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Super Solvers - Gizmos & Gadgets! Reviews
In past years this has been a very reliable company (Broderbund) but if they are not going to support the software they should not be selling it. I loaded this software on 4 different computers and it would not run. I believe it is because it a very old software and will not run on XP but I'm not sure.
This is fun, but i had to run dosbox with windows 3.11 installed then download video and sound drivers. Not that hard to do, but its a great game onces it playing.
I did it on two different systems and had an extra twist on the second system. This has to be one of the hardest Win95 games to get to work under WinXP. You will still get. Keep in mind that may affect other existing programs, so you may want to make note of this for the future so you could reinstate these. Right click on this file and select Properties and then the Compatibility tab. I would go ahead and select "Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows 95" for good measure, but at least one of my tests seemed to indicate this is not absolutely necessary.
Consult you sound card is documentation for additional protection.". Good luck. Make sure that the current sound card drivers are installed before restarting Gizmos & Gadgets. To fix this, find and rename the wavemix.ini file (i.e. Then reboot your system and try running the ssgwincd.exe in the ssgwincd directory that we fixed earlier.
wavemix.dll.bak) - mine was in WINDOWSSYSTEM32. Put the CD in the drive and find the ssgwincd.exe in the ssgwincd directory. If not, then maybe you will get a window titled "Error" with the message "Error with WaveMixOpenWave". First, I have not been able to get it to work running the ssgwin32.exe in the installed Tclwinssgwincd directory. Now you are ready to try and run this executable. At a minimum, check the "Run in 256 colors" and "Run in 640x480 screen resolution" and select OK.
wavemix.ini.bak) - mine was in WINDOWS and rename the wavemix.dll (i.e. Just click the "Exit" button and it may play OK. a MIDI error in a window titled "The Learning Company", so don't panic: "The MIDI driver for your sound card could not be found. This is what afflicted my second system I tried.
I have not been able to find a work around for this issue Gizmos & Gadgets is a great game but I found it will not run on Windows XP due to the lack of MIDI functionality in XP.
the music is nice too. First of all it is for ages around 8-14 I would say. P.S. It is really nice and I play it every time I get a chance too. It makes learing so much fun and I think they should make more as one for xp also. It is so much fun I suggest you buy it today.
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