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        <description>A free compatibility list for Windows compatible operating systems</description>
        <compatlink>https://www.ntcompatible.com/compatibility/</compatlink>
        <entries>31</entries>
        <modified>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</modified>
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    <entry>
        <overview>
            <product>Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit</product>
            <description></description>
            <compatlink>1/compatibility/report/need-for-speed-3-hot-pursuit/</compatlink>
            <vendor>Electronic Arts</vendor>
            <vendorlink>Electronic Arts</vendorlink>
            <category>Games/General</category>
            <operatingsystems>Windows 10 Version 1507 64 Bit, Windows 2000, Windows 7 32 Bit, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Vista 32 Bit, Windows XP 32 Bit</operatingsystems>
        </overview>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Lebogang Dipheko</author>
            <os>Windows 10 Version 1507 64 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>This is the best game in the world</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Manuel</author>
            <os>Windows 7 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows 2000</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows 2000</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>sarthak majumder</author>
            <os>Windows 7 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>1</rating>
            <comment>My nfs 3 game do not run on Windows 7</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows 2000</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>milan</author>
            <os>Windows 7 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>Windows 7</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows 7 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows 2000</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>1</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows 7 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows 7 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>4</rating>
            <comment>To fix this issue with the 1MB error, you need a special *.sdb file for nfs3.exe. This is a configuarion file of the &quot;windows compatibility toolkit&quot;. You can download it from microsoft for free.

Manual to do this *.sdb file: http://www.compatdb.org/support/topics/175472_need_for_speed_2_se_and_win_xp_nfs2_se.html

Now I can play NFS3 with a high resolution and without errors. And I can save - thats on the new Windows 7 (of course Vista too).

Greetings
Rayman</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>4</rating>
            <comment>Everything is ok, but is it usual to receive a warning that says &quot;Your HD is down to 1mb or less&quot; each time I run the game, and so can&#039;t save it?</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>This works great, I just followed the instructions and &quot;poof&quot; im racing like back in the days....</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows Vista 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>WINDOWS 2000 / XP / VISTA COMPATIBILITY GUIDE FOR NEED FOR SPEED III: Hot pursuit.

The following procedure will make your Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit game RUN NEAR PERFECT UNDER WINDOWS 2000 / XP/ Vista. 

Game will run almost just as good and in the same speed as under win95/98/me. And I &#039;ve tried to make it as much detailed as possible, so non-advanced users can follow it.

So, let&#039;s start:

NOTE: You must not have the game already installed in your computer in order to follow this procedure. If you already have the game installed, please uninstall it (don&#039;t worry, we will install it again, but in such way it will make it compatible)

1. Go to &quot;(My) Computer&quot; --&gt; Right click your disc drive (the one the game disk is inserted into) and then click on &quot;open&quot; --&gt; go to &quot;SETUP&quot; folder --&gt; go to &quot;ENGLISH&quot; folder (or whatever other language you wish to choose as the installation language)
2. Right click on SETUP.EXE file (it&#039;s the one that has an icon with a grey computer and a box infront) --&gt; click on &quot;Properties&quot; --&gt; click on the &quot;Compatibility&quot; tab. Enable the &quot;Run this program in compatibility mode for&quot; option. Select &quot;windows 95&quot; from the menu below. Then enable the &quot;disable visual themes&quot;, and &quot;turn off advanced text services for this program&quot; options. Make sure that the &quot;Run in 256 colors&quot; and &quot;Run in 640x480 screen resolution&quot; options are disabled. Click apply and Ok.
3. Close all open windows, eject and reinsert the disc, and install the game. Make sure you make a FULL installation of the game. 
4. Reboot
5. Now you can run the game under windows 2000/xp/vista, but only in software render mode (the game cannot take advantage of the 3D acceleration of your graphics card, and thus graphics appear primitive). To enable 3D acceleration go, Start --&gt; All programs --&gt; Electronic Arts --&gt; Need For Speed III --&gt; 3D Device Setup. On the window that opens, under the &quot;3D graphics renderer&quot; section, make sure that &quot;Direct3D Device1&quot; is selected from the menu (or if you don&#039;t see that, select anything else available except &quot;software renderer&quot;). and then OK. If a warning appears, just click yes/ok and then Ok again.

I have tried this on an two computers, with a NVIDIA and an ATI cards, and it&#039;s perfect. It even works on Vista, with minor lockups during loading and exit</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>4</rating>
            <comment>O/S: Windows XP Professional, SP2
System: AMD Athlon 3200+ with ASUS A8V VM-SE, built-in Graphics

* Works perfectly, no hacks applied
* however, when I upgraded video drivers I now have problems with missing textures. Rolling back video drivers fixed it.
</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>1</rating>
            <comment>Installs fine with and without compatibility modes, but does not start. The game does not start from either a shortcut or the actual .exe, nothing happens.</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>just run the install in 9x compatibility mode, otherwise the game works smoothly</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>However, network play doesn&#039;t work</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>1</rating>
            <comment>Installs from the CD very slowly. Once I run the game executable from the hard drive, the cursor turns into an arrow/hourglass for a second, and everything&#039;s back to normal. No game execution, no resolution change, nothing.</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-
</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows 2000</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>-
</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows 2000</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>Received the follow messages:
1) First thing first make you sure you have install the latest SP1 and Windows 2000 Application Compatibility Update March 2001 &amp; DX8.01a. You find everthing you need right here.
2) It installs fine under compatability mode but does nothing when starting up. Under compatability mode it gives the following errors: Msvcrt is not an win32s application, Cannot find the entry Ft_exit8 in the kernel32 dll. Allready tried to download the ntpatch but there seems to be a version difference. Tried to run the game under win2k sp2 appcompat march01 </comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>just run the install in 9x compatibility mode, otherwise the game works smoothly</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows XP 32 Bit</os>
            <rating>1</rating>
            <comment>-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows NT 4.0</os>
            <rating>1</rating>
            <comment>Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit Demo
-</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
        <report>
            <date>2018-01-29T18:38:33+00:00</date>
            <author>Anonymous</author>
            <os>Windows NT 4.0</os>
            <rating>5</rating>
            <comment>Dx5 patch and Need for Speed 3 NT fix</comment>
            <license>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html</license>
        </report>
    </entry>
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