Myst masterpiece edition on Windows 2000

[Gambler]

Did anyone by any chance run into the problem when ME gives you a black screen on startup and than just closes? I tried patches, compatibility mode, I even tried installing windows 98 on virtual box (which didn't work). Nothing seems to help. Strange, very strange.

BTW, does anyone have MS Compatibility Toolkit 3.0? I think it might help, and MS pulled it off the website, replacing by some kind of vista migration program. Bastards. It ws a program that made DK2 work. It had tons of options and even some famous game presets.

 

[Gambler]

XP works in VirtualBox, and it even runs ME, but the sound and speed are horrible. I just pirated the original version and it works fine. You know, when games in stores have less probability of working than pirated versions (which is increasingly true), something is wrong.

 

[KazikluBey]

You actually found the masterpiece edition in a store? It was released in 1999. If you want a "new" version of Myst, try realMYST, it's a carbon copy in 3D graphics, with new world at the end.

 

[Redlands]

You actually found the masterpiece edition in a store? It was released in 1999. If you want a "new" version of Myst, try realMYST, it's a carbon copy in 3D graphics, with new world at the end.

You can get it if you buy this box which has all 5 of the core Myst games inside. That's what I did to get them all.

Supposedly if you uninstall QuickTime and reinstall the version that came on the CD, you're fine. However, that did not work for me - even after setting it to compatability mode. I found a website that seemed to suggest some help with this problem in some forum, but I can't seem to find it again.

EDIT: If you do this, and then use the Control Panel icon for QuickTime and set it to safe mode, it works. Well, at least for me.

 

[ghostdog]

Myst masterpiece