Hi everytime i start kq 8 it crashes with the message: "Game title" has encountered a problem and bla bla bla. when i look up there is the mask.exe and the ntdll.dll. so it has to do something with this ntdll.dll please can anyone help me? im runnin wxp sp3 and mein graphic adapter is an intel hd 3000

try this:

from the gog community boards: don`t know who wrote this, sorry.

" I encountered this too, and I found the solution. Fortunately I have an old copy myself (it runs on XP but not Windows 7 which is why I got this from GOG). It seems they left out one of the files - starttxt.txt. Without this file, the game will crash in Windows XP, and display garbage text on the main menu in Windows 7.
Just create a file called "starttxt.txt" and paste these lines into it. It should work fine after that - it does for me."

KING'S QUEST
MASK of ETERNITY
Install
Play
Sierra Utilities
Cancel
The King's Quest: Mask of Eternity CD was not found.
Please check your CD drive and restart the game.
Allocating Textures. Please wait...
Please wait
Microsoft Direct Draw
You must be running in 256 color mode or higher.
You can change the color depth from the control panel display icon.

it worked for me thank you very much!

does anyone know where my son and i can find the severe file for kings quest 8 mask of eternity ?

1) Don't bump old threads with a totally unrelated question.
2) You got a reply at the SierraHelp forum and didn't bother to reply...
3) I guess I'm not the only one who doesn't get the meaning of "severe file".

If you're referring to the game files. Well, GOG.com is selling it...

On topic. yes the GOG release has missing lines in the file, and that causes the splash screen class name to be set from random memory, what Windows XP doesn't like that much.