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still nothing, it works on my mates XP laptop yet its not working on mine.

mabye this virtual machine might work not sure how to do that like but thanks for pointing me in a direction x

[The Fifth Horseman]

Get a copy of Microsoft Virtual PC. Not very spectuacular, but easy to use and beginner-friendly. You'll also need a Windows 95 (or 98) install disc to set up an operating system on the VM.

[Eagle of Fire]

I thought that Baldies was a DOS game?

I'd try DOSBox. It does work in Windows 7, right?

[The Fifth Horseman]

That's the odd thing. According to our entry and this thread, the copy we have is for Windows?

[dosraider]

There is a dosversion and a windows version of Baldies.
If I remember swell:
-Dosversion is dos only.
-Windows version is Windows with dosversion included. (Same as Rayman Gold)

However, most rips of the winversion don't include the dosversion, contrary to the original.

going to try the dosbox again i will let you know if it works, im pretty sure it should work. but if i find any problems il let you know

thanks again =]

The version of this is not compatible with the version of windows you're running.
Check your computer's system information to see whether you need an x86 (32-bit) or a x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher

that comes up when i try to use the DOSbox and then run the game? it is a different game i have tryed but its a old game still il try it on baldies but whether it works im not sure.

[The Fifth Horseman]

If that shows up, you're not running it in DOSBox. It sounds like you're starting DOSBox and then trying to start the game from Windows?

[dosraider]

Originally Posted by smewee272

The version of this is not compatible with the version of windows you're running.
Check your computer's system information to see whether you need an x86 (32-bit) or a x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher

Definitively not a dosbox error message.
Means you're on Win7 64.
To set up dosbox correctly in win7 read and apply:
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=22241
Put your baldies folder in \oldgames\ , run dosbox and do a
cd baldies
work from there.

If you get the typical dosbox error 'this is a windows executable' VPC/W9x will be your solution. ( I know for a fact that baldies win version runs fine in VPC2007/W98SE).

You could try WinXP mode for Win7, but I doubt it will run as WinXP mode doesn't like lower screen res, and if I remember swell baldies needs 640x480.

[dosraider]

Originally Posted by dosraider

If you get the typical dosbox error 'this is a windows executable' VPC/W9x will be your solution. ( I know for a fact that baldies win version runs fine in VPC2007/W98SE).

You could try WinXP mode for Win7, but I doubt it will run as WinXP mode doesn't like lower screen res, and if I remember swell baldies needs 640x480.

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