This turned out to be the answer. Each time I tried running the autorun file as an administrator as mentioned in the video, the installer would begin ( I would see the new window pop up with "Magic" inside the crystal ball and the music would start playing), but then it would freeze and no option to install ever presented itself. After reading this comment, I went into the Setup folder, found setup.exe, ran that, and was playing 5 minutes later. Thanks Sean, you saved my childhood.
Get this comment to the top. After trying all sorts of stuff with the autorun.exe, I completely forgot to open the setup folder. Workin' like a charm now.
Thanks for the help! Also here from ProJared's MTG video (also, my cousins are huge Magic fans, wanted to get into it). Easy to follow instructions, got it up and running. Earned yourself a like and a subscribe, good madam. Thank you again!
This was excellent, thank you. I had the original shandalar ages and ages ago and I'd been trying to find a version that would run fullscreen. Some of the community mods kept it running in an old school 800/600, or maybe 640/480 box, which is tiny on any current age monitor. I didn't even know there was a 2010 update/re-issue. Again, thanks a ton for this. Nothing like taking trips through my youth in games like this.
Thanks Gabs you're the best! Not a computer person so I was surprised I could follow along and get it working. Missed this game from my childhood. Thank you.
Thank you, watched your playthrough just recently and it prompted me to reinstall the game, after 20+ years, and actually finish it, this time around. I even replayed the final part because I wanted to see if I could kill the final boss for good. Took me a couple attempts and adding a serpent generator. It was super fun revisiting the game. Thank you so so much.
Gaby i've been watching you for months I really enjoy watching you go HAM in Arena lol and you showing me how to install shandalar really made my day THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
Sadly, this no longer works in 2022, or I may be doing something wrong. I tried following the steps exactly and it freezes up when I try to load the installer, doesn't give me the options to install it at all, and I have to End Task it. Not sure what's going on there.
Hey I got it to work after messing around for an hour. Go to your DEP settings and disable them. I'm making an updated video for people to follow and I'll put a link for you here. Hope it helps :)
I have been looking for a way to play this game ever since I got into Magic in the first place. You finally gave me the only way I have found that works. Thank you so much!
Yes, I have it too. The one that checked if you operating system is good enough. If the name of you OS does noet start with "Windows 9", you get the message, that you need more colors, and it will not install it. So You cannot install it on Windows XP or Windows 7, because you operatingsystem has not enough colors, like Windows 95 and Windows 98 has hahaha Was waiting a long time, till Windows 9 will came ou ... and what does Microsoft do??? They skip 9 and come up with 10, only so that I cannot play my game anymore :(.
Hi Gaby. Please, do you know how to install Shandalar/Manalink on Windows 11? I had your install files and others working on Win 10, but none of them are working on 11. I appreciate.
Thank you so much! I still had my original CDs from when the game first came out (Windows 95!), and I couldn't get them to install on my Windows 10 computer. Your instructions and the torrent fixed everything!!
This is easily one of my favorite games of all time. Easiest subscribe button click ever. I do miss 90s/2000s M:TG as well, but revisiting that would get... Expensive.
Tried in oct. 2023, but it doesn't seem to work. Game installs apparently ok but when trying to start it does nothing. looking thru the comments here, it seems the problem comes from the launcher exe file and the shandalar exe file. The file for 1-on-1 duels works ok-ish. Tried several compatibility configurations with no luck. My system is windows 10. Any help would be appreciated.
Ok,I made it work... somewhat (can't buy cards and walking and tabletop screen appear reduced, but the game works). The key is disabling somewhat called Data Execution Prevention (DEP). It's not necessary to disable it totally, it can be disabled program by program. In this case, it has to be disabled for the launcher and Shandalar exe's.
I see someone liking my comments and I want to add things. Turned out I can buy normally. The problems is the "Y/N" interface for buying does not appear in the screen, but if you select a card, you can accept or deny normally. The game works and I've been having a blast.
Thank you so much for this! I bought this game years and years ago and couldn't get it to run for the life of me! Now I can finally experience the joys of getting armageddon + dingus egg'd out of the game with my barely functional sealed deck from 1994 by an opponent that starts with 35 life! But seriously, thanks. The novelty is real.
