Classic Arcade Games CDROM restarts PC?

[rijir2001]

I picked up the CD "Atari 80 Classic Games" CDROM. I love the old school games. Anyway I haven't really played any PC games in years. It installs fine. But when I run the program and choose one of the games my PC restarts. I have no idea why.

I'm running a Gateway 2.4 Ghz with 1 GB RAM. So it isn't like my PC can't handle it. I raised the resolution up higher as the readme file suggested. Any gamers or other experienced users out there know what would cause with odd issue?

[Krispy Kritter]

You are likely getting a BSOD related to a driver issue. You can disable the XP "reboot on error" so that you can see the actual BSOD and get the error code, but I would start by ensuring all of your drivers are up to date (motherboard, audio, and video).

[bendixG15]

Read the fine print on the cover to see if it runs under winXP. That may need a Win98SE OS.

[Video Head]

I like MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) over classic games "redone" for the PC.

[redwudz]

Just a thought.... The program may want to change your video settings. And your OS may have problems with that which could cause your shutdowns.

Some older games may want 256 colors and a smaller screen size, maybe 800 X 600 pixels. If that's the problem, you could try setting them first and see if that helps.

[rijir2001]

The disc was released in 2003. It says Windows 98/Me/XP on the back.

I'm running XP Pro

I have many emulators I have downloaded over the years. I just wanted something that my kids could also use without all the settings and other issues you have to deal with in ROMS and emulators.