I have not seen any article that states DOS games will not run under Windows XP, 
in fact quite to the contrary. What has been written is there is no guarantee that 
they will run, which is what is implied in the fact that M$ does not support DOS 
programs in XP. And it is for sure that not all DOS programs will work in XP. I have 
some that work just fine, I have others that sort of work, but are not useable.

The general response here to those that ask if their favorite DOS game will work 
is "try it and find out, maybe it will, maybe it won't."

The only BS here is you.






On Saturday, June 21, 2003 at 2:55 am, Michael Gmirkin wrote:
>Hahaha... Whoever wrote this article doesn't klnow what they're talking about. they 
>said that Dos games don't run under windows 2000/XP, and we'll never find any that 
>do. Bullshit. Every game I've tried to run so far have run flawlessly under XP. 
I 
>think it's funny that M$ has said it no longer relies on DOS for its underpinnings, 
>doesn't support DOS programs, blah blah blah. Even cynics believe their press. I 
>had an entire folder of folders of games that I pulled directly off a DOS/Win95 
machine 
>that were made to run under DOS. I'm running right now under Windows XP Pro Wolfenstein 
>3D episodes 1-6 full with no error whatsoever. Quite flawless, actually. Amazingly 
>pretty much all the games recognize the sound card,  the mouse, etc. Better even 
>than they did originally under DOS proper! So, it's pretty much bull that DOS programs 
>don't work. Occasionally, I have to flip a setting or two, but no worse than under 
>DOS itself, usually with far better support.

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