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Daniel · 06-03-2002, 07:11 PM

Yesterday I bought a very old tatty copy of one of my all time favourite games Wing Comander on a Carboot sale (Still in it's original floppy disk glory [img]smile.gif[/img] )

I installed it and too my dismay it's unplayable, as soon as you start the game you are dead it runs that fast.

My question is there anyway to slow down old DOS games to a playable level, do i need a program to do this or can I do it through windows? (Im running on 98).

Just for a laugh I will tell you that the game's recommended processor speed is a 12mhz and mine is a 1000mhz. playing the game like this is a bit extreme.

06-03-2002, 07:11 PM	#1
Daniel Symbol of Cyric Join Date: January 24, 2002 Location: England Age: 42 Posts: 1,203	Yesterday I bought a very old tatty copy of one of my all time favourite games Wing Comander on a Carboot sale (Still in it's original floppy disk glory [img]smile.gif[/img] ) I installed it and too my dismay it's unplayable, as soon as you start the game you are dead it runs that fast. My question is there anyway to slow down old DOS games to a playable level, do i need a program to do this or can I do it through windows? (Im running on 98). Just for a laugh I will tell you that the game's recommended processor speed is a 12mhz and mine is a 1000mhz. playing the game like this is a bit extreme.