re: Old DOS Game
Friday, January 4, 2002 at 8:28 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Everett
(2940 messages posted)
Lenny: a postscript...when you right-click the game icon and select Properties,
you will note that there are other tabs besides the Program tab we have used extensively;
namely Font, Memory, Screen and Misc. You can only use these tabs when the the game
is disabled for MS-DOS Mode. If you would like more info about these tabs, just
post a reply here.
Another interesting utility is available to make compatible a game that is initially
incompatible with Windows 98. Click Start, type at Run: mkcompat.exe and press
Enter key. This utility will help you troubleshoot a game that stalls or has other
performance problems and allows you to increase stack memory or emulate earlier versions
of Windows.
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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