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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows 3.x/9x/ME => Topic started by: Amats on September 22, 2009, 03:53:50 PM

Title: Versions of Windows best for DOS games
Post by: Amats on September 22, 2009, 03:53:50 PM: Basically I was just wondering, at what point did Windows require special installation procedures to install DOS games? I have several fairly new computers which either they are a pain to install and don't always reliably play or my newest one they won't install at all. Im looking around for a 486 computer to put on an old DOS version of windows because they played well on it.
Title: Re: Versions of Windows best for DOS games
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 22, 2009, 04:46:55 PM: DOS games never ran well under windows...
Title: Re: Versions of Windows best for DOS games
Post by: Amats on September 22, 2009, 06:16:38 PM: I guess I'll just try Windows 95 & 98, it seemed like there were no problems running them back then.
Title: Re: Versions of Windows best for DOS games
Post by: quaxo on September 23, 2009, 08:54:35 PM: You could try using DOSBox on your existing machine. Works great for playing old DOS games that don't run properly in Windows on XP/Vista.
Title: Re: Versions of Windows best for DOS games
Post by: Cityscape on September 24, 2009, 04:27:39 PM: Windows 95 would be the best version of Windows (that can run a moderately recent computer) for running DOS games. Windows 95 can run almost any DOS program fairly well. Windows 95 can also boot in DOS Mode (98 can too) specially for running DOS programs. Windows 3.1 and 98 would also work for what your doing but I would choose 95. I'm actually about to set it up for my own DOS games.

Quote from: Wikipedia article on Windows 95
Windows 95 was designed to be maximally compatible with existing MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows applications and device drivers
Quote from: Wikipedia article on Windows 95
Windows 95 incorporated MS-DOS into a consolidated operating system...
Title: Re: Versions of Windows best for DOS games
Post by: Geek-9pm on October 06, 2009, 04:46:29 PM: Quote from: BC_Programmer on September 22, 2009, 04:46:55 PM
DOS games never ran well under windows...
They ran slower, which allows me to sometimes win. :rofl:
Title: Re: Versions of Windows best for DOS games
Post by: Cityscape on October 06, 2009, 04:50:25 PM: Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 06, 2009, 04:46:29 PM
They ran slower, which allows me to sometimes win. :rofl:
haha. but what do you mean slower?
I run my DOS games in Windows 98SE Dos mode and I don't notice any speed differences (like I did when i ran em in a VM).
Title: Re: Versions of Windows best for DOS games
Post by: BC_Programmer on October 06, 2009, 05:45:51 PM: Windows 98SE "DOS mode" is DOS, not windows. therefore it isn't running under windows at all, but pure DOS.