I'm trying to download this using your instructions and it loads the startup screen but as soon as the animation goes away (or if I try to skip it), the application crashes and I can't get to the install screen at 3:08 Any suggestion on what to do? The music plays, but only once and the install button isn't there.
Thanks for this. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work since the posting of the video what with the subsequent Windows updates. My MTG program keeps "Not Responding" on the install screen. Also the link takes us to a 2010 PC ISO instead of 2009. Not sure if that is a reason. :(
Do you think you could help me? I followed your instructions to the letter. Everything seems fine....except when I go to launch the game. When I double click on the desktop icon....nothing happens. Game doesn't load, startup or anything. I am banging my head against the wall.
@@GinXYZ If you're interested, I made it work... somewhat (can't buy cards and walking and tabletop screen appear reduced, but the game works). The key is disabling somewhat called Data Execution Prevention (DEP). It's not necessary to disable it totally, it can be disabled program by program. In this case, it has to be disabled for the launcher and Shandalar exe's.
Do not be discouraged by comments saying that it doesn't work. I am completely inept when it comes to computers, but followed the instructions exactly and have yet to run into any issues.
know this is a stupid question but has anyone been able to get this to work with the Magic.exe tried running in compatibility for windows 7 and XP and neither are working am frustrated because I want My Duels of the Plainswalkers back. I miss it so much :(
The installation worked but it just won't run for me (Win10 64bit). Double clicking the shortcut it creates simply does nothing no matter what compatibility settings i use and the shandalar.exe in the game folder changes my screen resolution, then does nothing.
Same issue, you got a solution by now? : / Btw, you can still run the magic.exe for the random duel and draft tournaments and so on, just the launcher and Shandalar itself does not work...
@@LudwigVanKoopa Ok,I made it work... somewhat (can't buy cards and walking and tabletop screen appear reduced, but the game works). The key is disabling somewhat called Data Execution Prevention (DEP). It's not necessary to disable it totally, it can be disabled program by program. In this case, it has to be disabled for the launcher and Shandalar exe's.
I played this game for years in the 90s and I still remember the music for it. But with technology changes my newer IOS did not want to use the disc anymore :(
Any one has a problem with mouse input? When I click it keeps auto clicking (ex, in town if I click buy food, it just drains my money as long as I keep the button pressed, but it is WAYYY to fast even for a click)
for some reason when i play, the worldmap of the game gets shrunk down to 1/4th my monitor in the upper left corner, the rest of the screen remaining black, do you know how to fix this? the deck building portion of the game, as well as the creation, all played fullscreen fine, only when it came down to my name and actually playing in the world did it shrink.
yo. thnx heaps, i had major issues with the game crashing everytime i got hit with a spell, but i followed your downloads and advise and got it working perfect. thank you so much. XD and your so beautiful and id so marry you!
Thanks for the tip. Worked for me on Windows 11 VM in hyper-v. I didn't have to use compatibility mode on the installer. To run, the VM must be in 1024x768 and the game must be in administrator mode.
I wish I could get this to function on Windows 10. I'm running the latest drivers, having it load in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode, and as admin, and clicking Autorun.exe plays the opening intro, then freezes whenever I attempt to skip it (or simply let it finish playing the animation).
Happened upon your video by chance, downloaded the Magic the Gathering 2010 ISO and mounted it using WinCDEmu, followed your directions and it installed without any problems. Just got done with the deck builder and reconstructed my original black ante deck "Soldiers of Misfortune", sadly still missing cards such as Forsaken Wastes and Quagmire. Still, looks like its time to power off my Oracle Virtual Box Magic the Gathering Windows 98 PC for the last time.
For me (Windows 10) it displays a little funny: the actual game only takes up 1/3 of the screen, the rest black. Whatev. Thing I had to figure out was to press Y/N for buying cards. I thought my install was broken lmao
Installs just fine but launching Shandalar.exe always crashes at startup, screen will go black for a split second then crash to desktop. Tried changing compatibility around and running as admin still nothing.
I followed the steps in the tutorial and got a message saying that there was a fatal error. The code was 1603. Does anyone know what I might have done wrong?
I have come across a problem with this game. I can't buy any cards in the villages. Anyone else run into this problem? Can anyone help me figure out how to fix it?
