Populous - The Beginning problem

[bchilly 0]

I installed Populous the beginning on my Windows XP Home SP2 system. When I try to run the game the mouse turns to the hourglass and then nothing else happens and the application isn't running in the task manager. I installed Windows 98SE using Virtual PC but the only difference was that the application was shown in the task manager but would still not run. One thing I noticed was that it did run on my other PC that was Windows 98 but stopped working when I upgraded it to Win98SE. Is it possible it is only compatible with the first edition of 98 or is there another factor involved?

[peterh 1]

Populous doesn't require much to run. See http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/populousthebeginning/tech_info.html for tech specs.

Try installing the 1.01 patch (see link above)

[bchilly 0]

The patch don't work. It won't work on XP Home, Win 98SE or Win 98. The file checker involved in the patch says a load of files are missing and damaged but in Win 98 it says none are missing just damaged.