Sound problems with games on Windows 2000 Professional

mattoprods

I am trying to play Oregon Trail II on a VB installation of Windows 2000 Professional but am having sound problems. Specifically, the sound starts "crackling" and cutting out at a certain point in the game, and neither sound nor animation works after that point.

I've tried:

*several different versions of the OS (same issue) *not installing QuickTime 2.11 as suggested by the installer (the program doesn't run at all) *increasing video memory (no effect)

What else can I do?

thinkpadman

By default, VirtualBox uses AC97 as the audio controller. Have you tried SoundBlaster 16? I'm taking a punt here as I neither used Windows 2000 or VirtualBox for gaming generally. I think VMWare is a bit better for Windows gaming.

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0ahUKEwiRysDEiJPRAhUGo5QKHXxJDSAQFgguMAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.movingbeyondthepage.com%2Fgetattachment.asp%3FideaID%3D1457&usg=AFQjCNH-P2xrY2bj_5e12853HtJVoNjkUA&sig2=oXukNzut-XUQa5a2J6QAiA&cad=rja

I found this PDF on how to get it working with Windows 7/8 as well.

02k-guy

http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?t=970855

"Tyrian is probably crashing due to a bug that occurs when CPU speed is >=300 mhz. Using moslo can solve it, but gameplay is jerky. Better to use Tyrian 2k which plays acceptably without sound (I haven't tested joystick support). And if anyone is trying to go for a memory trip, Oregon Trail works too (minus crappy internal sound)."

The above is with REAL HARDWARE. Isn't going to get better running a non-gamer pure 32bit OS in a Virtual Machine, and THEN throwing a 16bit game into it.

sl1fka

There seems to be three versions of this game, one for DOS, one for Windows, and one for Macintosh.

The easiest route is to get the DOS version of the game and run it on DOSBox instead of using VirtualBox and Windows 2000. DOSBox properly virtualises a DOS machine and is the best choice for DOS games. It's open source, too, so that's always good.

Another way to go is to use Basilisk II, a 68k Macintosh emulator, along with Macintosh System 7. Basilisk II is a little complicated to set up because you have to find Macintosh ROMs that work with it and then system installation disks that DON'T require the Mac version of StuffIt to expand, plus the network driver apparently doesn't work very well. There is a guide at emaculation.com which is pretty good if you want to use it, but I really only recommend Basilisk II for a last resort.