Right way to get last Shandalar is this: Google "Shandalar Update Patches: Pre Alpha Software Edition" -- first link on slightlymagic forum topic, on middle of first page full instructions, about 500Mb to download.
unfortunately it's not working for me, i have tried all troubleshoot settings and it launches but before you go to the install screen it freezes up (music keeps playing).
Ignore previous reply. In the the ISO file go into the "Setup" folder and run the same compatibility troubleshooter on the Setup.exe file and it will install from there.
Well its not working on windows 11 or everything i tried it run just the basic meno then it drops me back to windows. Have probbably too fast compouter for this. Ryzen 7 D5800 series with 32GB ram a Lenovo Legion laptopp for 2K. Anyway was nice to watch you. Wish i could invite you to coffee or something if you would really like.
After watching projared's let's play of this I wasn't able to find a working version on this to try on Windows 10. Thank you so much for this!
If your computer won't run autorun.exe like mine, you can go into the setup folder and run setup.exe to install shandalar too.
Needs to be higher up. This skips the auto-run issues with freezing and cuts right to install.
This turned out to be the answer. Each time I tried running the autorun file as an administrator as mentioned in the video, the installer would begin ( I would see the new window pop up with "Magic" inside the crystal ball and the music would start playing), but then it would freeze and no option to install ever presented itself.
After reading this comment, I went into the Setup folder, found setup.exe, ran that, and was playing 5 minutes later.
Thanks Sean, you saved my childhood.
on windows 7, was able to download and open ISO using Daemon Tools from Gaby’s link and then ran setup.exe in the Setup folder
@@ColinthePulkrabek daemon tools is a rootkit dont use it
Get this comment to the top. After trying all sorts of stuff with the autorun.exe, I completely forgot to open the setup folder. Workin' like a charm now.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!! I played Shandalar back in 1997 and I have been looking for it forEVER!
Thanks for the help! Also here from ProJared's MTG video (also, my cousins are huge Magic fans, wanted to get into it). Easy to follow instructions, got it up and running. Earned yourself a like and a subscribe, good madam. Thank you again!
Used to love this game back in the olden days, much better than the magic games they come up with today
10 times better than 90% of "how to" vids, thanks
This was excellent, thank you. I had the original shandalar ages and ages ago and I'd been trying to find a version that would run fullscreen. Some of the community mods kept it running in an old school 800/600, or maybe 640/480 box, which is tiny on any current age monitor. I didn't even know there was a 2010 update/re-issue. Again, thanks a ton for this. Nothing like taking trips through my youth in games like this.
If anyone is like me and played this before but never watched the tutorial videos... I highly recommend them. They are a real treat
Thanks Gabs you're the best! Not a computer person so I was surprised I could follow along and get it working. Missed this game from my childhood. Thank you.
Thank you, watched your playthrough just recently and it prompted me to reinstall the game, after 20+ years, and actually finish it, this time around. I even replayed the final part because I wanted to see if I could kill the final boss for good. Took me a couple attempts and adding a serpent generator. It was super fun revisiting the game. Thank you so so much.
Gaby i've been watching you for months I really enjoy watching you go HAM in Arena lol and you showing me how to install shandalar really made my day THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
Sadly, this no longer works in 2022, or I may be doing something wrong. I tried following the steps exactly and it freezes up when I try to load the installer, doesn't give me the options to install it at all, and I have to End Task it. Not sure what's going on there.
Happens to me, can’t figure out what’s wrong
Worked for me in 2023. I didn’t rename or change anything.
Hey I got it to work after messing around for an hour. Go to your DEP settings and disable them. I'm making an updated video for people to follow and I'll put a link for you here. Hope it helps :)
ua-cam.com/video/NPiGdo5bBos/v-deo.html
UA-cam took it down so look it up I guess
it's November 2022 and Gaby's exact instructions worked perfectly. Awesome! RIght, where's that Black Lotus?
I have been looking for a way to play this game ever since I got into Magic in the first place. You finally gave me the only way I have found that works. Thank you so much!
I have the original CD still, was for Windows 95 lol, I feel old. ;)
I lost mine in my last move.... along with the oversized Aswan Jaguar that came in the box :(
will you sell it to me. being 100% serious
Yes, I have it too. The one that checked if you operating system is good enough. If the name of you OS does noet start with "Windows 9", you get the message, that you need more colors, and it will not install it.
