Question about an old game

I just re-loaded Death Track Racing(Rollcage 2), and it gets stuck at the menu. No mouse pointer to select anything, and the arror keys don't work. I've hit all the keys, but I can't get the selection bar to move. In other words, I can't play it. Hitting ESC sends the bar to 'exit' but nothing executes it. The only way out is ctrl-alt-delete and End Task. I had this problem when I first got it a few years back, but I was able to figure something out. Damned if I can remember what it was. I found a patch to download, but no good. Help? Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 79 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 44 Necro US East

"EldredP" wrote ... > I just re-loaded Death Track Racing(Rollcage 2), and it gets stuck at themenu. > No mouse pointer to select anything, and the arror keys don't work. I'vehit > all the keys, but I can't get the selection bar to move. In other words,I > can't play it. Hitting ESC sends the bar to 'exit' but nothing executesit. > The only way out is ctrl-alt-delete and End Task. I had this problem whenI > first got it a few years back, but I was able to figure something out.Damned > if I can remember what it was. I found a patch to download, but no good. Are you using Win2000 or WinXP? If so, and the older game was designed to run on Win98, then you might have to set the 'Compatibility Mode' to the older operating system. To set this, right-click on the game .EXE or a shortcut to it, chose Properties and click on the 'Compatibility' tab. Hope this helps, ...Klinn

In article <18E8d.2410$[email hidden]>, "Klinn" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Are you using Win2000 or WinXP? If so, and the older game was designed to >run on Win98, then you might have to set the 'Compatibility Mode' to the >older operating system. To set this, right-click on the game .EXE or a >shortcut to it, chose Properties and click on the 'Compatibility' tab. > >Hope this helps, >

Doh! Sorry, forgot to mention I'm running win98se. As I said, I got it to work ONCE, but that was before a hard drive crash. Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 79 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 44 Necro US East