Maybe some of you wonders how to play classic DOS games in Windows XP, since newer operating system can’t play old DOS games anymore.
Now, here’s a howto that teaches you how to play your old DOS games back in your Windows XP machine. This tutorial assume that you have a DOS game ready in hand named M1 Tank Platoon.
Download DOSBox
Download DOSBox from DOSBox website.
Install DOSBox
Install DOSBox, of course.
Prepare your DOS games
Copy your DOS game folder at C: drive for easy access.
Start DOSBox
Start DOSBox and mount C drive
Start the DOS game
Change directory to the DOS game dir.
Execute the DOS game binary
Congratulations!
And watch the DOS game flies in your computer, you can change it to full screen by pressing ALT+ key.
If the game run too fast or too slow, you can change the speed by editing the dosbox.conf file (available in the Start Menu). The setting you need to change is “cycles=3000″, adjust the number to suit your DOS games.
Happy gaming!
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