Syberia 1 and 2 are not working on my windows 7 computer

[dragneel133]

can someone please give me advice on how to get the game going, right when i start it a black screen pops up and my computer just shows a message saying it has stopped working close the program, i would really appreciate the advice thankyou

[mikeydsc]

verify game files integrity
set to admin mode
run compatability as xp sp2 or earlier

[dragneel133]

okay thankyou i will try that

[Leja]

The newest version run on win 7

[select_21]

Will this run on Win8.1? I want to buy, but dont' want to make the mistake of not checking compatibility liek I have with other games that i cannot play.

[I❤️Soju]

Same here wonder if they work on Win8.1

[monkeymadness]

I found this on the forum. Hope it helps.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/46500/discussions/0/864979883885258073/#c864980009948180628

[Volune]

Originally posted by select_21:

Will this run on Win8.1? I want to buy, but dont' want to make the mistake of not checking compatibility liek I have with other games that i cannot play.

I just managed to run the game on Win8.1x64 with the following compatibility options:
- set the compatibility options for all users
- 256 colors (8bits)
- run in 640x480
The game switches back to 800x600 right after it started. I personally don't even need the WinXP compatibility mode.

According to what I read on this forum and there : http://www.gog.com/forum/syberia_series/no_available_3d_accelerator/post6 it seems that the key point is to start the game with a resolution of 800x600 or lower. That may also be true for Win7.

[Lowa]

Have you tried the compatibiltiy system ?

[bossy]

for me they worked without any problem

[mariskaas]

The new version should indeed work (do for me)

[Liam Emrald]

This game runs fine within Win 7 64bit and non-Administrator-rights.
In case of problems, especially with older games, just try and make sure, that you install Games within a separated folder outside "C:\programs" and "C:\programs (x86)", because these folders are write-protected for usual users.
I don't know, if this games writes to it's own installation folder, but older games tend to do so - and because of modern Windows preventing that, some games might just crash.