Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone not opening on Windows 8.1

[OllieBarrie]

I recently acquired Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone game to play for old times' sake. When installing, everything looked fine. Then, when I attempt to boot up the game, in compatibility mode or not (Windows XP), the game refuses to load up. I was wondering if there was a workaround for Windows 8.1 and onwards. I've also tried uninstalling and reinstalling multiple times.

 

Thanks

[Sauron]

What os whas it originally on?

[OllieBarrie]

Windows XP I believe

[ColonelPanic]

I actually have this game on a CD somewhere... Now all I gotta do is find it.

[ColonelPanic]

I've found The Chamber of Secrets, from 2002. Not sure if I've got the 4MB of video memory to run it though

[ColonelPanic]

Nope, not happening with any combination of compatibility settings, sorry OP, can you try running XP or Win98 inside a virtual machine? That might work.

[OllieBarrie]

Sorry for the late reply, ah well, thanks for trying, what Virtual Machine would you recommend?

[ColonelPanic]

Sorry for the late reply, ah well, thanks for trying, what Virtual Machine would you recommend?

There's a good tutorial on setting up an XP Virtual Machine here 

https://zeltser.com/windows-xp-mode-for-vmware-virtualization/

[OllieBarrie]

There's a good tutorial on setting up an XP Virtual Machine here 

https://zeltser.com/windows-xp-mode-for-vmware-virtualization/

Brilliant, thank you very much. Will try it out now.

[OllieBarrie]

There's a good tutorial on setting up an XP Virtual Machine here 

https://zeltser.com/windows-xp-mode-for-vmware-virtualization/

Worked very well, now able to play. Thank you very much!

[ColonelPanic]

Worked very well, now able to play. Thank you very much!

 

Glad I could help