So You cannot install it on Windows XP or Windows 7, because you operatingsystem has not enough colors, like Windows 95 and Windows 98 has hahaha
Was waiting a long time, till Windows 9 will came ou ... and what does Microsoft do??? They skip 9 and come up with 10, only so that I cannot play my game anymore :(.
I have the CD somewhere also, but I like the option to not have to use it.
me too
Omgomgomg
This was my first PC game, and I've been trying to find out if it's still playable today. Thank you!
Hi Gaby. Please, do you know how to install Shandalar/Manalink on Windows 11? I had your install files and others working on Win 10, but none of them are working on 11. I appreciate.
Thank you so much! I still had my original CDs from when the game first came out (Windows 95!), and I couldn't get them to install on my Windows 10 computer. Your instructions and the torrent fixed everything!!
Thank youuu - this is a total blast from my childhood
The problem with both the 2010 and 2012 version of shandalar is all the fan added cardart and cards. Really ruins the feel for me :(
Thanks for the tip. Worked perfectly.
This ISO is currently updated.
1 Year later and this still works for those wondering!
Installed, you are a gem!! thank you so much for this video
it works, thank you so much! this was a game in my childhood, which I loved. We Shandalar players are old ^^
About 15 years ago, I found this game and I learned to play mtg from it. I just played for 6 hours last night lol
Thanks, worked like a charm, appreciate your concise tutorial! I've been dying to play this for years, and finally found it.
Yay I can play Shandalar the way its meant to be played, with banding and all its confusing glory!
Not as confusing as Phasing lol
@@iragibson560 what do you consider confusing about phasing? one turn it's there, next turn is not, rinse and repeat.
@@MrTrellheimwhat phase does phase in and out of? Upkeep? Draw step? End step?
Thanks for the tutorial, now I got cool new magic game to play over the weekend.
This is easily one of my favorite games of all time. Easiest subscribe button click ever.
I do miss 90s/2000s M:TG as well, but revisiting that would get... Expensive.
Tried in oct. 2023, but it doesn't seem to work. Game installs apparently ok but when trying to start it does nothing. looking thru the comments here, it seems the problem comes from the launcher exe file and the shandalar exe file. The file for 1-on-1 duels works ok-ish. Tried several compatibility configurations with no luck. My system is windows 10. Any help would be appreciated.
Ok,I made it work... somewhat (can't buy cards and walking and tabletop screen appear reduced, but the game works). The key is disabling somewhat called Data Execution Prevention (DEP). It's not necessary to disable it totally, it can be disabled program by program. In this case, it has to be disabled for the launcher and Shandalar exe's.
I see someone liking my comments and I want to add things. Turned out I can buy normally. The problems is the "Y/N" interface for buying does not appear in the screen, but if you select a card, you can accept or deny normally. The game works and I've been having a blast.
Thank you for your comment, yes, tried like you did and it worked for me
nov 2023
for me, it shows the cutscene once you launch the installer, however it then goes black, the music stops and i cant select it.
Set compatibility mode on setup.exe in the setup folder
Works perfect to play it on EXAGEAR android. Thank you 👌🤙
how
lol your desktop looks almost like mine, thanks for video, loved this game as a kid.
all sorted, time to build 1994 storm! thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this! I bought this game years and years ago and couldn't get it to run for the life of me! Now I can finally experience the joys of getting armageddon + dingus egg'd out of the game with my barely functional sealed deck from 1994 by an opponent that starts with 35 life! But seriously, thanks. The novelty is real.
cool ;) Thanks Gaby i was looking for this for years.
I'm trying to download this using your instructions and it loads the startup screen but as soon as the animation goes away (or if I try to skip it), the application crashes and I can't get to the install screen at 3:08 Any suggestion on what to do? The music plays, but only once and the install button isn't there.
Thanks for this. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work since the posting of the video what with the subsequent Windows updates. My MTG program keeps "Not Responding" on the install screen. Also the link takes us to a 2010 PC ISO instead of 2009. Not sure if that is a reason. :(
have you found a fix for this?
