Playing old DOS games on Windows 7, possible?

[chucky2]

I've still got my F-15 Strike Eagle III CD (actually, I have the CD, and the old 5 1/4 floppies), and I've been wanting to give it another spin just for old times sake.

Does anyone know if there is a DOS emulator or something that will allow me to play this game? I remember it needing EMS memory. Ideally I'd like to have my PS/2 mouse (used to be serial back in the day), onboard Realtek sound (used to be Pro Audio Spectrum 16), and screen output work.

Is there like a defacto standard for DOS emulators?

Chuck

 

[Lonyo]

Dosbox

 

[chucky2]

Cool, thanks, I'll check it out when I get home from work.

Man, if I could get this thing working reliably, I wonder if the networking (done by either serial or parallel) could be made to work also via the Internet?

If so that would be amazing.

Man I remember we used to try and adjust BUFFERS and stuff in the DOS config files for best performance...I wonder if I'll have to do that again?

 

[Albatross]

Check the GOG version of old games,they work by default even on the latest Windows,you might get lucky.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Check the GOG version of old games,they work by default even on the latest Windows,you might get lucky.

They usually use dosbox : p I get some games from them though. It's nice not having to worry about the settings although for most popular games you can find good settings posted online.

 

[shortylickens]

Yeah, GOG isnt rewriting games from scratch or anything. Although theres a buttload of games I wish we could get back.
Janes Fighters Anthology pops to mind.

 

[Albatross]

They usually use dosbox : p I get some games from them though. It's nice not having to worry about the settings although for most popular games you can find good settings posted online.

I know...

 

[thespyder]

Would be awesome of X-Wing were on GoG. But alas.... Poor Yoric. I knew him well.

 

[chucky2]

Thanks everyone, I'll be sure to check it out!

 

[shortylickens]

Would be awesome of X-Wing were on GoG. But alas.... Poor Yoric. I knew him well.

Xwing Alliance runs with Direct3D on most newer systems.