11-14-2021, 10:02 PM
You're treading into dark waters, friend. What we have here is a classic case of Early Windows Incompatibilityâ„¢. Klik & Play software (the editor itself, games made in it) are all 16-bit, and while in theory this would mean something 32-bit like Windows 98 would have a degree of compatibility with it all, it isn't always a guaranteed win-win. Klik & Play was first released in 1994, and predates the release of Windows 95. It was primarily geared towards compatibility with Windows 3 and 3.1 and you're bound to get some funky issues trying to run KNP software on anything newer, even if that "newer" is still over 20 years old at this point.
I remember way back in the year 2002 when I was first getting into fangaming, I always had trouble getting KNP software to launch on my ancient Windows ME computer. I mean, imagine that right? Especially since ME isn't that far removed from Windows 98 (same MS-DOS backing, for instance), that sounds about right. I couldn't tell you the exact errors I got since it was so long ago, but I do remember it just not playing very nicely. Once you factor in relatively newer graphics hardware, I could imagine several reasons why it'd bug out.
Your absolute best option here, should you choose to pursue it, is to partition your hard drive in this older computer and install a dedicated Windows 3.1 w/ DOS setup for truly vintage gaming and computing. That's what I would do, anywho. Assuming that's a reasonable option for you. Alternatively, installing a second hard disk for the same purpose. Whatever floats your boat. Otherwise, I don't know for sure if a True Color video driver can co-exist with the necessities of Klik & Play. I'm doubly sorry because it sounds like actual DOS software works just fine still on the PC, so I wish I had a better solution for all-in-one DOS gaming. But the truth is it's hard to attain a truly all-in-one solution for that anyway, people usually settle for "eras" that they try to target - and in that regard, you sound like you've hit quite a luxurious one! A Windows 98 PC with modest-to-high specs for the time will cover a lot of ground. But alas, KNP isn't actually very well-designed software. It certainly wasn't very futureproofed!
Best of luck, fellow vintage computer enthusiast!
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I remember way back in the year 2002 when I was first getting into fangaming, I always had trouble getting KNP software to launch on my ancient Windows ME computer. I mean, imagine that right? Especially since ME isn't that far removed from Windows 98 (same MS-DOS backing, for instance), that sounds about right. I couldn't tell you the exact errors I got since it was so long ago, but I do remember it just not playing very nicely. Once you factor in relatively newer graphics hardware, I could imagine several reasons why it'd bug out.
Your absolute best option here, should you choose to pursue it, is to partition your hard drive in this older computer and install a dedicated Windows 3.1 w/ DOS setup for truly vintage gaming and computing. That's what I would do, anywho. Assuming that's a reasonable option for you. Alternatively, installing a second hard disk for the same purpose. Whatever floats your boat. Otherwise, I don't know for sure if a True Color video driver can co-exist with the necessities of Klik & Play. I'm doubly sorry because it sounds like actual DOS software works just fine still on the PC, so I wish I had a better solution for all-in-one DOS gaming. But the truth is it's hard to attain a truly all-in-one solution for that anyway, people usually settle for "eras" that they try to target - and in that regard, you sound like you've hit quite a luxurious one! A Windows 98 PC with modest-to-high specs for the time will cover a lot of ground. But alas, KNP isn't actually very well-designed software. It certainly wasn't very futureproofed!
Best of luck, fellow vintage computer enthusiast!
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