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Dbacksfan12

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Getting Old DOS Games To Work
« on: October 14, 2005, 05:43:55 AM »
While most of the old DOS-based games still translate nicely (Remote Control, Wheel of Fortune, etc.); the two later games by Softie; (Wipeout and "The All New" Family Feud) do not...the text appears in a jumbled mess.

Is there anyway to rectify this on a computer running XP, or are they a lost cause?
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curtking

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Getting Old DOS Games To Work
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2005, 10:32:35 AM »
[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 04:43 AM\']While most of the old DOS-based games still translate nicely (Remote Control, Wheel of Fortune, etc.); the two later games by Softie; (Wipeout and "The All New" Family Feud) do not...the text appears in a jumbled mess.

Is there anyway to rectify this on a computer running XP, or are they a lost cause?
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I've had the most success running DOSBox:

DOSBox Homepage

I've played Wipeout, but I can't vouch for Feud.

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Getting Old DOS Games To Work
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2005, 01:24:55 PM »
[quote name=\'curtking\' date=\'Oct 14 2005, 07:32 AM\']I've had the most success running DOSBox:

DOSBox Homepage

I've played Wipeout, but I can't vouch for Feud.
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DOSbox is indeed the bomb. For people who have trouble grokking the configuration process needed to make it work exactly like they want it to, there's a neat front-end called D-Fend:

http://members.home.nl/mabus/
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