Okies. Bluntly, is there anyway of running an MS-DOS/Windows 95 Compliant Game on my XP computer??

Would be spiffing if you could help.

Try Dosbox... it's a Dos emulator, kinda puzzling so make sure you read the manual first... [img]smile.gif[/img]

dosbox.sourceforge.net

If it's a win95 game, there's always compatibility mode - right-click on the .exe, go to properties and you should see the tab along the top somewhere. You can select which OS to emulate as well as other options.

bear in mind compatibility mode doesn't always work, and with older games sometimes it's just better to try and get an older system to run it (can usually found on the extreme cheap in most newspapers)

For me Compatibility mode has never worked for my Win 95 games (Command and Conquer, Red Alert, Magic The Gathering, C&C: Tiberium Sun (have to get the patch before it will run in XP or Win2k) among others. They either run or they don't. (if the game runs, but not well then compatibility mode might help)

<font color="cyan">What game are you trying to run Tom?

P.S - I've tried ringing you tonight, can't get through. Will you ring me as soon as you see this, need to talk to you.

Cheers bro.</font>

[ 06-16-2005, 05:29 PM: Message edited by: Lavindathar ]

Constructor. One of my favourite games ever.Just want it to work :(

The best dos-emu program I've found is VDMSound do a search for it: that has a good chance of getting it to work

Take a look on the Tech Tips thread on the Wizards & Warriors board. There are a number of tips in there to get that game to run on XP, and they may help you. The compatibility mode tip is included... and you may need to try all three compatibility modes. They do behave differently.

I got Civilization working with DosBox. If you decide to try it, also download the D-Fend frontend for it.

http://www.the-underdogs.org/

I've heard good things about Abandon loader.

It is a front-end that will allow you to play many old Abandonware games at the proper speed, and even emulate DOS sound for you. It has a far superior CPU slower to Origin's MoSlo program, and plays the Ultima games just fine for me. You should also search for VDMSound, a sort of codec pack that Abandon Loader uses.