I've downloaded everything but I am technoglically inept... Please respond here with some contact information so I can get some help... when I click on the start icon I get an error saying

Failed to select minimum resolution (640x480x16bit colour)

I don't know why this is happening, maybe i'm missing something simple? Please help!! i'd love to play this game again.

@strut

That error could be caused by a few different things:

• graphics driver / monitor not making that resolution available to Machines
• Windows or hardware compatibility issues preventing the game starting correctly

Potential fixes:

1. Change the Machines resolution settings in the Windows registry

(I don't have a PC running Windows 10 available to test this on at the moment, hopefully this hasn't changed too much since Windows 7)

Method A - (hopefully) easy mode
I made a .reg file which should change the resolution Machines uses to 1024x768 (in-game and in menus):

1. Download this file: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1YCSlkNSMaSZXNtZW5McEhwaE0
   Click the download button in the top-right corner and save the file to your desktop.
2. Double-click the Machines_Screen-Resolution.reg file.
3. When asked if you want to continue, read the warning, then click Yes (*)
4. Run Machines.
   If you want, you can delete the Machines_Screen-Resolution.reg file.

(*) You can check what settings a .reg file modifies by right-clicking on it and clicking "Edit" - worth doing if you're not sure you can trust the source of the file.

Method B - manual mode
If you don't trust the .reg file I linked to above, or if you want/need to set a different resolution via the registry:

1. Click in the search box on the Windows taskbar and type "regedit", then click on the regedit.exe search result.
2. Navigate through the registry by double-clicking the keys or clicking the dropdown arrows
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER → Software → Acclaim Entertainment → Machines → Screen Resolution
3. There should be three values here: Height , Lock Resolution and Width
   If they are not present you can create them:
       3a. Right-click in the blank space on the right side below (Default), move the mouse cursor over "New", then click "DWORD (32-bit) Value"
       3b. Name the new value Height
       3c. Repeat for Lock Resolution and Width
4. Right-click on a value, then click "Modify...". In the dialog box that appears, change the Base to Decimal each time:
       For Lock Resolution , change the "Value data" to 1
       For Width , change the "Value data" to 1024
       For Height , change the "Value data" to 768
5. Exit Registry Editor.
6. Run Machines.

If the game runs after this step, you may be able to change the resolution through the in-game options menu - try setting it to match your native monitor resolution.
Note: resolutions over 2000 pixels wide might not work. 1920x1080 is the highest I can test currently.

2. Install dgVoodoo 2

If the above fix didn't work or you experience graphical glitches and/or poor performance - or you just want Machines to look a bit nicer...

Try the instructions here: http://wiredforwar.org/topic/77/machines-and-windows-10/14

Hey man! thanks so much for your help. So I did the first step and the game actually turned on!! I was so stoked, but then the program asked me to download something, so I downloaded what ever it was.. some windows program... and it disappeared into the background. I managed to open it through the task manager but when I got into the game where ever I dragged the mouse the image would distort and when I clicked on play it asked me to insert disc 2.

so I deleted my entire machines file and I'm starting from square one. I'll let you know how it goes.