Do you think you could help me? I followed your instructions to the letter. Everything seems fine....except when I go to launch the game. When I double click on the desktop icon....nothing happens. Game doesn't load, startup or anything. I am banging my head against the wall.
I have the same issue. Did you manage to find a solution?
@@MrTrellheim No. I ended up deleting everything, downloaded the ZIP file and am running it under Widows 11
@@GinXYZ If you're interested, I made it work... somewhat (can't buy cards and walking and tabletop screen appear reduced, but the game works). The key is disabling somewhat called Data Execution Prevention (DEP). It's not necessary to disable it totally, it can be disabled program by program. In this case, it has to be disabled for the launcher and Shandalar exe's.
@@MrTrellheim It's all good. I just deleted all the files, downloaded the ZIP file and am running it just fine in Windows 11.
You just made my day.. Perfect.. let hope will work :D
Do not be discouraged by comments saying that it doesn't work. I am completely inept when it comes to computers, but followed the instructions exactly and have yet to run into any issues.
This worked perfectly, thank you so much!
know this is a stupid question but has anyone been able to get this to work with the Magic.exe tried running in compatibility for windows 7 and XP and neither are working am frustrated because I want My Duels of the Plainswalkers back. I miss it so much :(
Hi
Any luck with widows 7 in the end ?
I'm having similar issues. Did you manage to find a solution?
Thank you worked perfectly!
The installation worked but it just won't run for me (Win10 64bit). Double clicking the shortcut it creates simply does nothing no matter what compatibility settings i use and the shandalar.exe in the game folder changes my screen resolution, then does nothing.
Same issue, you got a solution by now? : /
Btw, you can still run the magic.exe for the random duel and draft tournaments and so on, just the launcher and Shandalar itself does not work...
I have the same issue. Did you manage to find a solution?
@@MrTrellheim sadly no
@@LudwigVanKoopa Ok,I made it work... somewhat (can't buy cards and walking and tabletop screen appear reduced, but the game works). The key is disabling somewhat called Data Execution Prevention (DEP). It's not necessary to disable it totally, it can be disabled program by program. In this case, it has to be disabled for the launcher and Shandalar exe's.
I played this game for years in the 90s and I still remember the music for it. But with technology changes my newer IOS did not want to use the disc anymore :(
I got the installer on my computer but it crashes after the animation plays every time. I don't know what to do ):
Same, not sure how to proceed
Any one has a problem with mouse input? When I click it keeps auto clicking (ex, in town if I click buy food, it just drains my money as long as I keep the button pressed, but it is WAYYY to fast even for a click)
Thank you sweetie for bringing to us this nostalgic and good software.
Thanks for your help Gaby.
Thank you so much for this Gaby!
Thank you so much! I am having a blast with it! :)
Thank you so much for this guide! Loving the game
for some reason when i play, the worldmap of the game gets shrunk down to 1/4th my monitor in the upper left corner, the rest of the screen remaining black, do you know how to fix this? the deck building portion of the game, as well as the creation, all played fullscreen fine, only when it came down to my name and actually playing in the world did it shrink.
Same here
I really don’t understand why they don’t make a remake of shandalar
this is such a great game. Thank for the links and directions
yo. thnx heaps, i had major issues with the game crashing everytime i got hit with a spell, but i followed your downloads and advise and got it working perfect. thank you so much. XD
and your so beautiful and id so marry you!
In my game I can not buy cards in the cities? Has anyone had this problem and managed to fix ...
me too. you solve that problem?
Sorry, but I did not understand what do I have to do to dowload/install Shandalar if I have Windows 7? (Sorry, I am Argentinian)
Worked great! Thanks!
Thanks for the tip. Worked for me on Windows 11 VM in hyper-v. I didn't have to use compatibility mode on the installer. To run, the VM must be in 1024x768 and the game must be in administrator mode.
i was looking for that! thanks so much!! Greetings from Argentina!
Still works thank u so much!!!!
I wish I could get this to function on Windows 10. I'm running the latest drivers, having it load in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode, and as admin, and clicking Autorun.exe plays the opening intro, then freezes whenever I attempt to skip it (or simply let it finish playing the animation).
