Hi there friends,

I see this has been brought up before, but the marked solution wasn't an option for me (using your primary monitor; I only have one).

Pretty basic issue - the cinematics can be heard, but not seen, instead presenting flat blackness.
Toying around with the resolution, to my surprise, changed nothing.

Running Windows 7 64x. The rest of the game works just fine on all supported resolutions. (Windowed mode is not supported for whatever reason, but this isn't a big issue).

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!

UPDATE: Curiously, when downloading several .dll files into the Pharaoh + Cleopatra folder, the cinematics run but the game will only support 640 x 480 resolution; anything above this and the screen will simply go black, like the original problem.
Progress for those who don't mind this resolution, but still not desirable due to the extreme-extreme-extreme close-up of this particular resolution. 800 x 600 and up are much more convenient.

The files are wined3d.dll, libwine.dll and ddraw.dll

If the marked solution didn't work, I don't know what else to suggest. It's been a really long time since I played the game. At best, I can just suggest you to restart your PC, because a lot of the bugs in Pharaoh+Cleopatra can be solved with a simple PC restart.

If you've tried this and it didn't work, post back :)