I want to play Torin's Passage by Sierra and it requires 256 color, i'm using WinXP and don't seem to have that option, suggestions please. I'm using the CD.
Thanks

Have you loaded the program onto the Harddrive but not installed it?
I want you to open the Harddrive Local disk C:
where the program folder is...May have to click open 1 or 2 folders till you see the program folder you have placed here
Next Right click on the Folder click on Properties on the Menu OK

New window opens with 4 or 5 tabs at the top
Click on the Compatability tab in the Middle OK?
A new list opens up with several tick boxes
tick the top 3 boxes only to get Windows 95 Mode & 256 colors and 640x480 resolution
Though it may run @800x600? (check the spec on the box) There may also be a setting to alter this in the game controls? If that is so then leave that box unticked
Next click the Apply and OK buttons and locate the torins.Exe file or whatever its called may be called torins.com?
click on it and the game will then Install (and hopefully run? )
Tell us how you get on?
Entire job will take you only a few seconds,once you have located the program folder

there seems to be 2 folders a Sierra folder & a ms-dosbatch file, the sierra folder when i right click the only thing that comes up is General-Sharing-Customize, and with the batch file i do get what you said but it doesn't work, i get sound for the game but no picture.

Odd that there is no compatibilty tab unless
It's been switched off in the Harddrive properties
Check any adjacent program folders and see if the same thing has happened here as well?

It seems to work for other things.

Just an Idea to check out
I think you are viewing the installed folder (which does not have the compatibility tab)
Uninstall the game then open My Computer local disk C:
Locate the folder where this program points to when installing off the CD this is the folder that will have that tab on it click on this folder before it unpacks should work now?
You'll have to Keep an eye out sometimes its a temporary (Dummy)folder that does the work then is deleted you'll have to be sharp clicking it if this is one of those programs?