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Playing old games in Vista
As I've mentioned before, there are lots of older games considered abandoned that can be downloaded from websites such as Abandonia.
The only snag is that Windows XP and Vista can sometimes be a little funny about playing old games, especially if they were written for DOS. There is some advice to be found at www.vistagamedoctor.com. Unfortunately, the site recently lost some data but there is still plenty of information to be found.
The DOSBox web site also has a comprehensive list of games with advice on any tweaks that are required to make them work. I have found this to be invaluable advice, and often very simple.
For example a favourite of mine is Might and Magic II, all that is required to make it work is to enter the command 'loadfix'. Simple but vital.
Posted by Tim Smith on March 27, 2008 | Permalink
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