DOS Games

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Is there a way to play Dos games under XP or do i really need to load from a DOS boot disk. Surely XP can handle little programs like DOS ones

 

[Tamara Stephens]

You can download DosBox. That will run most old Dos games.

Is there a way to play Dos games under XP or do i really need to load from

a DOS boot disk. Surely XP can handle little programs like DOS ones

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Paul,

When a game is a DOS game, it could work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available,
or search at: http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp
which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm For sound
issues use: http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound Good Luck!

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| Is there a way to play Dos games under XP or do i really need to load from a DOS boot disk. Surely XP can handle little programs
like DOS ones

 

[E McCann]

Is there a way to play Dos games under XP or do i really need to load from

a DOS boot disk. Surely XP can handle little programs like DOS ones

Use DOSBox or VDMSound.

The reason DOS games give NT-based systems like XP fits is that the game
assumes it has direct access to the hardware - which, while true in DOS,
isn't true in XP. (Add to that some "hacks" some DOS based games used for
better performance, effects, etc. and it really gets to be a mess.)