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How do i install DOS games, so that i have a option at start up.
My mate used to have a pc whith hundreds of games at start up and u click F7 or something then it comes up with a list of games!!!
Does anyonw know how i do this?
Thanks

Windows XP doesn't have the functions to allow it, try downloading ScummVM to make it work:

http://www.scummvm.org/

What does that do exactly???
I saw psp there as well. does that mean i can put dos games on mi psp?

I use DOSBox for DOS games. It emulates a MS-DOS based PC indise any modern Windows OS like XP.

Any good games?
Thanx menix also does this give you an optiion at startup?

hm... is the old worms games classed as dos games?

they used to run on my pc now they dont... im thinking of trying to play them with this...

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Originally posted by Msg Plus Freak
does this give you an optiion at startup?

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No, but it does give a help text when you start it up and if you type intro in DOSBox you will get some more help on how to get started. It isn't difficult at all, but a bit of ms-dos knowledge will help you.



Sometimes a still play a few oldies, but there are also a lot of which i don't even remember how they looked like. Old DOS games i have in my collection:
[4x4 Offroad Racing]
[Adventures of Willy Beamish]
[Another World]
[Arkanoid]
[Arkanoid 2 - Revenge of DoH]
[Banana Quest]
[Bass]
[Block Out]
[Bubble Bobble]
[California Games II]
[Carrier Command]
[Commander Keen - Keen Dreams]
[Commander Keen 1 - Marooned on Mars]
[Commander Keen 2 - The Earth Explodes]
[Commander Keen 3 - Keen must Die!]
[Commander Keen 4 - Secret of the Oracle]
[Commander Keen 5 - The Armageddon Machine]
[Commander Keen 6 - Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter]
[Conquest of Longbow]
[Crash]
[Cruise For a Corpse]
[Crystal Quest]
[Day of the Tentacle]
[Death Rally]
[Doom]
[Doom 2]
[Doom 2D]
[Doom Plutonia]
[Doom TNT]
[Dragon]
[Dragon Strike]
[Dragon World]
[Duke Nukem]
[Duke Nukem 2]
[Duke Nukem 3D - Caribbean]
[Duke Nukem 3D - Nuclear Winter]
[Dune2]
[Dungeon Master]
[Eco Quest 1 - The Search for Cetus]
[Elite Plus]
[Elvira 2 - The Jaws Of Cerberus]
[Epic Pinball]
[Epic Silverball]
[Extreme Pinball]
[F.Godmom 4.0]
[Fifa International Soccer]
[Flashback]
[furyfurries]
[Future Wars]
[Ghosts 'n Goblins]
[Goblins 1]
[Goblins 2]
[Hard Drivin' II]
[Heretic]
[Hexen]
[Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]
[Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis]
[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]
[Innocent - Until Caught]
[JAZZ]
[Jazz Jackrabbit - Episodes 1-6]
[JetFighter I - The Adventure]
[Jetpack]
[Kings Quest]
[Kings Quest - REMAKE]
[Kings Quest II]
[Kings Quest III]
[Kings Quest V]
[Kings Quest VI]
[Leisuire Suit Larry 1-7 [ISO]]
[Leisure Suit Larry]
[Leisure Suit Larry 1 - EMAKE]
[Leisure Suit Larry 2]
[Leisure Suit Larry 3]
[Leisure Suit Larry 5]
[Leisure Suit Larry 6]
[Lemmings 2]
[Lost Secret of the Rainforest]
[Marble Madness]
[Mario Bros VGA]
[Mechwarrior]
[Micro Machines]
[Mixed Up Mother Goose]
[Monkey 1]
[Monkey 2]
[Monopoly]
[Monopoly Deluxe]
[Mortal Kombat]
[Mortal Kombat II]
[Night Hunter]
[OMF 2097 - Final Release v2.1]
[Paperboy]
[Paperboy 2]
[Police Quest - Blue Force]
[Police Quest 1]
[Police Quest 1 - REMAKE]
[Police Quest 3]
[Police Quest 4]
[Power Monger]
[Quadnet]
[Quarantine]
[Quest For Glory 1]
[Quest For Glory 1 - REMAKE]
[Quest For Glory 2]
[Quest For Glory 3]
[Quest For Glory 4]
[Raptor]
[Raptor - Call Of The Shadows]
[Rex]
[Rick Dangerous]
[Rick Dangerous II]
[Rise Of The Dragon]
[Rise of the Triad]
[s.Graphics on Mx-server]
[Scorched Planet]
[Sega Rally]
[Sharky's 3D Pool]
[SimCity]
[SimCity 2000]
[Skunny Kart]
[Solar Winds]
[Solar Winds 2]
[Space Quest - Replicated]
[Space Quest - The Lost Chapter]
[Space Quest 1 - REMAKE]
[Space Quest 1 v1.1a.1986]
[Space Quest 2]
[Space Quest 2 - REMAKE]
[Space Quest 3]
[Space Quest 4]
[Space Quest 5]
[Space Quest 6]
[Spy Hunter]
[Stelcon v1.3]
[Strife]
[Strip Poker 3]
[Stunt Island]
[Stuntcar Racer]
[Stunts]
[Syndicate]
[Syndicate - American Revolt]
[System Shock]
[Team Yankee]
[The Endless Night part 1 - VGA]
[Theme Hospital]
[Theme Park]
[Titus The Fox]
[Virus]
[WACKY]
[Wacky Wheels]
[Wolfenstein 3D - Mortal Kombat Edition]
[Wolfenstien 3D]
[Wrestle Mania]
[XMAS Lemmings]
[ZZT]

There is a tool from microsoft for emulating a DOS (16 bit) environment for older games - this includes an emulated ISA sound blaster 16 (which is the sound card that EVERY dos game back then used!)
It is called VDMS, you can get info and links/downloads from here.
I think what you are refering to by giving you the option to choose a game at startup is some kind of DOS program that loads before windows? There is not much point in using those anymore because of lack of DOS drivers, compatible sound/video cards and incompatibility with Windows XP. I believe that they used the instance of DOS that windows 3.1/1, 95, 98 or ME was using to boot and the program would be entered in Windows' Autoexec.exe file to open.

When it comes to running DOS games that required a CD they would usually only allow you to use drive D. If you use different hard drive partitions causing your CD drive to be something much higher up in the alphabet then you can just copy the contents of that CD to the partition D.

I hope this helped a bit.

(and looking at that list above, the original Doom rocks!)

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Originally posted by pcguru
When it comes to running DOS games that required a CD they would usually only allow you to use drive D.

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Not true at all.

Most DOS games (requiring a CD) could be run from whatever CDROM driver letter. It didn't matter at all.

Only very rare and crappy programmed stuff by n00b programmers or script-kiddies could have had troubles with other drive letters than D.

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Originally posted by pcguru
I think what you are refering to by giving you the option to choose a game at startup is some kind of DOS program that loads before windows? There is not much point in using those anymore because of lack of DOS drivers, compatible sound/video cards and incompatibility with Windows XP. I believe that they used the instance of DOS that windows 3.1/1, 95, 98 or ME was using to boot and the program would be entered in Windows' Autoexec.exe file to open.

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It isn't "some kind of DOS program". It is using the menu system in CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT which was available from DOS 6 and upwards... Which, btw, still exists and is still useable.