Yesterday, I finally found some spare time and decided to install it. The installation went beautifully. Then, the trouble started. Whenever I tried to play the game, I kept recieving an error that said the CD couldn't be located. The disk was in the drive the whole time. Still, it insisted that it couldn't be found.

Maybe it had something to do with my disk drive configuration, seeing how when I removed my Zip drive, it changed the letters on my other CD drives. Although I corrected this, I figured it still might be a problem. So, I tried a different game. There wasn't any problems. Then I decided to try the game on my other computer. I recieved the same exact error.

Finally, I surfed to the Microsoft site (because the game was made by Microsoft) and searched around for a solution. All I found was a heap of other problems. First off, there was no patch for the game released yet, which seemed strange because the game has been out for a while. Oh well, no big deal. From what I could tell, other gamers must've been having the same problem, because I found various info on my particular problem. However, all of the suggestions offered by Microsoft lead nowhere. The problem ensued. In addition to that known problem, it appeared that the game would not run on the majority of video cards out there. So then I began to panick; another problem could be in my future if I ever do get into the game.

Finally, I gave up on Microsoft and after some searching managed to get my hands on a no-CD crack. Luckily, the crack worked and I was finally able to play the game. I did not run into any of the graphics card problems detailed by other users on either of my computer.

Damn it, Microsoft, if there are THAT many KNOWN errors in a game, why the hell don't you make a patch that can correct 'em?! If you don't have the time to toil with computer games, then don't even bother making them! ARG!

anyways, I never buy games. Unless they're <= 15$.

I have the original fallouts tho
Fallout1, my friend gave it,
Fallout2, 15$.
tactics, yet have to get it....

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jump on her and demand sex!

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"I'll give you just one piece of advice... Dying hurts like hell." - Heero Yuy

Eh, sorry, getting off-topic. Microsoft is useful, but I don't think they should take part in making games. They should concentrate on software and operating systems.

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"I'll give you just one piece of advice... Dying hurts like hell." - Heero Yuy

I know what Microsoft means though Ace. I was just saying what Scotty just said. They shouldn't make games, but rather concentrate on making software for newer computers. If they concentrate on games, I think that they would go bankrupt.

I dislike Microsoft and I think they should stay the hell out of the console market but they do make decent OS's and Software. I admit their games tend to be a bit dodgy though.

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What is new is always evil, being that which wants to conquer and overthrow the old boundary markers and the old pieties; and only what is old is good. The good men are in all ages those who dig the old thoughts, digging deep and getting them to bear fruit - the farmers of the spirit. But eventually all land is depleted, and the ploughshare of evil must come again and again.

- Nietzsche