Wal-Mart Aquarium

feldon34 · 01-29-2004, 11:05 PM

I'm not sure which version of the Aquarium was released at Wal-Mart, but I'm sure getting a lot of tech support e-mails and chatroom messages about it. Is there something unusual about this version? Perhaps a bad pressing?

Are people trying to get me to help them install something they pirated?

AKcrab · 01-30-2004, 02:24 AM

Wal-Mart is the devil.

Tiny Turtle · 01-30-2004, 03:25 AM

And the devil is jumping for joy then?

That's actually quite interesting, Morg. Keep us posted!

Jav400 · 01-30-2004, 06:45 AM

I think I have to agree with AKcrab on this one.

Jim Sachs · 01-30-2004, 08:44 AM

Yes, it was a bad pressing by Encore. It doesn't seem to be upgradeable.

patscarr · 01-30-2004, 08:54 AM

Interesting. What can be done about it?

Jim Sachs · 01-30-2004, 10:36 AM

Prolific is looking into it. There might be something they can do within the program that will recognize those CDs as valid, and allow the upgrade to happen.

Nate · 01-30-2004, 08:31 PM

I have bought one of those CD's....I am very disappointed. I have had my eye on it for a while and I find out that they may be bad. There is no .exe file on the cd!

patscarr · 01-30-2004, 08:43 PM

Nate, there are two SereneScreen CDs. One is the screensaver and one is a DVD. This thread is about a bad pressing of the screensaver CD. I believe you might have bought the DVD version.

Nate · 01-30-2004, 09:01 PM

Nope this is a win9x/2000/ME/XP compatible CDRom.....

The only file on the disk is: Aquarium_ver1_CD.iso

feldon34 · 01-31-2004, 10:53 AM

Wow, what a screwup.

I can't imagine how that got past QC.

Nate · 01-31-2004, 04:27 PM

I emailed service 3 days ago and I have not heard anything from them. I have considered just taking it back for a new copy but I am afraid I will just get another bad copy....

Jav400 · 01-31-2004, 09:36 PM

I would say that as this is a new problem, they are working on a solution and haven't reached a viable answer yet.

01-29-2004, 11:05 PM	#1
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Wal-Mart Aquarium I'm not sure which version of the Aquarium was released at Wal-Mart, but I'm sure getting a lot of tech support e-mails and chatroom messages about it. Is there something unusual about this version? Perhaps a bad pressing? Are people trying to get me to help them install something they pirated? "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

01-30-2004, 03:25 AM	#3
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	And the devil is jumping for joy then? That's actually quite interesting, Morg. Keep us posted! Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

01-30-2004, 06:45 AM	#4
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	I think I have to agree with AKcrab on this one. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

01-30-2004, 08:44 AM	#5
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Yes, it was a bad pressing by Encore. It doesn't seem to be upgradeable. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

01-30-2004, 08:54 AM	#6
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	Interesting. What can be done about it? Patrick

01-30-2004, 02:24 AM	#2
AKcrab Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 233	Wal-Mart is the devil.

01-30-2004, 10:36 AM	#7
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,791	Prolific is looking into it. There might be something they can do within the program that will recognize those CDs as valid, and allow the upgrade to happen. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

01-30-2004, 08:31 PM	#8
Nate Registered Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Franklin, IN Posts: 8	I have bought one of those CD's....I am very disappointed. I have had my eye on it for a while and I find out that they may be bad. There is no .exe file on the cd! Hating Walmart

01-30-2004, 08:43 PM	#9
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,455	Nate, there are two SereneScreen CDs. One is the screensaver and one is a DVD. This thread is about a bad pressing of the screensaver CD. I believe you might have bought the DVD version. Patrick

01-30-2004, 09:01 PM	#10
Nate Registered Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Franklin, IN Posts: 8	Nope this is a win9x/2000/ME/XP compatible CDRom..... The only file on the disk is: Aquarium_ver1_CD.iso Hating Walmart

01-31-2004, 10:53 AM	#11
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,939	Wow, what a screwup. I can't imagine how that got past QC. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

01-31-2004, 04:27 PM	#12
Nate Registered Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Franklin, IN Posts: 8	I emailed service 3 days ago and I have not heard anything from them. I have considered just taking it back for a new copy but I am afraid I will just get another bad copy.... Hating Walmart

01-31-2004, 09:36 PM	#13
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	I would say that as this is a new problem, they are working on a solution and haven't reached a viable answer yet. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection