twist Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 is it possible to run dos games in xp? i can't get them to start they all just minamize :( my gf wants to play commander keen for some reason. hehe please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 The only thing you can really try is Compatibility Mode, but even this has a slim chance of working. I have yet to find a game where this actually proves of use:S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted May 3, 2002 Author Share Posted May 3, 2002 arrghhhhhhhhhhhhhh! isn't there a dos emulator for xp or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 WinXp, runs dos in its own cmd window. It does not natively support DOS. You could try running it in a Virtual Machine however. I have Virtual PC running a copy of Win98 so i can play old games and stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted May 3, 2002 Author Share Posted May 3, 2002 hmm never mind i made a bat file to run them and it works fine now :) bat file was just... @ECHO OFF KEEN2.EXE %1 ECHO . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 Aint it nice when peeps solve their own problems :cheeky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twist Posted May 3, 2002 Author Share Posted May 3, 2002 shush, like you where any help! damn keldyn! damn you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 weird a keldyn post without moved to bleh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted May 3, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 3, 2002 Originally posted by Goalie_CA weird a keldyn post without moved to bleh Yeah, feels kinda empty without that :D ~ edited - Keldyn woz 'ere ;) Edit: You forgot the Italics damn you ! AH...now its Official:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintamanate Posted May 5, 2002 Share Posted May 5, 2002 dos emulator? what are you talking about? i ran Miner VGA just fine on XP. not a problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekrosoft13 Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Originally posted by Keldyn The only thing you can really try is Compatibility Mode, but even this has a slim chance of working. I have yet to find a game where this actually proves of use:S that compatibility mode helped me with only one game so far. in rally championship, the menu was acticting weird, really weird. but in windows 98 compatibility mode it worked normally. no problems at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted May 6, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2002 Originally posted by twist hmm never mind i made a bat file to run them and it works fine now :) bat file was just... @ECHO OFF KEEN2.EXE %1 ECHO . hmm.. wonder if that will work for duke nukem.. can't get that sob to work, even with that emulated sound layer they have out there (i forget the name of it right now...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenixDG Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 timdorr, out of interest which duke are you having trouble running in XP? If it's Duke3D, I've had that working with sound on XP. Dunno about any of the others though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted May 9, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 9, 2002 yeah, duke 3d (although, i do long for a good ol' game of duke 2 :D ), but it usally just shows the 1st splash screen and that's it... My copy's in a storage room in my friend's townhouse in Atlanta until August, so this isn't a pressing issue :D But, I'd love ot know what you did to make the damn thing run ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenixDG Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Well I had to use some program to patch the Duke3D exe. The same as the ones needed for Doom and the like. I think it somes with the demo of SoundFX 2000. http://www.softsystem.co.uk/page3.htm I used that VDM sound program with SB16 settings, General MIDI. I think it also had some Joystick and VESA settings which I had to have switched off. I couldn't test the sound settings from the setup program, but that's no biggie. You have to run the game in bog standard VGA mode. Picking any of the VESA modes causes it to lock up when starting :( Maybe when the VESA setting in VDM works properly, all will be solved. After you've done that amount of work, you'll be happy to know that the game 'should' run. So if you ever decide to have a blast when you get it back, that lot should help ya :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWang Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 Dos games are EVIL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekrosoft13 Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 Originally posted by TheWang Dos games are EVIL. why :hurt: dos games are great DOOOOOOMMM is the best game ever made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWang Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 tru...doom is kewl and so is quake, but they crashed my pc back in the day... scars of the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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