Does anyone know how to get Lego Island to work on Windows 8?

[Lord Tony®]

I can't get my CD version of Lego Island to run. I literally tried everything. I tried compatibility stuff, I tried administrator. I tried some stupid 10 minute long tutorial on youtube.

I just can't get it to work. I'm getting close to just buying a windows 98 computer just so I can play old as forget games.

Does anyone know how I can get it to work? I just need it for some research into remaking it on Blockland.

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[weaver123]

If you own it on CD, is it legal to download it online?

[Nizza Deutchsen Man]

ive never had these issues with windows 7 but i have a standby desktop on my desk above my main desktop that i have windows XP on, and i only used it once for probably lego island

[infomaniac]

For most old games I would just suggest if you have a copy of an older OS, using a virtual PC to run your older games. Last time I fiddled with Microsoft's virtual PC program it allowed me to use XP freely not sure if that's still the case with it now.

And I used to keep an old as hell windows 98/Windows XP/Debian PC laying around for old games, and it was very useful in saving me hours of pulling hair to get old games to work.

[McJob]

http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/3760-how-to-get-lego-island-working-foolproof-in-windows-vista-and-windows-7/

If that tutorial doesn't work, message me and I'll work something out. LEGO Island is a stubborn bastard, but it's not the worst LEGO game in terms of compatibility problems (that medal goes to LEGO Chess).

[TheBrickBuilder]

If you own it on CD, is it legal to download it online?

[Zloff]

set up a virtual machine

put win xp on a flash drive and boot from it

If you own it on CD, is it legal to download it online?

it's apparently not for gameboy games, i don't see how this would be much different

[Tenshi]

Older games like Lego Island used depreciated versions of direct x (I think it uses version six) and anything less than Direct X 9 is not supported on modern operating systems like windows 8 and on.

You would have to use a vm to emulate windows xp or 7 in order to play older games like that.

[Pastrey Crust]

Use Virtual Machine. I have to use VM for Pac Man World 2 so you should try it.

[McJob]

Older games like Lego Island used depreciated versions of direct x (I think it uses version six) and anything less than Direct X 9 is not supported on modern operating systems like windows 8 and on.

That's incorrect. The issue is that new installations of DirectX do not include certain files, such as d3drm.dll which these games rely on. DirectX 6/7 can't be installed via their installers, so you have to manually get the right .dll files.

Futhermore, most of these games assume:

1) Administrator Rights
2) 8/16 bit colour modes
3) Window Mode locked to 800x600
4) No such thing as DPI-scaling or Aero

Those kinds of things can really forget with old games, which is why you need to set up a lot of compatibility options.

Only game I needed to run a VM for was not a LEGO game; it was Hot Wheels: Mechanix, which runs just fine but does not display graphics. All LEGO games run on Windows 10.

[Nonnel]

If you own it on CD, is it legal to download it online?

it's not, technically
but anyone who actually considers it wrong is an idiot

[Tenshi]

That's incorrect. The issue is that new installations of DirectX do not include certain files, such as d3drm.dll which these games rely on. DirectX 6/7 can't be installed via their installers, so you have to manually get the right .dll files.

Futhermore, most of these games assume:

1) Administrator Rights
2) 8/16 bit colour modes
3) Window Mode locked to 800x600
4) No such thing as DPI-scaling or Aero

Those kinds of things can really forget with old games, which is why you need to set up a lot of compatibility options.

Only game I needed to run a VM for was not a LEGO game; it was Hot Wheels: Mechanix, which runs just fine but does not display graphics. All LEGO games run on Windows 10.

Having to jump through those hoops is why I said it is not supported on modern operating systems such as windows 8 and on.