Risk (Hasbro CD-ROM)

[Matt]

Hi Jimmy,

No, you're looking in the right place from the sound of it. I can send it to you - just wondering if it's the same version. Do you have these folders on your CD? Any that aren't listed here?

This is the list of folders I have when I look at the CD:

ANIMS
BIN
CDGFX
DIRECTX
ENGLISH
FRONTGFX
GAMEGFX
INTOUTRO
MPLAYER
PALETTES
SAVEGAME
SAVESETUP
SOUNDS
VIDEO

[Matt]

Here's the Risk.exe file

Risk.exe

[Stuart]

Hope i get a reply i've followed your article which get the game to start which is great but when u play a ultimate game and its a larger battle so it add the animation the game crashes coming up with risk.exe has stopped working. Any ideas on how to fix this as used to love this game.
Thanks

[stuart]

this was in the event log if this helps at all:
Faulting application name: RISK.EXE, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x32912592
Faulting module name: DDRAW.dll, version: 10.0.16299.15, time stamp: 0x9f481885
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0003ab71
Faulting process id: 0x1d0
Faulting application start time: 0x01d3704a98e45238
Faulting application path: C:\Games\Board\Risk\RISK.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DDRAW.dll
Report Id: 6cd16569-86bc-4e76-988e-18810babfbed
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Failing that does anyone else have a copy i can download and try all over again?
Cheers

[Matt]

Hi Stuart,

That has been an ongoing problem several people have reported. The only solution I've heard of, and it's not really a solution but more of a workaround, is to turn off 'battleboxes' in options.

Thanks for posting the log - the ddraw.dll entry is interesting. What version of Windows do you have?

[Two Players]

I've two disks working on two different computers, and I was wondering how to get a multiplayer game going?

What files would I need to copy?

[Matt]

Hi Two, I just checked and I don't seem to have the multiplayer CD; I just have the "Host" CD. If you have an older computer available, or a virtual machine, you could try installing it on that and see if you can mimic the file structure.

Or, if you can post up the ISO of the 2nd CD I can look at it.

[Two Players]

The ISO for the 2nd CD should be here if I did everything right.

drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mUBtUBSZOntmOfVWs04C9XK71lKuyrMP?usp=sharing

[Matt]

Thanks for that! Looks like it's an exact copy of the first CD. Seems like the idea was to give you a second CD so you could play a friend or family member over a network if you had two computers in the house. Pretty heady stuff for 1996.

If you already have the game working on 2 separate PCs, you should already have the files you need. The tricky part will be getting around whatever firewalls are set up.

Can try adding Risk to the Windows Firewall exception list first. For Windows 10:

Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall > Click change settings > Allow another app > Select your Risk.exe

[Kevin]

Hi Matt,
My risk.exe file is only24kb instead of 366kb and it is not located in the English folder. I have no risk.exe file in the English folder. Which other items do I need to copy to my hard drive to get the risk.exe app to start?

[Kevin]

Dec 28, 2017 18:30:05 GMT -5 Kevin said:

Hi Matt,
My risk.exe file is only24kb instead of 366kb and it is not located in the English folder. I have no risk.exe file in the English folder. Which other items do I need to copy to my hard drive to get the risk.exe app to start?


Sorry just saw the previous post. thanks for the file. 

[Rob O]

I can copy all folders but the risk.exe file isn't showing up. Can you provide it for me.

[Matt]

Hi Rob -

If you scroll up this thread I have it posted. Should be the 2nd post on this page.

[Rob O]

Jan 2, 2018 23:48:14 GMT -5 Rob O said:

I can copy all folders but the risk.exe file isn't showing up. Can you provide it for me.

Nevermind

[Rob O]

Now I get this error:

Error Loading E:/Frontgfx/hasbro/hasbro.pal