The eternal question: Rayman 2 on W7 64-bits with only a ISO

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Offeeeer
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The eternal question: Rayman 2 on W7 64-bits with only a ISO

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Topic should say alot. I saw one other thread with similar topic which didn't help me at all.
So yeah, I got Daemon Tools and a torrented ISO file on my desctop. And yeah, I'm on W7 with 64-bits.
I wish I could pay you guys chokolate fudge brownies for each answer. But I can't. HOWEVER, every answer is appriciated. :)
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Re: The eternal question: Rayman 2 on W7 64-bits with only a ISO

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Offeeeer wrote:Topic should say alot. I saw one other thread with similar topic which didn't help me at all.
So yeah, I got Daemon Tools and a torrented ISO file on my desctop. And yeah, I'm on W7 with 64-bits.
I wish I could pay you guys chokolate fudge brownies for each answer. But I can't. HOWEVER, every answer is appriciated. :)
Well, you have two options, download the Good Old Games version (which does away with the incompatible DRM), or do what I did before I got the GOG version and play it on a Virtual Machine such as VMware, the game won't work on native 64 bit OS's as it is a 32 bit app with 16 bit DRM, Windows 7 64bit is not compatible with the 16 bit DRM on the disk, hence it does not work.
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Re: The eternal question: Rayman 2 on W7 64-bits with only a ISO

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Well that didn't help me alot, lol. Not your fault, I just don't understand anything. GOG Version? WHAT IS THAT!? XD

Could you by any chance re-write what you just said, but so an idiot like me can understand it? =)
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Re: The eternal question: Rayman 2 on W7 64-bits with only a ISO

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The GOG version is the legal one from gog.com. It's been discussed a number of times on the R2 thread. Check it out; I think about four or five pages ago? Maybe more, but you can search the topic anyway. Search for 'Pirate Head + Rayman' and look for the R2 thread - that should point you in the right direction, since they were talking about the Pirate Head error when the gog.com version came up.
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Re: The eternal question: Rayman 2 on W7 64-bits with only a ISO

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Offeeeer wrote:Well that didn't help me alot, lol. Not your fault, I just don't understand anything. GOG Version? WHAT IS THAT!? XD

Could you by any chance re-write what you just said, but so an idiot like me can understand it? =)
Erm, I'll try
<ahem>
Due to the "Anti-Piracy" measures contained in the disk form of Rayman 2 being 16bit, the game is doomed to be incompatible on 64 bit systems as they are incompatible with 16 bit.
This gives you two options:

1. Pay about 6 Euro to get a DRM free version of the game which can be burnt to a disk and shared from Good Old Games here: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/rayman_2 ... eat_escape

or

2. Download VMware Player and use it to create a Virtual Computer which you can then install Windows 2000 and Rayman 2, be sure to enable 3d acceleration in the settings.
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