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From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: Python 3.3 and Pygame 19.2a install problems
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 01:43:06 -0500
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On 2/2/2014 10:04 PM, edvogel56@gmail.com wrote:

>> Traceback (most recent call last): File
>> "C:\Users\Ed\Documents\SOMA\Minecraft and
>> Python\inventwithpython_src\dodger.py", line 1, in <module>
 >> import pygame, random, sys File
>> "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pygame\__init__.py", line 95, in
>> <module>
 >> from pygame.base import *
>> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be
>> found.

> Found the answer here:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/inventwithpython/comments/1dzl8m/when_importing_pygame_i_get_importerror_dll_load/
>
>  Questions but no big deal - 1. Why doesn't pygame.org have the most
> recent install files compatible with the most recent python  I ended
> up finding them here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

The base problem is that Microsoft changes the Visual C runtime with 
each version of the VC compiler. Python 3.3 was compiled with a newer 
version. It is a nuisance for packages to keep recompiling with a new VC 
version. Py 3.4 is using the same version as 3.4, so PyGames *might* 
work with 3.4, or there might be other compatibilities.

> 2. Interesting that "3.2" pygames works with "3.3" python on my XP
> but the Win 7 required the "3.3" pygames.  Thoughts?

It is possible that the VC++2010 runtime does not work with XP, but 
requires Vista+ and that the Microsoft installer installs the older 
VC++2008 runtime on XP even when installing 3.3. If you install for a 
single user, the vcxxxxx.dll is in the python directory or subdirectory. 
For all-user installs, it is in one of the windows/systemxx directories. 
But this is just a guess.


-- 
Terry Jan Reedy