re: Old DOS Game Friday, December 21, 2001 at 10:23 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) 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 Written in response to: Old DOS Game (Michael R. Walls: Friday, December 21, 2001 at 4:29 pm) Responses to this message: re: Old DOS Game (Lenny: Saturday, December 22, 2001 at 4:43 am) re: Old DOS Game (Michael R. Walls: Saturday, December 22, 2001 at 5:04 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Old DOS Game (Michael R. Walls: Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 4:29 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Dale: Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 5:37 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Michael R. Walls: Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 6:00 pm) re: Old DOS Game (carl: Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 6:56 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 10:23 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Lenny: Sat, Dec 22, 2001, 4:43 am) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Sun, Dec 30, 2001, 3:05 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Mon, Dec 31, 2001, 5:23 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Tue, Jan 1, 2002, 2:59 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Wed, Jan 2, 2002, 10:55 am) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Thu, Jan 3, 2002, 11:44 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Fri, Jan 4, 2002, 7:15 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Fri, Jan 4, 2002, 8:28 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Michael R. Walls: Sat, Dec 22, 2001, 5:04 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Sun, Dec 30, 2001, 2:36 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Mon, Dec 31, 2001, 4:47 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Tue, Jan 1, 2002, 2:27 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Wed, Jan 2, 2002, 9:06 am) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Thu, Jan 3, 2002, 11:18 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Fri, Jan 4, 2002, 6:39 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Everett: Fri, Jan 4, 2002, 8:05 pm) re: Old DOS Game (amaralliya e. thenardier: Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 11:23 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Michael R. Walls: Sat, Dec 22, 2001, 4:59 pm) re: Old DOS Game (amaralliya e. thenardier: Sat, Dec 22, 2001, 11:07 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Michael R. Walls: Sun, Dec 23, 2001, 4:08 pm) re: Old DOS Game (CoolSights2000: Sat, Dec 22, 2001, 5:10 pm) re: Old DOS Game (Lenny: Sun, Dec 23, 2001, 3:53 am) re: Old DOS Game (Michael R. Walls: Sun, Dec 23, 2001, 8:24 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum