EMPIRE EARTH. Does it work at all?

[Eugene66]

I bought a new sealed copy of Empire earth and wherever I try to run it, on installation it says "Not a valid win 32 application." With all my computer skills I couldn't find a way around this one.

Has anyone had success with this game? If so how?

 

[hashbrown99]

I have a probable cause for you but unfortunately no help for a solution. It could be your hardware.

I encountered a similar message with my TV card software when I used it on a new 64-bit mobo. I found 64-bit drivers which solved the problem

 

[Eugene66]

The funny thing is that running it on Win98 on a Pentium 3 didn't even solve the problem, On the cover they claim PII and up. Operating systems from win 98 all the way up to win 2000

 

[hashbrown99]

Can you get a refund?

 

[Necuno]

get the latest patch - installation worked fine on my vista and win xp boxes, guess you can't patch if it even wont install. odd though

 

[Eugene66]

At sierra.com???

 

[Necuno]

pick one

http://ee.heavengames.com/downloads/lister.php?category=patches
http://www.gamershell.com/pc/empire_earth/
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy...om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;downloads

 

[SYNERGY]

Works fine for me.
Empire Earth 3 is a real let down

 

[Eugene66]

Gee thanks Necuno.
Ill try them all. I want to see if l can load a pre installation patch. One of my sons saw this game in action somewhere. Don't ask me where. He says it takes the cake of strategy games. Comparing them with Ceazars and Zeuss.

 

[The_Techie]

Works for me

 

[Jonny Two Shoes]

Empire Earth 1 was cool I used to play it for hours. Also had lots of fun with Rise of Nations.