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30-01-2008 04:28 PM
The Fifth Horseman That's an option, but D-Fend can cause problems sometimes.
30-01-2008 03:30 PM
Office_Monk
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Originally Posted by the_fifth_horseman View Post
One of the reasons why I advocate using Norton Commander on top of DOSBox is that it provides a rudimentary point-and-click capability.
Or you can simply use D-Fend (a Graphic User Interface) for DOSbox
21-01-2008 08:02 PM
The Fifth Horseman One of the reasons why I advocate using Norton Commander on top of DOSBox is that it provides a rudimentary point-and-click capability.
21-01-2008 05:26 PM
Mighty Midget Glad to hear you got it working and nah, you're not dumb. DOS is a bit more cumbersome to work with than Windows' point'n'click, and it has to be learned. Point is: Remember what you did to make it work, and you won't have any trouble getting other games to work Happy gaming!
21-01-2008 05:16 PM
rossik you are a genius! (or im a little dumb..)

thanks for the help, im already dying in very funny ways in this game!
21-01-2008 03:54 PM
Mighty Midget But you need to navigate to the dos directory. Here you are in the root directory. The after DOS shows that DOS is a directory and NOT an application.
Type:
cd dos

That will send you to the right directory.

Once there, type
dir

That will list all files and directories in the dos directory. If the list scrolls off screen, type
dir/p

That will cut the list in chunks not larger than a single screen.

If the game is in it's own directory in the dos directory, repeat the steps above, but swap the name "dos" for the name of the game directory.

Locate the bat file, and type the name of that file.
21-01-2008 03:50 PM
rossik you all can laugh at my noobnes, but heres the thing:
21-01-2008 03:48 PM
Mighty Midget
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Originally Posted by Mighty Midget View Post
First, here area few basic commands for DOS.
filename (for exe, bat and com files) run application
cd directory name changes directory
cd.. changes directory back one level.
dir lists all files and directories (folders in windows) in current directory.

Navigate to the directory using the cd commands, then type the name of the application.
Here are all the commands you need.
21-01-2008 03:43 PM
rossik the game as i unzip it already have a BAT file, and i can play . but the game freez just as i enter aroom. and dont have sound. so i figure if i could run it with dosbox, maybe the game would work fine.

but i dont know the command to run games in dosbox. what shoul i type?

(oh, i have windows xp)
21-01-2008 03:41 PM
Mighty Midget
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Originally Posted by rossik View Post
i dont know how to run the game

i create a "oldgames" folder in C
First, here area few basic commands for DOS.
filename (for exe, bat and com files) run application
cd directory name changes directory
cd.. changes directory back one level.
dir lists all files and directories (folders in windows) in current directory.

Navigate to the directory using the cd commands, then type the name of the application.
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