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[Galsic]

Got's me ME1, that I did. Ended up with the Value Games version and, upon trying to launch it... (see thread title)

This seems to be a big, well-known, and apparently unresolved issue that has been brought up ad-nauseum in other sites, and I don't know how to deal with it.

I'm not even gonna bother asking y'all to help me troubleshoot this, though I am curious to know if any of y'all had the same problem (and perhaps how you dealt with it if you did). Perhaps some of you have the downloaded version from Steam or somesuch and it works fine? Though I really wanna play ME1 before ME2, I'm 'bout ready to scrap what I have :/ .

I wasted two days in this bs. What a pain in the arse .

[Eleima]

Here's what a quick search with Google yielded:
Are you sure your computer can run it? What are your specs?
Are you using XP or Vista? Apparently, with Vista, you have to make sure that you're running the program "as an administrator" (which can be done by right-clicking on the program, and there's a compatibility tab, you have to tick the "run as an administrator" block, or so I've read).

Sources: Mass Effect Official Forums

Is that any help?

[Galsic]

Afraid not, though I did progress(?) from the general protection error to just the game "not responding" . **Sigh**

And, for the record, I gots me Windows 7.

[vilkacis]

How long are you waiting when the game doesn't respond? Because at least for me, ME1 loads extremely slowly, but it functions normally once it actually starts.

[Galsic]

How long are you waiting when the game doesn't respond? Because at least for me, ME1 loads extremely slowly, but it functions normally once it actually starts.

For me, too, apparently. Yeah, I usually waited a minute or so; certainly was expecting a more immediate response. I'm such an impatient lout .

Thank you both for the suggestions . Hopefully, all problems are resolved now, so I suppose I'll go ahead and start with ME1. And hopefully get somewhere in it (my trial run through ME2 suggests ME1'll also take some get'n used to).