NFS (the first one) Install Problems

I've heard a lot of people say the original NFS was still the best, so I picked it up really cheap the other day. I can't install it though. Every time I try, I get an error message. It says : "The instruction at 0041d285 referenced memory at fffffff. The memory could not be read from. " and that's it. Very annoying. I have a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, with recent drivers (I think they're the newest available) and DirectX 7a (which I just reinstalled to see if that would help). I'd really appreciate some help on this one if anyone has any tips. Thanks a lot. Marc

Just guessing here, but the original NFS is probably old enuf to be a DOS game isn't it? You could try rebooting in DOS mode. "Marc Goldstein" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2se_4.80749$[email hidden]... > I've heard a lot of people say the original NFS was still the best, so I > picked it up really cheap the other day. I can't install it though. Every > time I try, I get an error message. It says : > > "The instruction at 0041d285 referenced memory at fffffff. The memorycould > not be read from. " > > and that's it. Very annoying. I have a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, with recent > drivers (I think they're the newest available) and DirectX 7a (which Ijust > reinstalled to see if that would help). I'd really appreciate some help on > this one if anyone has any tips. Thanks a lot. > > Marc > >

This is absolutely correct. It is a DOS game. It doesn't use DirectX and will not even take advantage of your 3Dfx card, so don't expect stellar graphics (although they were top-notch when the game was new.) But the cars are great, the gameplay is excellent, and after all, it is the granddaddy of a great series of racing games! TW On Sat, 3 Jun 2000 20:08:30 -0400, "Gary Wampler" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Just guessing here, but the original NFS is probably old enuf to be a DOS >game isn't it? You could try rebooting in DOS mode. > >"Marc Goldstein" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:2se_4.80749$[email hidden]... >> I've heard a lot of people say the original NFS was still the best, so I >> picked it up really cheap the other day. I can't install it though. Every >> time I try, I get an error message. It says : >> >> "The instruction at 0041d285 referenced memory at fffffff. The memory >could >> not be read from. " >> >> and that's it. Very annoying. I have a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, with recent >> drivers (I think they're the newest available) and DirectX 7a (which I >just >> reinstalled to see if that would help). I'd really appreciate some help on >> this one if anyone has any tips. Thanks a lot. >> >> Marc >> >> >

Todd Walker twalker294 at earthlink.net

Are you sure it doesn't use DirectX? It does have DirectX 2 and 3a on the CD, and it makes you install one of these before you can even install the game. I will try rebooting in DOS mode and trying that. There are both DOS and Windows installation programs included, so I would like to be able to use the Windows version. Do you think EA tech support will even respond to a question about such an old game? I have my doubts. Thanks for the tips. Marc

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> This is absolutely correct. It is a DOS game. It doesn't use DirectX > and will not even take advantage of your 3Dfx card, so don't expect > stellar graphics (although they were top-notch when the game was new.) > But the cars are great, the gameplay is excellent, and after all, it > is the granddaddy of a great series of racing games! > > TW