Old DOS games running crappy.

knob · Post by **knob** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:23 pm

So, is there a way to fix a DOS game that is running choppy under XP?

Hexen, in this case.

If it helps, my system:

Athlon 2500+ XP
512 ram
Geforce FX 5900 SE

dangerballs · Post by **dangerballs** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:40 pm

How are you running it?

knob · Post by **knob** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:33 pm

Very carefully.

I'm new to the whole DOS in XP thing, so basically I'm just double clicking on the file through windows explorer. I also put it in Win95 Emulation and "Run it in 256 color" with no change.

dangerballs · Post by **dangerballs** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:14 pm

Try using this program:

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

Its a DOS emulator. It will run a lot of old programs very well. You might want to read the readme file first, though.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:16 pm

You would definatly do much better using good old dosbox. Here's a link
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:16 pm

Damn you dangerballs!!!