Running old DOS games on WinXP

[ZYouL8R]

I found a few games that are around 10 years old and I'm having trouble getting them to run. I installed them, but can't get the DOS prompt to work right. If I just click on the EXE file in the folder that I downloaded it to, it just brings up a command prompt then it quickly disappears.

If I go to the command prompt and try to type in the command, it won't let me get to just the "c:\" prompt. Instead, it'll keep going to "documentsandsettings/myname/whatever". Is there any way to get these games to work?

[STANGGT40]

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brad

[def1eppard]

[QUOTE=ZYouL8R]
If I go to the command prompt and try to type in the command, it won't let me get to just the "c:\" prompt. Instead, it'll keep going to "documentsandsettings/myname/whatever". Is there any way to get these games to work?[/QUOTE]


Are you typing "CD\" ?

[darkponies]

another problem you will run into, if you get them to run is the speed of the game/processor speed. when those games were design the ran on slow ass machine... they make a program out there call moslow slows down the processor for an application.

[Sariat]

[QUOTE=darkponies]another problem you will run into, if you get them to run is the speed of the game/processor speed. when those games were design the ran on slow ass machine... they make a program out there call moslow slows down the processor for an application.[/QUOTE]


Check this out, its EXACTLY what you need.

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