I'm running XP Pro on my computer and no matter what I do, even trying Dosbox I can't get these games to run. Can anyone step me through it?

In Dosbox it gives me an EMS error. In XP, if I change the install to win95 compatible, it goes to a blank screen.

I'm not sure about this, but I believe that setting EMS=false in your config file, should solve the problem.

but if it won't install, then how do I change that? Do a complete drag of the entire drive of disk 1, or all the disks?

do you need to install it

Is this made by the same guys as Strike Commander? There's a whole long list on this in the manual.

What sometimes works is to install the game in win95 compatibilty mode and then set all the exe files also to win95 comp. mode.

Nar, if it's what I think it is you need to edit the XMS parameters in the bootdisk. If I can find SC I'll post what the manual says.

I think WC 3 & 4 are just two of these completely-non-Win-compatibile games.

Yeah, this sounds about right. You need to boot it in DOS mode changing a special Extended Memory paramenters and stuff. Still looking for SC

That also could be possible, I never played them because I find space sims boring and the make me wanna throw up (no really I'm not joking)

sounds like too much work really. What a complete disappointment. This is the kind of thing that makes PC Gaming completely worthless.

If you are comparing PC gaming to console, then I just can't agree with you.

not at all. I like both, but prefer PC because I wanna be spoiled with the options and better visual clarity. I mean it's not worth it to do all this adjusting and tinkering to get old ones to work. I'm just going to have to set aside old PCs and link them by KVM or something...

Well, if no luck you have no other choice but to get a old PC. Because those games work fine on my PC.

As I remember they were pretty damn dos incompatible too!

That's because they use a lot of memory. You need to follow the instructions in the manual to change your bootdisk config.

I played WC3 less than a month ago using DOSBox in XP. As I recall, I had no big problems.

can you step us through the installation then?

Well, I don't really remember what I did. I'll try reinstalling tomorrow and see what I can come up with.

For now, all I can say is get the latest version DOSBox, and make sure that you have ems=false in the config. Obviously you also need to mount the cd-rom drive properly.