Sonic r windows xp

This item has been added to your Favorites. Created by. Category: Modding or Configuration. Languages: English. Guide Index. Installing Sonic R. Getting Sonic R Running. Making Sonic R More Convenient. Sonic R is now ready for modern PCs! Simply place your Sonic R CD into the drive you wish to play it from. This next step can and likely WILL cause issues with other games and software.

Only do this if absolutely necessary and you feel comfortable if not, skip ahead! Click Disk Management under Storage.

Try running setup. If it fails to run, right click it, select Properties, then the Compatibility tab. Select Windows 98 Compatibility mode and check Run as Administrator and try again. Note that you still need the disc to play, regardless.

Use your hex editor to open sonicr. A new window will pop up. DXWnd settings posted by BuckoA51 play-old-pc-games. Sonic R will launch. Select Direct3D with the spacebar to play. This step is not necessary to run Sonic R, but as the section title implies, it is indeed convenient. However, you may still skip this section entirely if you prefer.

Open Notepad. Replace mine with yours. The rest will remain unchanged regardless of your file setup. Pause tells the computer to wait for a user response and will execute the last line taskkill at the press of any key, thus shutting down DXWnd after Sonic R is shut.

Send Skip Hide. Message Sent. This has meant that some fans of the series have been unable to enjoy their game because they have a relatively new computer.

With the FAQ, I hope to help other people out in getting the game to run. So if you have a similar system to be, try installing those drivers. I have labelled this 0. On with the questions Go to My Computer and open the CD, right-click the file 'setup.

You should now be able to install the game. I have no idea why. Anyway, the first thing to do it to go to where you installed the game, and right-click the file 'sonicr. Then try to run the game again. If this does not solve your problem, I found that by trying to run 'sonicr. I found the easiest way is to just hit 'enter' over the exe over and over until it runs.

Why this works I do not know, but hey, as long as it works! First thing to do is, once again, the compatibility mode trick. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3.