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How do you make DOS games work on XP?

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:14 pm
by Tina16
I tried playing Willy Beamish on my computer and every time I try, the screen either freezes, flashes, or the characters go away... I've tried a million times and it hasn't worked!! :Angry:

Is there any settings I could change to make the game run smoothly on Windows XP??

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:24 pm
by Guest
Have you tried using DosBox?

Re: How do you make DOS games work on XP?

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:43 pm
by richard5358
Tina16 wrote:I tried playing Willy Beamish on my computer and every time I try, the screen either freezes, flashes, or the characters go away... I've tried a million times and it hasn't worked!! :Angry:

Is there any settings I could change to make the game run smoothly on Windows XP??

PS- I would like to know also====[email protected]

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:30 pm
by z14
*Hits self for forgetting to login*

Like I posted before: Use DosBox, it's a program that runs old dos games properly by emulation.

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1