Still in the early stages of The Sacred Rings - Aura 2.  I'm stuck
trying to do something with the controls in the bridge.
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I have by now installed 5 crystals in the machinery downstairs and

Hi, I get a General Protection Fault trying to run _The Dark Eye_ under
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any pointers!
rms

Sounds hot:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/sherlockholmestheawakened/review.html?om_ac
t=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review

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