Playing old games

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LordRahl · #1 Post by **LordRahl** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:47 pm

I just got my hands on some original Ultima games and Kings quest 4. My question is how can i play old DOS games on an XP computer? Can you do it at all?

gamecreator · #2 Post by **gamecreator** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:56 pm

Definitely can. Check out the wonderful DosBox.

moonlit · #3 Post by **moonlit** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:29 pm

Another option is (if you have got your old dos floppys around) microsoft virtual PC which can be downloaded for free from the microsoft site.

Regards, Ron AF Greve

Thepal · #4 Post by **Thepal** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:18 pm

Yeah, all hail DOSBox.

If you have any trouble with the Ultima games (7, 8 and the Underworlds) when running in DOSBox, you might just need to alter the DOSBox.conf file (there's a shortcut in the Start menu when you install DOSBox). The section you'll want is at the bottom and has:

xms=true
ems=true
umb=true

You might need to change one of these to false (depending on the game, you have to change different ones, I think)

2dgamers · #5 Post by **2dgamers** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:50 am

You can now buy the whole King's Quest Series for XP!!! My wife bought it for me for my 31st B-day. Ah the memories and the old school stuff on my new machine.

Click here to see where you can buy it.

Kurdt · #6 Post by **Kurdt** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:39 am

Yeah, that comes with the DOSBox emulator as well. Not a good buy if you already have the games and have access to the internet, but if you need a collection they're right there!