Barbie: Pet Rescue

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   For People who is trying to figure it out how to make the screen no GREEN SCREEN
   Hi! I just figure it out how to fix it what I did is…
   – Go to the Properties
   – Compatibility
   Then This how I set it up
   1.Compatibility Mode *Check* Choose Windows 8
   2. Reduced color Mod *check* 8-bit (256) color
   3. Run this program as an administrator
   And TADA playable! with no Green Screen!

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   This was always one of my favorite games. I’m so sad that I can’t play it. I’ve managed to download and play several old Barbie games but not this one. And I still have my original CD-ROM. Installing is a royal pain because it kept prompting me to install from the disc, but I was able to do that. I was able to fix the color issue by running it in Windows 95 and Windows 98 compatibility mode as administrator. The game loaded, the colors were right, and while the screen was super tiny, the game was working… until the first rescue mission, in which case it just crashed completely. So even with the original disc, this game remains unplayable and unstable. So sad. 🙁

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     Hi! I just figure it out how to fix it what I did is…
     – Go to the Properties
     – Compatibility
     Then This how I set it up
     1.Compatibility Mode *Check* Choose Windows 8
     2. Reduced color Mod *check* 8-bit (256) color
     3. Run this program as an administrator

     And TADA playable! with no Green Screen!

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   It works, but it’s one one side and the screen is green-pinkish, almost like glitched out. I’m playing on a Dell Windows 10 laptop, and i tried other Barbie games and they work perfectly fine. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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   It doesn’t work. I try to open it even with the correct compatibility, It loads and then the program never pops up.

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   Does anyone know how to download this to play on a mac? Please comment if you know how. I have been searching options for hours and can not figure it out for the life of me!

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   Does this work for Windows 11? I download and mount it and stuff, but clicking Setup just shows the blue thinking circle for a few seconds before giving up, and the AutoRun opens up the installer before doing the same as Setup. I tried hitting uninstall and trying again, I tried ejecting and remounting, but nothing really works.

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   It seems to freeze up for me too whenever I try to leave on the scooter for a mission. This hapened to me after I followed the compatbility instructions too.

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   I was able to get it running with normal color and proportions with the fix @honey_bramble:disqus suggested, but once I tried playing the game it froze. I was able to play the mini games, but as soon as the leaving scooter animation played it froze on the loading screen. I got to play the turtle game though! And that’s really what I was wanting to do.

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   i am so late to the party ;-; i try to get the game to setup but it just makes the screen really small/zoomed in

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     thats normal, im still looking for a way to get rid of these black bars in the screen

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    Hi all. Probably a dumb request (because I’m on Windows 10 and it said it was incompatible but I’m sad and desperate lol), but if anyone knows a way to get around ‘The Entry Point Not Found’ error that pops up when you launch the game, please let me know. I tried fixing it myself but to no avail. I just want to play this old game from childhood again lol

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    Hey Everybody!! I found the solution. Follow all of the following instructions and then…

    https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/251799/how-can-i-get-barbie-pet-rescue-working-on-windows-10/251814#251814

    Follow these instructions! Fixes the color issue and everything! Happy retro-gaming!

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      And don’t forget to change to windows 95 at the same time.

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    Having problems, like Tori. Is it possible to get some help? I haven’t tried to trouble shoot it yet but it feels as though we shouldn’t be having problems with games, and then not getting any reply.

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    I’ve tried playing with the compatibility settings so many times and although the whole screen is taken up, only the left half is showing with messed up colors and and it’s squished. Anyone have a solution for this?

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    I got it to work but it keeps freezing. Any tips to stop that? It freeze and she has to restart the game. She’s pretty bummed. Any fixes?

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