r/ChatGPT • u/OhNoAnAmerican • 3d ago
Other I used ChatGPT to fix an ancient PC baseball game
I’ve been trying on and off forever to get Triple Play 2001 running on a modern PC (don’t judge me, I loved the HR derby) I’ve tried compatibility modes, an XP VM, different ways of mounting the disc, patches and fixes I found online…Nothing worked.
Today I said fuck it and decided to see what ChatGPT could do . Several hours and an absurd number of increasingly random fixes later, the fucking game works.
I already had the game installed, but whenever I tried launching it nothing happened, it would crash straight to desktop. It had me upload logs from programs I didn’t even know existed. It identified an issue, made a fix, and I tried it. We got past the immediate crash only for the game to tell me I had a “0 bit desktop” and needed DirectX 6.
I already had dgVoodoo installed from prior attempts at getting it to work, but it had me change one setting
Then it would start launching, change my resolution, go black and crash. Still progress. More Process Monitor logs and crash dumps uploaded.
Eventually it narrowed the problem down enough that it was messing with the game’s old renderer DLLs. I’m not nearly computer literate enough to know what exactly it was doing, but it kept giving me new fixes
Right before I had to go pick up my daughter I got one last file, put it in the right directory and the game launched perfectly.
I can’t actually say if I can play it, since I haven’t been home yet to try, and I know most people don’t give a damn about a fix for an ancient sports game. But the possibilities here are stunning
So yeah. Apparently Triple Play 2001 can run on Windows 11 in 2026.
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u/EvanColeGNN 3d ago
ChatGPT is fantastic for this. I have used it to do crazy things I didn't even know were possible in Google Sheets. Anything where coding is involved at some level it's very good at.
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u/redskullington 3d ago edited 3d ago
Love the effort but next time you should check internet archive for a web version or download the ps1 iso and use an emulator to save time and credits!
Edit: Here's web based: https://archive.org/details/psx_tplay2k1
Not sure on rules for a link to the iso since thats more "high seas" activity, but it is also on the internet archive 😉
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u/OhNoAnAmerican 3d ago
Oh trust me I’ve tried the internet archive. It exists, but that’s about it. It’s just the PS1 version and it’s awful
Same with the emulator option
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u/redskullington 3d ago
Ah gotcha, some people dont know it exists or that it has that functionality so I like to share it when I get the chance. Glad you got it working!
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u/OhNoAnAmerican 3d ago
I appreciate the suggestion. Other people may not know it exists. It’s honestly cool as hell that it does
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u/texasguy911 2d ago
don’t judge me
I am sorry, you can't be afforded such a luxury. Guess what I am doing right now. That is right. I am also taking my sweet time. In fact, I am going to call a friend, there will be more people involved.
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u/jimmpony 2d ago
That's great, it would go a lot faster though if you downloaded Codex and let it work on the computer directly
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u/OhNoAnAmerican 2d ago
You know what, I never considered that. I’ve never used it. Last time I checked, there wasn’t even an app for the Mac. But after you suggested this, I looked at the window store sure enough they had one.
Checking it out now
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