there's a game called Devil Whiskey that plays a LOT like the M+M & Wizardry games. you can even download a demo which will allow you to build up your characters to level 12 :
www.devilwhiskey.com
as far as getting M+M to run on XP, which one are you trying to get to work? if it's M+M VI, then i use to have all sorts of problems with that one , but i have finally got it to work now on XP so i might be able to help you with that.
[ 11-13-2004, 03:14 PM: Message edited by: blakething ]