D0s Games On Windows Xp

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  1. Oct 23, 2005 at 4:56 PM #1
    T E M P L A R

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    Okay.

    For the ultimate nostalgia experience, I thought Id download and play the original Quake, Doom, Duke Nukem 3d, and Wolfenstein.

    Im trying to insteall Quake, right? Well guess what.

    The install program wont run, and I keep getting this message:

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    Someone help me.
     
  2. Oct 23, 2005 at 5:00 PM #2
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    you cant play DOS games on XP, i forget why but i had the same problem.. have you tried pressing ignore?
     
  3. Oct 23, 2005 at 5:01 PM #3
    T E M P L A R

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    Yeah but it just exited out.
     
  4. Oct 23, 2005 at 6:20 PM #4
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    get DOSbox. Google it/
     
  5. Oct 23, 2005 at 6:51 PM #5
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    :rolleyes: yep, dosbox can emulate dos, and will allow you to run old dos games
     
  6. Oct 23, 2005 at 7:32 PM #6
    T E M P L A R

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    Coo' except I cant figure out how to get it to work.
     
  7. Oct 23, 2005 at 7:39 PM #7
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    its hard...i couldn't get it working right with Arena...
     
  8. Oct 23, 2005 at 7:52 PM #8
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    Mori is right just make sure you get it from a good website.. my friend got one with a virus attached ( partly because he was being an idiot) ;)
     
  9. Oct 23, 2005 at 7:55 PM #9
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    read the instructions that come with it, isnt that hard
     
  10. Oct 23, 2005 at 8:36 PM #10
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    find an old computer with windows 98 and steal the hardrive out of it, toss it into your computer and boot up windows 98. don't worry about not having any drivers just ignore it. play the games. should work I mean i know you'd be playing on a downgraded OS because of a lack of drivers, but I assume newer computers have the sheer power to compensate for it.
     
  11. Oct 23, 2005 at 8:58 PM #11
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  12. Oct 23, 2005 at 9:09 PM #12
    T E M P L A R

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    I have Quake running, except...

    ..it lags like a bitch. plz help.
     

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