SysChat is a free online computer support community. Ask questions, share resources, contribute knowledge and discuss technology. Join our growing community to access all features. Register Now!

SysChat » Software Support » General Software » MS-DOS Game on XP

General Software

Support and discuss general software, applications, utilities, tips etc.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 08-02-2007, 07:50 PM
I_Hate_My_Computer's Avatar
I_Hate_My_Computer I_Hate_My_Computer is offline
Member
 
About:
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 49
I_Hate_My_Computer is on a distinguished road

Disk MS-DOS Game on XP


I have a game called Loader Larry on a floppy disk. I found out how I can run it from the command prompt but the scores do not show up. Is their a way to fix this? Would it be best to take the MS-DOS boot disk from the download section and put it on a disk then run the game from MS-DOS? If you have any ideas tell me I am open to any free solution.

Thanks

If you know a place to find sprites for Loader Larry please tell me.



Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 08-03-2007, 09:51 AM
mhookem's Avatar
mhookem mhookem is offline
Moderator
 
About:
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Chesterfield, UK
Posts: 387
mhookem will become famous soon enoughmhookem will become famous soon enough

Monitor Loader Larry


Hello, I'd run it from DOS as a lot of things have changed with this program over the years.
Alternatively try this download: DOS Games Archive | Loader Larry

If I find any sprites I'l let you know.

Regards

Martin



Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 08-03-2007, 11:12 AM
I_Hate_My_Computer's Avatar
I_Hate_My_Computer I_Hate_My_Computer is offline
Member
 
About:
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 49
I_Hate_My_Computer is on a distinguished road

Default


How can I put DOS on a CD and boot from it? Is this possable?



Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 08-03-2007, 12:34 PM
mhookem's Avatar
mhookem mhookem is offline
Moderator
 
About:
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Chesterfield, UK
Posts: 387
mhookem will become famous soon enoughmhookem will become famous soon enough

Cd Burn DOS 7.1 Download


Click on this link: http://www.syschat.com/download60.html

Use some burning software like nero or ISOMagic, create a new partition on your drive, and boot from your new DOS 7.10 CD and install it on your new partition.

You can find some useful add-ons like NTFS support so that you can use it to read NTFS partitions, but remember that your new partition must be FAT16\32 for DOS to work.

When you've finished, you'll have a dual boot environment and you can choose when you want to run DOS each time you start your PC.

Regards

Martin



Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old 08-03-2007, 01:06 PM
I_Hate_My_Computer's Avatar
I_Hate_My_Computer I_Hate_My_Computer is offline
Member
 
About:
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 49
I_Hate_My_Computer is on a distinguished road

Cd


I don't want dual boot can I not boot from a cd?



Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 08-03-2007, 04:05 PM
mhookem's Avatar
mhookem mhookem is offline
Moderator
 
About:
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Chesterfield, UK
Posts: 387
mhookem will become famous soon enoughmhookem will become famous soon enough

Cd DOS 7.1 Download


Quote:
Originally Posted by I_Hate_My_Computer View Post
I don't want dual boot can I not boot from a cd?
No but you might manage it from a pen drive

Regards

Martin



Reply With Quote
  #7 (permalink)  
Old 11-16-2007, 04:25 PM
laffin laffin is offline
Junior Member
 
About:
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 13
laffin is on a distinguished road

Default


Better Yet, use a virtual pc.

VmWare
It's Commercial But arguably the best PC Emulator
VirtualBox OpenSource Project - Seems very nice alternative to VmWare
DosBox Not a PC Emulator, but a DOS emulation layer, plenty of ppl use this alternative.

Personally I prefer VmWare/VirtualBox. Cuz I like to play with linux also. so having the capability of loading a different OS in an emulated PC works great for me.

for VmWare/VirtualBox u will need the OS installation disks/cds. Install yer OS, than install the game. Mind u, u will lose a lot of speed for the emulation. However u are running DOS, and DOS proggies dun need the high end power of today's systems.



Reply With Quote
  #8 (permalink)  
Old 11-16-2007, 06:47 PM
laffin laffin is offline
Junior Member
 
About:
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 13
laffin is on a distinguished road

Default


I wud opt with a pc emulator.
VmWare - It's Commercial, but it's good.
VirtualBox - It's OpenSource, not as many features as VmWare, but overall it gets the job done.

Another Option:
DosBox - Quite a number of ppl use this to use the old dos proggies. But some dun work.

With a PC Emulator, U will need the installation disk/cd/dvd to install the OS on the emulated PC. U can run different OS's within the Windows Environment. I have used them with MsDos/Linux/XP as a guest OS.



Reply With Quote
Reply




Thread Tools

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
About An MSDOS GAME sudheer413 Sound and Video 2 06-02-2007 12:05 AM
Dirty Harry Game MHJJ Console Games 1 05-19-2006 06:04 PM
High End Game PCs extremepixie Deals 0 04-06-2006 09:50 PM
Is it easy to put a game port? chocolatee CPUs Overclocking and Modding 2 04-05-2006 03:25 AM
Call of Duty 2 - Game Review Sami Computer Games 0 02-03-2006 01:02 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is on
Smilies are on
[IMG] code is on
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are on



» Ads



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54