re: Old DOS Game
Tuesday, January 1, 2002 at 2:59 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Everett
(2940 messages posted)
Lenny: Stage 3. Advanced Program Settings Dialog Box. right-click the game icon
and select
Properties, select Program tab, click on Advanced button, and enable the following:
Prevent MS-DOS-based program from detecting Windows (if not already shaded out);
also enable
MS-DOS Mode. Now run the game again and see if it works properly, if it does you
can stop here, if it does not then proceed to....
Stage 4. return to the Advanced Program Settings dialog box and this time enable
the line that reads: "Specify a new MS-DOS configuration".
Enter he following in the CONFIG.SYS window (if not already there), each on its own
line:
DOS=HIGH,UMB
Device=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DeviceHigh=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
Enter the following in the AUTOEXEC.BAT window (if not already there), each on its
own line:
SET TMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET PROMPT=$p$g
Note: any changes here will apply ONLY to the game activated by the icon selected.
Now run the game again...if happy, can stop here...if not happy, move to Stage 5,
which will be the subject of the next message....
P.S. Happy New Year and I hope the children in Freeport appreciate all your hard
work on their behalf!...
On Saturday, December 22, 2001 at 4:43 am, Lenny wrote:
>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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