Trying to run windows 98 game in xp

DCFC79

Ive bought a pc game for use on windows 98/me but i cant run it in xp, ive changed the compatibility settings to run the game in 98 mode but it still wont work, anything else i could try.

RussJK

Tell us the game and there might be something for it...

DCFC79

RussJK wrote: »

Tell us the game and there might be something for it...

sorry,

its premier maanger 3, as you see its a bit old

RussJK

Oh that's a DOS game not a Windows games, so you'll need DOSbox:
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?page=Basic+Setup+and+Installation+of+DosBox

Dave_C_2

You can't do it direct in xp, but you can use dosbox to run it.

I used this for Lemmings on XP, but have since removed it, so I can't give explicit instructions. I recall that it's fairly easy to set-up.

HTH, Dave

GeoffX

Presuming that this is the one then you could try Dosbox. According to their site the game doesn't work with it, but the last version tested was 0.58 and it's now at 0.74. Someone using 0.63 says it does work.

DCFC79

RussJK wrote: »

Oh that's a DOS game not a Windows games, so you'll need DOSbox:
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/index.php?page=Basic+Setup+and+Installation+of+DosBox

my apologies, yes its a dos game, i was reading the back of the case, id seen dosbox recommended by a google search

Dave_C wrote: »

You can't do it direct in xp, but you can use dosbox to run it.

I used this for Lemmings on XP, but have since removed it, so I can't give explicit instructions. I recall that it's fairly easy to set-up.

HTH, Dave

GeoffX wrote: »

Presuming that this is the one then you could try Dosbox. According to their site the game doesn't work with it, but the last version tested was 0.58 and it's now at 0.74. Someone using 0.63 says it does work.

thanks dave and geoff, ill give dosbox a try

RussJK

DCFC79 wrote: »

my apologies, yes its a dos game, i was reading the back of the case, id seen dosbox recommended by a google search

Yeah, Windows 98 used to have legacy support for DOS, the equivalent of 'compatibility mode for DOS'. That support ended in XP, which disappointed a lot of people like me who still played old games.

You'll probably have to install it while under dosbox too just so you know.

DCFC79

RussJK wrote: »

Yeah, Windows 98 used to have legacy support for DOS, the equivalent of 'compatibility mode for DOS'. That support ended in XP, which disappointed a lot of people like me who still played old games.

You'll probably have to install it while under dosbox too just so you know.

yeah trying to do it under dosbox, might end up giving up

KillerWatt

RussJK wrote: »

Yeah, Windows 98 used to have legacy support for DOS

DOS was the underlying OS, Win 95, 98, and ME were simply 32 bit front ends (although Microsoft saw fit to hide DOS from ME users).

Every OS after that from MS is based on the NT kernel which is a true 32/64 bit OS.

DCFC79

Im at this stage "
C:\TESTDRIV>TDCGA.EXE"

well im past that bit, ive just done the sound test
and the dosbox now says cd device not present, please install
cd drivers and restart

thanks