[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #15057: "Unknown Game Variant" reported when trying to add Private Eye

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#15057: "Unknown Game Variant" reported when trying to add Private Eye
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Reporter:  caffeineLover  |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  defect         |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal         |   Component:  Engine: ADL
 Version:                 |  Resolution:
Keywords:                 |        Game:  Private Eye
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Comment (by caffeineLover):

 I owned this game a long, long, long time ago.  Probably going on 20 years
 now.  I had Windows XP, and the game never ran correctly -- never had
 sound.  Lost the game media over the years but just discovered that
 SCUMMVM actually plays it.  This is from an abandonware site since I no
 longer have the media.

 It's a bit of a conundrum.  I understand that nobody wants to support a
 non-legitimate game, but from Google, it appears that the game no longer
 even installs correctly, so even if someone does have the media from the
 1990s, installing the game on the hard drive in the first place might be
 problematic.  It might require wine or virtualbox which is .... not within
 reach of the average recreational computer user.

 But yeah.  Even if there's no desire to support the game given all that,
 it shouldn't be registering as Troll's Tale, anyhow.

 Feel free to close if this isn't anything supportable.   Originally, I was
 going to create a Win98 VM; I'm just very grateful to you that I can play
 it under ScummVM.
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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/15057#comment:2>
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