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gamedrive8 a disappointment
i spent $30 for gamedrive 8.0 (farstone). i wish i could take it back. it messed up my desktop, the quick-launch toolbar had a black background, and all the icons shifted to the right, over by the clock, instead of being near the start button. also the bar accross the top of the favorites folder turned black. i tried installing it on another computer and got the same results, so i know it wasn't the computer. i tried reinstalling video drivers, changing desktop color schemes, nothing would fix the problem until i reinstalled internet explorer. that got rid of the black background, but the icons are still over to the right. i reinstalled internet explorer on the other computer, and got the same results, no more black background but icons still to the right. i tried reinstalling gamedrive8, and sure enough, the problem was back. i had to reinstall explorer again to fix it. beyond that, i've only been able to get it to work with one old game, need for speed 3. i couldn't get it to work with railroad tycoon 3, or max payne. i think i'll try http://www.alcohol-software.com/ next time as suggested by someone else in this forum.

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No Upgrade Options (VirtualDrive/GameDrive)
This is a review of Farstone's VirtualDrive (identical to Farstone's GameDrive). I have two key complaints about this product.

First, the company doesn't offer any reasonable upgrade options. I purchased version 7 almost exactly five months ago and the only option available to upgrade to version 8 is to purchase the product again at full price.

Second, the product is not compatible with the copy protection used with the Hoyle 2004 games. Farstone says they're working on a fix, which will be available using Live Update. Of course, the version I have doesn't support Live Update - I'll need to upgrade to version 8 to get this feature (see paragraph above).

On the plus side, this product does work with SimCity 3000, Crazy Taxi, Warcraft BNE, and older Hoyle games. However, the problems above pretty much kill this product as far as I'm concerned. I'll look for an alternative product instead of purchasing version 8.

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GameDrive 8 by FarStone
Since I travel quite a lot, I purchased GameDrive8 to avoid the burden and risk of carrying a dozen+ CDs. I consider myself a savvy computer user---Ph.D. in engineering from MIT---still, after reading the manual and online information, I finally gave up getting this program to run. There is no product support for GameDrive: all of my 14 emails were answered by the same form response. What a joke! Please save yourself the frustration and $35, and try Alcohol 52%. It has done everything I needed it to do, easily and flawlessly.