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1 day ago

Could not install direct draw error on sim city 4

Hello again

This time i have installed sim city 4 on windows xp, and getting the above error when i try and load the game, again as my other thread (sim city 3000) i get a black blank screen but this time it closes and the program closes with it

any help please?

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