Hey there I decided to join and make a post, since I didn't find anything on this after searches or looking over the first 10 pages.
Spiderweb homepage states that Exile Escape from the Pit (v2.0) won't work on Windows 7. However, it seems to run absolutely fine by me: I downloaded the game from the sticky on top this forum (the older image version) which unzips into a playable folder - no installation prompted. Also, I never needed to set any compatibility or "Run as Admin", it worked straight away. I use Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit on my laptop (my stationary runs 64 bit, thus a no-go).
I only have one issue: I get occational crashes (30 seconds to 30 minutes playtime in between); mostly the window just closes, few other times the game becomes unresponsive. Usually this happens right after an actionsound in the game (spellcast, bowshot etc.)
I'm wondering why I would be the first to appear with this issue on this forum. Secondly I hope that perhaps someone here knows a solution :> My knowledge of software is on a petty know-how basis, but I theorize that this may be an instability of running a 16 bit program unprotected in a 32 bit enviroment?
Edit: I later tried with compatibility (XP and 95) as well as "Run as Administrator" to see if it helped avoid the crashes. It didn't help. At a point, I also tried to set "Run in 640x480" (to get the game screen more visible), but there was no change atall, which I find strange.
Thanks!
RosenVitae