnet) wrote: : Tom Worlton posts that 'very few' people have gotten MYST to work on a PC. : I would disagree with that statement. My 485/66 with a Chinon 535 worked : out of the box. My sound card is a PAS 16. I have friends with PC's on which : the game also works fine. I would refer Tom to a post to this list that I : saw yesterday stating that there was a problem with the Phillips CD system, : but Broderbund was releasing a new version to correct the problem. He should : contact Broderbund for an upgrade. : I have seen some problems posted here, but I doubt if they represent the : majority of PC Myst players. Sould we call Broderbund for a PC sales quote, : then compare the number against the 6 or 7 problem posts read here? : Rob Ryerson Myst worked fine for me, too. One of the easiest installs I'd done, up to that point. I have a relatively new PC with a new soundcard (and probably more up-to-date drivers than others). A friend of mine, with an older machine, did have problems. No sound at all. Turns out he never had the windows sound drivers. All his previous games played from DOS just fine, so he never new. I think the perception that very few people have gotten Myst to work is fueled by the "squeaky wheel" axiom. Only those experiencing problems with the game will ask for help. Robert Wallace robertw@ief.itg.ti.com