Do old dos games really run well on win9x

I have a dual boot machine machine with win98se and win xp sp1 I installed win98se only to play my old games. So far I have seen for past 3 months that only a few games (1998-2001) run which didn't in win xp but the dos games run most unsatis...




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#131738 - 10/02/03 09:55 PM Do old dos games really run well on win9x
azygos Offline
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Registered: 12/28/02
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I have a dual boot machine machine with win98se and win xp sp1

I installed win98se only to play my old games.
So far I have seen for past 3 months that only a few games
(1998-2001) run which didn't in win xp but the dos games run most unsatisfactorily. One can use vdmsound in xp.

1. For most dos games, I have to restart in MS DOS mode and graphics are extremely poor (they run much better in an old 386)
2. I can't use mouse then (ms optical wheel mouse). Where can I find a dos mouse driver
3. No sound; where can I get old drivers
4. Games like Mortal Kombat Trilogy refuse to run because can't find some SVGA chip?
5. Can someone provide any answers

Thanks in advance
wink

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#131761 - 10/03/03 08:02 AM Re: Do old dos games really run well on win9x
duhmez Offline
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Registered: 04/27/02
Posts: 583
Loc: Canada, West siiiiiiiiiide!
try dosbox. its free program that will run dos games on windows. their website has a compatibility list too so you can check if your games will work init, or contrribute to the list if you try games that arent on the list yet.

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