Solved Chaser

[Dude]

I have the game Chaser, the old Jowood Encore cd version. I see the game is available on steam and found out people can play it on 7. I try to install the game and get an error, the math64dll one. Reseached and found the jowood fix for xpsp2. Still doesn't work, any ideas?

 

[Dude]

Solved

This is an old game (2003) so I wasn't surprised I didn't get an answer. It seems they put some nasty DRM on this game, and vista and 7 have comparability problems with it. The answer was to order it of GOG, they sell games DRM free. Thought I would post that here so if anyone goggles it, they can find out.

 

[Gornot]

Thanks for the heads up in any case, sorry nobody was able to help you out, it gets crowded in here at times

 

[simmo]

I remember the game...had it and didn't like it I think.

Jowood are no more as far as I'm aware, folding up recently. They also made the "Spellforce" RTS games. I have the original and one or two Xpacs for that game. Never tried to run it on 7 though. XP could be problematical with it also.

I think the DRM they used was the "Starforce"(?)version. Universally hated and no longer in use I believe. Securerom unfortunately still is .

Glad to see you sorted it out mate Cheers

 

[Dude]

I remember the game...had it and didn't like it I think.

Jowood are no more as far as I'm aware, folding up recently. They also made the "Spellforce" RTS games. I have the original and one or two Xpacs for that game. Never tried to run it on 7 though. XP could be problematical with it also.

I think the DRM they used was the "Starforce"(?)version. Universally hated and no longer in use I believe. Securerom unfortunately still is .

Glad to see you sorted it out mate Cheers

Their protection was so good I couldn't install the game.

 

[Fiberopme]

I'm going to solve your problem. I bought an old Windows 98 desktop from a person at a garage sale. It isn't hooked up to the internet, I did a clean install of Windows 98 sp2 and installed the game. Works perfectly ! I have yet to find a Win7 compatible rig to run this game all the way through.... I have the original game I bought when it first came out, loved it ! So, installing it was simple. None of the fixes so far will let me complete the game. It was one of many of my favorite 98 games !

 

[Fiberopme]

Also keep in mind you have to install DirectX 8.0 and 8.1 separately to get this to work (sort of) in Win7.

 

[OldMX]

I remember Chaser, for me it was a great game

 

[cyclic]

I bought Chaser when it was released, Jowood made a big mistake, the original .exe game file was corrupt and nobody could get it to work. After a few days, if you could provide proof of purchase, they mailed you what was basically a 'fixed' executable allowing play without the disk.
yes it works on 7 too.