Solve : old dos games?

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Answer» ???i have a lot of old dos games and can mot play them on my computer. i have a dual core 3gig,1gig of memory,running on XP sp3. there seem to be no dos anymore.is there anything i can do to change it,so that i can run older dos games?You could try DOSBOX or several other DOS emulators: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Dos+Emulators Dos box is the way to go. Or if you have a Old copy of windows like 95 or 98 you could run a virtual OS with Virtual Box, windows will work inside windows and old windows means dos games. Virtual box www.virtualbox.org/ Hope this helps!!most of the more popular dos games have windows ports. Doom, Duke nukem 3d, Quake, etc. Rise of the triad...how do you get loderunner working> It's the game created by Sierra and I used to play it on a windows 95 system..... Supposedly dosbox can run it but when I try INSTALLING on my vista machine, error popus up and no installation goes on ....What version of dosbox do you have, and is your OS the 32 or 64 bit version of Vista? Quote from: macdad- on April 02, 2009, 04:18:28 PM What version of dosbox do you have, and is your OS the 32 or 64 bit version of Vista? Vista OS is 32 bit version, and http://www.classic-pc-games.com/pc/puzzle_games/lode_runner:_the_legend_returns.html is where I got the loderunner game which I wanted and also sorry I don't know what version of DOSBox I downloaded, http://www.classic-pc-games.com/cgi-bin/download/DOSBox-Installer.exe is where the dosbox installer I got came from.So you can't install DOSBOX or Loderunner? Quote from: macdad- on April 03, 2009, 06:13:39 AM So you can't install DOSBOX or Loderunner? DosBox installs fine, I've tested oregon trail game which I obtained from same site (the first game that came to mind that needs dosbox other than loderunner) and it plays fine. Loderunner doesn't. Odd.Does it install fine on your other systems(that don't have vista)i don't have other systems. I only have one computer and that is vista on it and this is my main machine anyway.Try this: http://www.glennsguides.com/2008/07/lode-runner-pc-game-free-download.html Quote from: macdad- on April 04, 2009, 08:29:14 PM Try this: http://www.glennsguides.com/2008/07/lode-runner-pc-game-free-download.html thanks anyway, it's not the right version but it doesn't really matter, but i'll try it again and see if I get it to work like it should . if not, this post will be updated12/01/2009 23:17 4.436.402 Lode Runner The Legend Returns (1994)(Sierra Online)(Rev1).zip 16/05/2008 09:58 49.788 Lode Runner The Legend Returns (1994)(Sierra Online).zip 16/05/2008 09:47 360.320 Oregon Trail (1990)(Mecc).zip 17/03/2008 21:30 1.910.315 oregon_deluxe.zip 1. Lode runner 4mb works on xp Lode Runner for Windows Lode Runner is a registered trademark. (C) 1983, Douglas E. Smith (C) 1994, Presage SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Company 2. lode runner 49kb also works on xp dont have vista to try.

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???i have a lot of old dos games and can mot play them on my computer.
i have a dual core 3gig,1gig of memory,running on XP sp3. there seem to be no dos anymore.is there anything i can do to change it,so that i can run older dos games?You could try DOSBOX
or several other DOS emulators:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Dos+Emulators

Dos box is the way to go. Or if you have a Old copy of windows like 95 or 98 you could run a virtual OS with Virtual Box, windows will work inside windows and old windows means dos games.

Virtual box www.virtualbox.org/
Hope this helps!!most of the more popular dos games have windows ports. Doom, Duke nukem 3d, Quake, etc. Rise of the triad...how do you get loderunner working> It's the game created by Sierra and I used to play it on a windows 95 system.....

Supposedly dosbox can run it but when I try INSTALLING on my vista machine, error popus up and no installation goes on ....What version of dosbox do you have, and is your OS the 32 or 64 bit version of Vista? Quote from: macdad- on April 02, 2009, 04:18:28 PM

What version of dosbox do you have, and is your OS the 32 or 64 bit version of Vista?

Vista OS is 32 bit version, and

http://www.classic-pc-games.com/pc/puzzle_games/lode_runner:_the_legend_returns.html is where I got the loderunner game which I wanted and also sorry I don't know what version of DOSBox I downloaded, http://www.classic-pc-games.com/cgi-bin/download/DOSBox-Installer.exe is where the dosbox installer I got came from.So you can't install DOSBOX or Loderunner? Quote from: macdad- on April 03, 2009, 06:13:39 AM

So you can't install DOSBOX or Loderunner?

DosBox installs fine, I've tested oregon trail game which I obtained from same site (the first game that came to mind that needs dosbox other than loderunner) and it plays fine. Loderunner doesn't. Odd.Does it install fine on your other systems(that don't have vista)i don't have other systems. I only have one computer and that is vista on it and this is my main machine anyway.Try this:
http://www.glennsguides.com/2008/07/lode-runner-pc-game-free-download.html Quote from: macdad- on April 04, 2009, 08:29:14 PM

Try this:
http://www.glennsguides.com/2008/07/lode-runner-pc-game-free-download.html

thanks anyway, it's not the right version but it doesn't really matter, but i'll try it again and see if I get it to work like it should . if not, this post will be updated12/01/2009 23:17 4.436.402 Lode Runner The Legend Returns (1994)(Sierra Online)(Rev1).zip
16/05/2008 09:58 49.788 Lode Runner The Legend Returns (1994)(Sierra Online).zip
16/05/2008 09:47 360.320 Oregon Trail (1990)(Mecc).zip
17/03/2008 21:30 1.910.315 oregon_deluxe.zip

1. Lode runner 4mb works on xp
Lode Runner for Windows
Lode Runner is a registered trademark.
(C) 1983, Douglas E. Smith
(C) 1994, Presage SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Company

2. lode runner 49kb also works on xp

dont have vista to try.

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