myst 5 had a problem with the install on xp after sp2, I think from memory it would install on vista but wouldn't start so I copied the folder over from xp & then it started.

Tried to install it on Win7 too, no luck. So at the time being, I guess I'll wait.

Fired up UAKM last night for the first time in a number of years (have only finished it once, some time ago) - going to go for broke and finish it again.

Well, I'm glad to be joining your little group : I too just finished UAKM after 15 years and it feels so good ! :-)

Now, I'm pondering about playing "the Pandora Directive" or "Blade Runner" (which I've just been recalled of from another thread) ! Cornelian choice...

EDIT :
Aaah !!! "Shadow of the Comet" !!! Now, that was a f***ing good game, along with "Prisoner of Ice" !!! Cthulhu Fhtagn !!!

I just finished UaKM last night/this morning (2am) after a 16 year gap as well (I played it in one sitting). My longest gap would probably be SMB3 which I beat for the first time a couple of months ago, so that would be 21 years of giving up after the first couple of worlds.

Will add another game to this list of my longwinded accomplishments; Lighthouse-The Dark Being.
Started playing it back in 1996 when it came out, and never got past a safe which is quite difficult to open. Long story short; when I wanted to play it again later on, my computer was just too good for it to be able to run it. (the game required Win95/ Win 3.1/MS-DOS, 16mbRAM, and such) Since it was able to play in MS-DOS, I figured Dosbox might do the trick, when I got the urge to play it again a few days ago. After fiddling a lot with sound and graphics, I finally made it playable, although it is a bit scratchy in the sound some places.
Still haven't finished, but I'm getting closer each day now :D
This would be close to 16 years in the finishing :p

I'm another guy that first played UAKM many years ago, but only managed to finish it yesterday. What a great game!

I was about 15 years old when I first played this. Not only I didn't actually own the game, so I had to play at my friend's house, but also I guess I wasn't smart enough at that time to go very far. But the game really impressed me, and it was really a pleasure to finally play it from start to finish. What a great game!

Hmm... like you I got it back then and never finished it.

To be honest, I rarely ever finish a game. If I do, it's usually because they are way too short to begin with and don't really offer much. The last game I actually made it all the way through was "COD: Black Ops." One and done; no replay value in that kind of game for me.

I don't know if I'm weird or what, but when I find a game I really like, I play it like crazy until I get tired of it and then I move onto something else for a while.

And then when I make my way back to a game, I think "I really enjoyed that; I think I'll start over and do it again." It's almost like I have this thing in my head that won't let me finish games because I enjoy playing them too much. For me the fun is in being able to lose myself for a few hours.

MY God, this post has just given me flashbacks! I couldn't play UAKM on my home PC when I first got it (it was too slow). So I had to play it on my girlfriend's father's computer. I don’t think she saw anything of me for a good few weeks. (which in hindsight was probably for the best)
I love these threads, they always bring back moments that Id forgotten.