tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3824172921391640128.post7139336930391279430..comments2024-03-19T09:19:33.319+00:00Comments on Bloody Computer!: Problems running old gamesBorkimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334367163579800571noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3824172921391640128.post-56793485699037536902008-09-11T18:08:00.000+01:002008-09-11T18:08:00.000+01:00rarst & fwaggle: thanks for the heads-up about...rarst & fwaggle: thanks for the heads-up about dosbox. I will give it a try and may write a post about it in future... now where is my Magic Carpet disc...<BR/><BR/>success: I only link to computer themed sites here, although I may add a general blogroll in the future<BR/><BR/>andrean: indeed, some classic games are still very playable and better than much of what is released today, but let's not forget that there were lots of rubbish games back then tooBorkimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334367163579800571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3824172921391640128.post-69231429307239256962008-09-08T04:50:00.000+01:002008-09-08T04:50:00.000+01:00lots of classic game cant be played at vista and t...lots of classic game cant be played at vista and thats why i'm not use it. Classic game more exciting for me .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3824172921391640128.post-75331996698112872322008-09-06T17:30:00.000+01:002008-09-06T17:30:00.000+01:00rarst: i agree, dosbox is much more suited to run ...rarst: i agree, dosbox is much more suited to run old games... particularly since for the last ten years, game developers have had directx audio pushed down their throats, so in terms of audio cards no one cares about sound blaster emulation any more.<BR/><BR/>dosbox translates the soundblaster calls into directx calls, so a soundblaster compatible game will work with any directx capable soundcard, even if it has no support for soundblaster.<BR/><BR/>i use doxbox all the time, it's great. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3824172921391640128.post-90691829843683416952008-09-03T14:51:00.000+01:002008-09-03T14:51:00.000+01:00Hi...thanks to drop EC to mebtw, would you like to...Hi...<BR/>thanks to drop EC to me<BR/>btw, would you like to exchange link with me?<BR/>Thanks and SUCCESS FOR YOU<BR/><BR/>The SuccessThe Successhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10234153596775766263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3824172921391640128.post-84265680385914340592008-09-02T19:41:00.000+01:002008-09-02T19:41:00.000+01:00There is very nice app called DOSBox which is kind...There is very nice app called DOSBox which is kinda virtual machine for old dos games. Works very well for those I tried (like Metal Mutant), even with sound.<BR/><BR/>And of course there is always option of using full-featured virtual machine and copy of dos. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com