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[user22]

Well I can't get this to work on vista but on my search for a fix I stumbled upon a FREE link to a mobile phone version of this game.Skill Ball Bingo Java Game

[cardie]

i get it up and running
but ive got an invisible cursor??

only works now and then if i manage to 'hover' the mouse over the start button precisely thru chance?

any ideas wot i need to do here to get a visible cursor plz?

cursor is on the screen while main intro page loads up but
as soon as the music starts on the welcome screen it disapears?
would love to play this
help?

oh by the way your welcome ....

[ady]

ungracious barsterds

Another day in FMEland...whatever site BJ ....

[cardie]

Well I can't get this to work on vista but on my search for a fix I stumbled upon a FREE link to a mobile phone version of this game.Skill Ball Bingo Java Game

been on it


not really any good tbh

[jamespir]

i cant get it tpo work i get a runtime error 429 shame

[fruitsnappa]

This might be of interest also? Rather than a new thread here is a link to "Frutix" flash game.

Fruitix

[Dr DX]

Thanks love this game

[catz1105]

i could not get it to work on vista but works great on xp, just love this game thanks

[cardie]

i could not get it to work on vista but works great on xp, just love this game thanks

it doesnt work on vista anyway

[Matty.N]

wewt

finally managesd to downgrade to xp & it is running flawlessly

[r4irts]

i could not get it to work on vista but works great on xp, just love this game thanks

win7 is ok?

[Matty.N]

win7 is ok?

nope

non runner in vista or win 7

[Cloudhunter]

nope

non runner in vista or win 7

I have successfully managed to get it working on Windows 7 X64. Not tested in 32 bit edition, or Windows Vista, but I imagine the fix is the same.

I'll spare you the details as to how I managed to find out how to get this working, but my instructions are as follows.

First, register the MSWINSCK.OCX - if running on Vista or Windows 7, make sure to run from an elevated command prompt - e.g. right click and Run as Administrator.

Type in this command:

regsvr32 {path to game}MSWINSCK.OCX

Replacing {path to game} with the path to your game - in my case, Z:SkillBallBingoSkillBallBingo (don't ask ).

Then, download these three files (not sure if all three are needed, but can't hurt!):

d3drm.dll
dx7vb.dll
dx8vb.dll

You may be thinking - these are DirectX files! And you'd be correct - Windows Vista and above doesn't include DirectX 7 - God Bless Microsoft and their infinite wisdom.

Place them in the game folder. Then run all these commands from the command prompt that you opened earlier:

regsvr32 {path to game}dx7vb.dll

regsvr32 {path to game}dx8vb.dll

And there you have it! Run PlatformEmulator.exe and press connect, making sure to put some money in, and then SkillBallBingo.exe - and it should all be fine.

Now, this post also comes with a word of warning about something that I noticed when using Process Monitor - the application attempts to connect to www.007guard.com - which seems to be a distributor of ad-ware from a quick google search. If you have SpyBot S&D with your computer immunized it will instead connect to 127.0.0.1 which is safe - however, if you don't have that I would advise editing your host file (C:WindowsSystem32Driversetchosts) with notepad and adding these lines:

127.0.0.1    www.007guard.com
127.0.0.1    007guard.com

There may be some permission problems when trying to edit the hosts file, but messing about with the settings (making sure to put them back again when you've finished) should allow you to edit the file.

Hope this helps. Worked for me!

Edit: Couldn't install Sonar - will try and find a replacement when I have time - however, it works if you manage to hover over the buttons

EditEdit: Installed Sonar in compatibility mode for Windows XP - works fine. Disables Aero when it is running, but as you'll only have it open during the game thats no problem

Edited by Cloudhunter, 13 October 2009 - 03:15 PM.

[user22]

I been doing well on the phone version. Getting the balls in average 0.489 seconds with 100 % no mistakes managed to get to level 22 :-s

My misses loves this game, What difficulty level have you set to reach that level.

[martfarmer]

Hi im have probs with skillball game loads starts to play but you cant see the bingo card or the balls bouncing in the top box just blank and purple colour anyone esle got this prob, tried on 2 more pcs one sits at loading screen the other you just get blank screen any ideas

[Matty.N]

Hi im have probs with skillball game loads starts to play but you cant see the bingo card or the balls bouncing in the top box just blank and purple colour anyone esle got this prob, tried on 2 more pcs one sits at loading screen the other you just get blank screen any ideas

your using an ATI GFX card yes?