take a break

[resin]

Can anyone tell me how to get the Take a Break Crosswords and Pinball games to work on Vista? The Crosswords won't open at all, and the Pinball games all open but they say "Cannot create a file to save the game" when I click Start, and there is no audio at all, and pressing Down Arrow does not move the plunger. I didn't see any installers for them, but thought I'd double check anyway.

[Collector]

These are 16-bit Win games. It may be possible to get them to run on 32-bit Windows, but I am not is a position to try. If all else fails, you could try installing Win3x in DOSBox to then install these games.

[resin]

Ok I got Windows 3.1 up and running in DOSBox.. Man talk about taking a trip down memory lane.. Anyhow, both games run ok, except when I start each of the programs, it tells me "This file may not play correctly with the default MIDI setup". I do hear some sound effects during gameplay, but no music. I installed the recommended SB16 driver when setting up Win3.1. Is there a better driver that these games are looking for or what?

[Collector]

Just experiment with the different settings.

[resin]

It's weird, sometimes that message pops up, sometimes not. Sometimes the music plays, other times not. I've tried each preset in the MIDI Mapper.. Are there any other settings I should be experimentng with?

[Collector]

Anything to select from the games' setups?