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07-08-2003, 11:11 PM
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Location: Moses Lake, WA
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MS-DOS games under Windows XP
Has anybody out there had success installing MS-DOS games on Windows XP? I have some old DOS games I'd love to start playing again but I can't get them to run at all.
Games in question: Silent Hunter and Dragon's Lair among others Thanks! |
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07-08-2003, 11:39 PM
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Anime:Any-may
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Kota Bharu, Malaysia
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you are out of luck. You must have win 98/95. Make dual booting. I am not sure longhorn will be the same as xp
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07-09-2003, 10:44 PM
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Member (8 bit)
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Moses Lake, WA
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well that's no fair... LOL
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07-10-2003, 02:32 AM
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Mondsreitersmann
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Skingrad
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Some games work. Some others don't.
Most of them work without sound. But when you try to configure the sound problems start. The reason is that Win2k and XP retain full control of the HW and won't allow any application to access the HW directly, as Win9x OSes do. This results in a safer and more stable OS, since apps are less likely to crash it, but the cost is most DOS apps will work with no sound or won't work at all. PS: You can still have sound only if you select PC Speaker. But that depends on your ears. Myself, I didn't put up with that chunky sound.
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07-10-2003, 03:08 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Bakersfield,CA
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THe best and really the only way to do this is to dual-boot using 98se and xp.
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07-10-2003, 06:36 AM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Northeast, Michigan
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This site lists many games compatible with NT, 2000, and XP, nice place to find out if a game will run on one of these operating systems
http://www.ntcompatible.com/compat.php |
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07-10-2003, 11:56 AM
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Mondsreitersmann
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Skingrad
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Ya, that is a very useful site. It doesn't only list games but apps and hardware as well.
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