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Old DOS games running crappy.

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:23 pm
by knob
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

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:40 pm
by dangerballs
How are you running it?

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:33 pm
by knob
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.

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:14 pm
by dangerballs
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.

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:16 pm
by Octavious
You would definatly do much better using good old dosbox. Here's a link
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 11:16 pm
by Octavious
Damn you dangerballs!!! :wink: