Reckless, I tried everything to get BS to run correctly - ensuring all the correct speech/video files were in the correctly named folders/directories etc. Have full updated klite codec pack installed so wouldn't have thought that it would be a codec problem but thanks for the suggestions. I simply w...

Wow! You put up a post pointing out that BS runs on XP without the use of Scummvm and people try & shoot you down in flames! What a friendly place this is. Oh and Reckless, I'm glad you found it not at all dificult to play BS using Scummvm but many people have had problems - just take a look thr...

Not much to get really is there Eugene?

The original 2 cd version of Broken Sword runs perfectly on Windows XP when you run it in Windows '95 compatibility mode.

Pretty straight forward I thought mate....

Yeah, yeah sev. I take your point! I realise I may be stating the obvious with my post & I'm not trying to take anything away from Scummvm - I think it is a fantastic program & use it all the time for playing my other classics so everyone go & download it right now. That better? :wink:

Just thought this was worth mentioning - After installing Broken Sword on Windows XP, (2 disc cd version) I discovered I couldn't get it to run correctly - inverted colours & all manner of other wierd & wonderful things! I was then informed that I needed to run the game in Scummvm. I then sp...