Slowing Down Return to Zork

[El Llano]

I recently found my old Return to Zork cd, but when I tried to play it, my new computer ran way to fast and all the movies flew by.  None of the dialogue could be heard and the game is impossible to play.  Does anyone know how to slow the game down so it is actually playable?

[Lambonius]

there are two methods that might work for you.  the first one to try would probably be running the game in dosbox (a program which emulates a dos environment and allows old dos-based games to run on newer systems), if indeed you have the dos version of the game (I'm not sure if there was a windows version, come to think of it.)  You can definitely google dosbox to find the link to download it.  There are also a number of slowdown programs available which can manipulate your cpu's clock speed, thus rendering previously unplayable games playable.  I don't know any specific names, but again, a google search for cpu slowdown programs would probably help.  I'm also pretty sure there are others here who can suggest some to you.  Good luck!

[maestro]

Try Mo'Slo.