Just run the installer manually. Go to setup folder and run setup.exe
really great! I wanted to know, is this old new mtg compatible with extensions?
worked like a charm
You are amazing! I thought I would never play it under windows 10. Many thanks! Greetings!
Thank you Gaby! Much appreciated!!
Downloaded Utorent clicked the link you said but it doesn’t work. Do I have to unzip something?
seems to not work anymore, program crashes right away
This game was fun. Sad that they stopped supporting it. I actually liked the story mode/one player aspect of the game.
Fan actually added a ton of content, including cards up to recent years releases. I think they added cards at least up to Tarkir.
Happened upon your video by chance, downloaded the Magic the Gathering 2010 ISO and mounted it using WinCDEmu, followed your directions and it installed without any problems. Just got done with the deck builder and reconstructed my original black ante deck "Soldiers of Misfortune", sadly still missing cards such as Forsaken Wastes and Quagmire. Still, looks like its time to power off my Oracle Virtual Box Magic the Gathering Windows 98 PC for the last time.
Is it possible to mount it to a USB instead of a CD?
still works 5/16/20 thank you!
For me (Windows 10) it displays a little funny: the actual game only takes up 1/3 of the screen, the rest black. Whatev. Thing I had to figure out was to press Y/N for buying cards. I thought my install was broken lmao
Installs just fine but launching Shandalar.exe always crashes at startup, screen will go black for a split second then crash to desktop. Tried changing compatibility around and running as admin still nothing.
Having similar problems. Did you manage to make it work?
I followed the steps in the tutorial and got a message saying that there was a fatal error. The code was 1603. Does anyone know what I might have done wrong?
worked like a charm. thx very much!
I have come across a problem with this game. I can't buy any cards in the villages. Anyone else run into this problem? Can anyone help me figure out how to fix it?
Please tell me it still works. I have all the expansion cd's etc but doubt they'll work.
Thank you Gaby. Does yours have the problem of booting you? Mine seems to for some reason. It's always random too
So, I did what you suggested and the game starts up okay, but it crashes at the deck builder. Is there a fix for this?
wow a massive THANK YOU
It worked!!! Thanks!
anyone knows how to play the version with 2015 cards? im trying so hard to find this game!
Thank you for explaining all of us how to play this old and gorgious game. And you are a bit pretty. And she even plays magic...
THANK YOU! i can play game finally! you got sub
Dang. You are a keeper
Right way to get last Shandalar is this: Google "Shandalar Update Patches: Pre Alpha Software Edition" -- first link on slightlymagic forum topic, on middle of first page full instructions, about 500Mb to download.
I can't find the link on slightlymagic, where is it ? :/ Sorry if it's a dumb question
www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=17183
look for CirothUngol's post
I know this is an old video but how do I get the multiplayer to work?
Thanks for the short video. One question: How did you install the different pictures of the cards?
this doesnt work, whenever i want to open the .iso as shown it wants be to burn it onto a disc or something
you have to mount it on another program such as daemon tools lite (its free, I use it) and it will think you're running a cd!
@@hurricanestarang you need to Buy the full version ($6) in order to use the function of Burning a CD
unfortunately it's not working for me, i have tried all troubleshoot settings and it launches but before you go to the install screen it freezes up (music keeps playing).
Do you use Avast antivirus?
Ignore previous reply. In the the ISO file go into the "Setup" folder and run the same compatibility troubleshooter on the Setup.exe file and it will install from there.
@@robertmolloy3273 Thank you Sir. It worked just as you explained. Thank you a thousand times. You made my day.
my only problem is the character portrait you make is a red and black cube. fix anyone?
why does it say 2009 duals of the planswalkers not 2009 shandalar
Thanks for this! What an amazing game! If the ai was better it would easily be a 10/10
enemies play too slow, is that a way to make it fast?
I didnt recive a folder from downloading the torrent, and what torrent player do you use?
How did you get your Shandalar into windowed mode if i may ask? :)
Well its not working on windows 11 or everything i tried it run just the basic meno then it drops me back to windows. Have probbably too fast compouter for this. Ryzen 7 D5800 series with 32GB ram a Lenovo Legion laptopp for 2K.
Anyway was nice to watch you.
Wish i could invite you to coffee or something if you would really like.
works perfectly ! thanks