That Matoran with a Vahi Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) Would anyone be able to help me get some old Lego PC games running on Windows 10? I'm thinking mainly Football Mania (or Soccer Mania, depending on your part of the world), though I suspect some of the other games may have this issue when I try them too. I just had a desire to play it again a couple of days ago, mainly for the old nostalgia (because, in spite of not being a sporty person at all, I loved that game when I was a kid); but while it installed insanely quickly on my Windows 10 gaming-quality laptop, it just... doesn't run at all beyond that. The launch screen comes up, I click 'play game', and... Well, first it told me I needed to log in with administrator permissions to go any further. So I did 'run as administrator' from my computer, and just... nothing happened. Launch screen came up, I clicked play, the launch screen closed - and that was it. Did nothing further at all. I tried running it in various compatibility modes too; all with the same result. Does anyone know if there's a solution to get it working? For added reference, the game played okay some years ago on my previous Windows 7 desktop PC (albeit with a glitch in the save feature); but it just doesn't do anything at all on this computer. I know it might be a lost cause, it may just have to join the pile of numerous other old PC game disks I have that just got too old for increasingly modern machines... but I'd appreciate any help, all the same. Thanks! ^^ Edited April 8, 2018 by Darth Jaller Quote "New legends awake, but old lessons must be remembered. For that is the way of the BIONICLE." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeabodySam Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) I'm afraid I don't know too much about this... but I do know who to ask! The folks over at [REDACTED] are very good at figuring out how to run old LEGO games (like Rock Raiders or Soccer Mania) on newer computers. If there's not already a topic for supporting Soccer Mania on Windows 10, you can always ask them yourself. I'm sure they'll be able to help you out! EDIT: I can no longer in good faith recommend this website. I am sorry. Edited December 13, 2022 by PeabodySam 1 Quote Armed with a Tail - Birth of a Legend - Calcite Copter VS Cybernetic Rock Monster - The Coming of the Toa - Cursed Form - Dino Attack Headquarters - Five Years Too Many - Gresh - Gladiator of Jungle - Hate and Vengeance - Lost and Found and Lost Again - Roodaka the Merciful - Scene 24: Johnny Thunder Blows This Taco Stand - Tearing Through Dimensional Portals - The Search for the Mask of Light - Wake One... - Vakama's Secret "It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us." - Bob Cratchit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Matoran with a Vahi Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 That looks really useful; I'll go ahead and do that. Thanks! Quote "New legends awake, but old lessons must be remembered. For that is the way of the BIONICLE." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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