re: Old DOS Game
Saturday, December 22, 2001 at 4:43 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Lenny
(3 messages posted)
I have installed a lot of old DOS games on computers at a school for exceptional
children (disabled and retarded) in Freeport, Bahamas. Most of them work OK, but
there are a few problems. They have some computers with Windows 95 and others with
Windows ME. I have Windows 98 at home.
I installed Reader Rabbit I which works OK on all machines. When I try to run Reader
Rabbit II, I get a blue screen with the message "LOADING READER RABBIT II" and it
freezes there.
"Word Rescue" works on Windows 98 and 95. On Windows ME it works but without the
back ground music. The option for "ALL Sounds" is checked in the program. I had
a similar problem with "Treasure Mt".
Is there a way to set these programs up to run properly. I would want a way that
would allow the chilren to run them from a desk top icon without having to restart
in DOS mode or press F8.
Lennyh
On Friday, December 21, 2001 at 10:23 pm, Everett wrote:
>Michael: first thing to try is to Restart in MS-DOS Mode and run the game from
there.
> This works for some games that do not want to share resources with other programs
>such as Windows. The game you listed is probably in the next category which have
>their own graphic environment. These games require you to startup to the DOS prompt.
> You can boot to the boot menu by pressing F8 when Windows starts to load and then
>select Command Prompt Only, or you
>can boot directly to the DOS prompt by adding the command line: BootGUI=0 to the
>[Options] section of the MSDOS.SYS file (see Troubleshooting on the left of your
>screen for more about MSDOS.SYS). If this route is chosen, you should also set
BootMenu=0.
> You can further automate the running of the game by entering a command in Autoexec.bat
>to start it. If you also want a choice to choose between the game and Windows,
you
>can set up Config.sys to display a menu. Set up CONFIG.SYS as follows:
>[menu]
>menuitem=Windows
>menuitem=gamename
>menudefault=gamename,10
>
>[common]
>variables common to both programs
>
>[Windows]
>variables needed by Windows
>
>[program name]
>variables needed by gamename
>gamename pathname
>
>[common]
>more variables common to both programs
>
>For the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
>
>Commands common to both programs
>goto %config%
>
>:Windows
>Commands needed by Windows
>goto end
>
>:gamename
>Commands needed by gamename
>C:\windows\win.com
>
>:end
>Commands common to both programs
>
>Note: for gamename substitute the DOS name for the game.
>Let us know how it works out.
>
>
>On Friday, December 21, 2001 at 4:29 pm, Michael R. Walls wrote:
>Hey, Folks,
>
> I have a REALLY old game that my daughters love, called "Are You Afraid of the
>Dark, The Tale of Orpheos Curse". It ran great back in 95, but won't do anything
>in 98. Is there anyone out there who has been able to get this game to work in
>W98?
> I'd be grateful to learn how to do it. Thanks
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