Playing DOS games on Windows XP....

[Havok]

is it possible??? i've come across quite a few games that i'd like to play at http://www.the-underdogs.org but alot of them are DOS games. Is there a way to play them with windows XP??

[astralhaze]

Start-->Run-->command

in the Dos window, browse to the game folder and then launch the exe

[Franklinnoble]

There's also a way to run software in "emulation mode" in Windows XP. Check out your help file for more info.

[Havok]

i forgot all the commands for dos.... how do i get into the game folder??

[Franklinnoble]

cd \foldername

[moriarty]

I think you type cd then the path, and the executable:

e.g.:

cd c:\program files\monster\

Then: monster.exe

edit - beaten to the punch yet again

[Franklinnoble]

Originally posted by moriarty
I think you type cd then the path, and the executable:

e.g.:

cd c:\program files\monster\monster.exe

Not quite... you can run the program this way:

c:\> c:\program files\monster\monster.exe

BUT... you may have problems if the game looks in the current directory for support files... best to do this instead:

c:\> cd \program files\monster

c:\program files\monster> monster