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Wow, do I ever sympathize with this problem! I found a copy of Final Fantasy VII for the PC a while ago at a used store. It was only $10, so I picked it up.
Before I got my Playstation, I ran the short-lived emulator that Connectix put out for the Mac. I played the game on my iMac for a week or two, but ended up in a bizarre stretch of gameplay that went on forever with no save points. I ultimately had to bail out and turn the computer off.
That experience soured me on the game, and i never went back to what I now understand to be one of the (if not THE) definitive title of the FF series. Argh!
So I buy this PC version and attempt to load it onto my XP Pro Dell PIII 600, to no avail. The game engine never loads. Now, I suspect it has quite a bit to do with the fact that I have ActiveX 9 on my machine, but FFVII asks for version 5!
Virutal PC on my Mac won't work (terrible DirectX support, though I might try it). I'll probably just end up buying the old PS1 game and run it on my PS2, but it did piss me off something fierce.
Why bother even calling it 'Compatibility Mode'?!?!
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