Unknown-One
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I had a nostalgic moment and pulled out one of my many boxes of old DOS games to how well they would do about 10 years later, under Windows XP. I went through them one by one and wanted to show you guys the results and ask a couple questions.
All the games added to the list by me were run on teh fallowing setup (soon to be upgraded):
Windows XP Home - Service pack 2 and ALL recent windows updates.
AMD Athlon XP 1500+ (1.3ghz)
480MB DDR RAM
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Added by me:
1. The Ultimate Doom (Doom + an extra chapter):
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes (had to tinker with sound options)
Worked flawlessly without any major tweaking! I did download jDooM after a short time for better visuals, but it was not needed.
2. Doom II: Hell on Earth:
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes (had to tinker with sound options)
Again, worked without any issues but ran it under jDooM for better visuals
3. Wolfenstein 3D:
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes
To my great surprise this game ran just fine as well, I didnt even need to adjust the sound options!
4. Dark Forces:
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: No
The game runes just fine, unfortunately no amount of tweaking could make the sound work. If someone has a fix for this that would be great.
5. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II:
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes
No problems again! Windows XP is doing well so far.
6. The 7th Guest:
Playable: Yes (patches required)
Video Yes
Sound: Yes
After applying patches from HERE and fallowing THIS guide I finaly managed to get teh game to run! Thanks go to OpTiMaL for this one!
7: The 11th Hour (Sequel to The 7th Guest):
Playable: Yes (patches required)
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes
After applying patches from HERE and tinkering with the games settings, it finaly loaded. Thanks go to OpTiMaL for this one as well!
The game runs to fast so you will need something to slow it down!!!
8. Arena:
Playable: No
Video No
Sound: No
Getting really old here, this game had no chance under XP.
9. Descent 2:
Soon to be tested...
Star Trek: Judgement Rights:
Soon to be tested...
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Added by sq40:
Full Throttle
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: No
Really want the sound to work on this classic
Space Hulk
Playable: No
Video: No
Sound: No
Rebel Assault
Playable: No
Video: No
Sound:No
Wing Commander
Playable: No
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes
Runs at light speed.. Too Darn Fast to play
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I know that some of these games would work with a properly prepared DOS boot floppy (The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour, Arena) but thats not the point! I wanted to see how possible it was to run them under XP.
If anyone has any advice as to how to fix the problems mentioned, or make these games run under XP, pleas help!![Stick Out Tongue :p :p](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
All the games added to the list by me were run on teh fallowing setup (soon to be upgraded):
Windows XP Home - Service pack 2 and ALL recent windows updates.
AMD Athlon XP 1500+ (1.3ghz)
480MB DDR RAM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Added by me:
1. The Ultimate Doom (Doom + an extra chapter):
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes (had to tinker with sound options)
Worked flawlessly without any major tweaking! I did download jDooM after a short time for better visuals, but it was not needed.
2. Doom II: Hell on Earth:
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes (had to tinker with sound options)
Again, worked without any issues but ran it under jDooM for better visuals
3. Wolfenstein 3D:
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes
To my great surprise this game ran just fine as well, I didnt even need to adjust the sound options!
4. Dark Forces:
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: No
The game runes just fine, unfortunately no amount of tweaking could make the sound work. If someone has a fix for this that would be great.
5. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II:
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes
No problems again! Windows XP is doing well so far.
6. The 7th Guest:
Playable: Yes (patches required)
Video Yes
Sound: Yes
After applying patches from HERE and fallowing THIS guide I finaly managed to get teh game to run! Thanks go to OpTiMaL for this one!
7: The 11th Hour (Sequel to The 7th Guest):
Playable: Yes (patches required)
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes
After applying patches from HERE and tinkering with the games settings, it finaly loaded. Thanks go to OpTiMaL for this one as well!
The game runs to fast so you will need something to slow it down!!!
8. Arena:
Playable: No
Video No
Sound: No
Getting really old here, this game had no chance under XP.
9. Descent 2:
Soon to be tested...
Star Trek: Judgement Rights:
Soon to be tested...
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Added by sq40:
Full Throttle
Playable: Yes
Video: Yes
Sound: No
Really want the sound to work on this classic
Space Hulk
Playable: No
Video: No
Sound: No
Rebel Assault
Playable: No
Video: No
Sound:No
Wing Commander
Playable: No
Video: Yes
Sound: Yes
Runs at light speed.. Too Darn Fast to play
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I know that some of these games would work with a properly prepared DOS boot floppy (The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour, Arena) but thats not the point! I wanted to see how possible it was to run them under XP.
If anyone has any advice as to how to fix the problems mentioned, or make these games run under XP, pleas help!