DOS games in XP

[Alex]

im sure this has been beaten to death but can anyone elucidate me plz?

-must play colonization 😀

 

[filmmaker]

Look up something called "Compatibility Mode" in XP on google. That should help you.

 

[Alex]

oh i know what that is but it still doest work..... 😕

 

[Nothinman]

Most DOS games won't work because they try to access the hardware directly which isn't allowed in modern OSes.

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Most DOS games won't work because they try to access the hardware directly which isn't allowed in modern OSes.

uhh so any workarounds or emulators or anythign?

 

[Teva24]

I don't know about video, but there are a few really good audio emulators.

I used to use a few, basically they emualte a old soundblaster from whatever card you have in there right now. worked pretty well too (even rolant gt32 i think), just looked through my archive, and i've since purged all that stuff.

I have since moved on, there's only so much old Realms of the Haunting and Master of Magic one can play, especially compared to the new stuff.

-Teva24

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: Teva24
I don't know about video, but there are a few really good audio emulators.

I used to use a few, basically they emualte a old soundblaster from whatever card you have in there right now. worked pretty well too (even rolant gt32 i think), just looked through my archive, and i've since purged all that stuff.

I have since moved on, there's only so much old Realms of the Haunting and Master of Magic one can play, especially compared to the new stuff.

-Teva24

you'v obviously never played colonization 😉

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: franguinho

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Most DOS games won't work because they try to access the hardware directly which isn't allowed in modern OSes.

uhh so any workarounds or emulators or anythign?

The best solution for this is to grab yourself a suitably old computer from ebay or somewhere 🙂

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: Spyro

Originally posted by: franguinho

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Most DOS games won't work because they try to access the hardware directly which isn't allowed in modern OSes.

uhh so any workarounds or emulators or anythign?

The best solution for this is to grab yourself a suitably old computer from ebay or somewhere 🙂

or run a dual boot with windows 98se... 😛

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: franguinho

Originally posted by: Spyro

Originally posted by: franguinho

Originally posted by: Nothinman
Most DOS games won't work because they try to access the hardware directly which isn't allowed in modern OSes.

uhh so any workarounds or emulators or anythign?

The best solution for this is to grab yourself a suitably old computer from ebay or somewhere 🙂

or run a dual boot with windows 98se... 😛

Linux with dosemu....... Or not 😛

 

[Alex]

UPDATE: There's actually a program called VDMSound for Windows 2000 that, with the "Launcher" add-on can run it! YEAH!!!!!
Wow im so happy! 🙂 🙂

 

[Bulldog13]

Colonization rocks. Period. Anyone know how to get "Conquest of the New World" working?

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: Bulldog13
Colonization rocks. Period. Anyone know how to get "Conquest of the New World" working?

did you try using vdmsound?