When I first start the game, I see a series of screens.
1. Small screen stating "Press Del to enter setup". If I press Delete I see another small menu flash briefly then "ERROR! Memory access violation" and it shuts down.
2. If I ignore #1 it disappears and another showing "Converting Textures" loads for about 40 seconds.
3. Then I see a box with "Auto Configuration" before the game screen comes up.
The program gave me the same "ERROR! Memory access violation" message when I moved my mouse and shut it down multiple times as I looked through the menu and explored the CONTROLS and HELP sections. I decided to just try PLAY, and it shut down again repeatedly after each game without option to play again or continue. I uninstalled and reinstalled but it acted the same way. I tried the F5-8 DEBUG KEYS in the help menu but got no additional screen to follow instructions.
I don't know enough about what makes things tick but I looked this up:
Acer Incorporated CPU
AMD Sempron Processor 3200+
1.00 GHz, 1.43 GB of RAM
OS Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2
I use Mozilla Firefox.
It has been interesting to explore software that doesn't work for me and try to convey the problem to you. There is a desire to give as much feedback as I can, but I don't have the technical vocabulary perhaps. I hope this has been helpful.
~~~Since I spent a lot of time re-starting this game(20-25 times)to give it a chance, I include the rest of my review for those interested~~
These graphics aren't sophisticated, but once you adjust the perspective with the camera controls (follow HELP then RULES from the main menu) you can predict where the food falls without much difficulty. Your task then is to catch vegetables and meat for a specific "recipe" shown on the screen while avoiding the candy, soap, bugs and(OMG)prescription drugs which can fall into your soup. There are 2 sudden death poisoned mushrooms and a grenade. Some items have look-alikes (eggs vs. soap) to keep you on your toes. The concept of the game is amusing and I chuckled out loud at the visual the first time I lost.
I have a few suggestions for the developers:
1. Grenades come far too quickly early in the first game. Let the player get used to deciding which items are still needed for their soup before they are faced with a screen full of sudden death items, caterpillars, chocolate bars and eyeballs.
2. A pause after each life lost would also be nice, letting the player check their progress and see which vegetables are still needed for their soup.
3. Each time a new game started, I had to adjust the camera angle. Could that be saved until the player changes? The program saves my name(sound, video etc.) from game to game so I believe saving other settings is possible.
I couldn't play more than one game at a time without a restart. That said, I had to uninstall due to technical difficulties which I'll take to forums.
Awwww gee I wish I could get this to work on my computer.