WinXP and games older then 1999

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Chris Nybro

Nearly every single game older then 1999 has problems,
doesn't run or plan wont run under WinXP. The ones that
wont run don't even do so in compatablity mode.

The biggest ones in question are the ones whos devlopers
have either dropped surported or are just no more.
 
Hi Chris,

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.

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php

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 :-)

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Cheers,
Jimmy S.

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| Nearly every single game older then 1999 has problems,
| doesn't run or plan wont run under WinXP. The ones that
| wont run don't even do so in compatablity mode.
|
| The biggest ones in question are the ones whos devlopers
| have either dropped surported or are just no more.
|
| -----------
|
| I know I could just get another smaller drive and install
| Win98 on then DOS on another (Yes I still have DOS only
| games I'd like to play).
 
I've known for a long time since Win95 that DOS games
needed to be run with a seperat DOS install....why
couldn't Windows have kept a useable DOS shell that
programs would use.

With WinXP even the compatiblity mode for a couple titles
still wont run them. Also oddly enough these same titles
the patch's wont run under WinXP which are still hard to
find....and most times don't even help in this case as the
patch's them selves even predate 1999. Most that do run
under the compatiblity mode still run with problems in
which you must turn of in game feature for them to run!!!??

Here's one that I've found to be nearly the biggest pain
on this topic...SSI's Warhammer Epic 40K: Final Liberation.
 
Did you see my reply to your first post?

Cheers,
Jimmy.

| I've known for a long time since Win95 that DOS games
| needed to be run with a seperat DOS install....why
| couldn't Windows have kept a useable DOS shell that
| programs would use.
|
| With WinXP even the compatiblity mode for a couple titles
| still wont run them. Also oddly enough these same titles
| the patch's wont run under WinXP which are still hard to
| find....and most times don't even help in this case as the
| patch's them selves even predate 1999. Most that do run
| under the compatiblity mode still run with problems in
| which you must turn of in game feature for them to run!!!??
|
| Here's one that I've found to be nearly the biggest pain
| on this topic...SSI's Warhammer Epic 40K: Final Liberation.
|
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|
| It would be nice if people wanting to run older software
| did not have to set-up machines with older OS's just to
| run them.
 
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