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Old 09-25-2007   #1 (permalink)
shayla1805


 
 

trying to play old game with ms dos

i bought an old micro machines game from a charity shop and i had to install
it using ms dos, which i have never used before. i think i installed
properly, but now when i click on the game to play, it comes up with "this
system does not support full screen mode. choose close to terminate the
application"
i tried using the windows compatibilty thing but got really confused
any one know what to do?!
thanks, x

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 09-25-2007   #2 (permalink)
Dave B.


 
 

Re: trying to play old game with ms dos

MSDOS is a Pre 1995 Operating System, it is no where to be found in Vista,
which has a command line interface, it looks like DOS, but it is not.
Your best bet is an emulator such as dosbox.
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1


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>i bought an old micro machines game from a charity shop and i had to
>install
> it using ms dos, which i have never used before. i think i installed
> properly, but now when i click on the game to play, it comes up with "this
> system does not support full screen mode. choose close to terminate the
> application"
> i tried using the windows compatibilty thing but got really confused
> any one know what to do?!
> thanks, x

My System SpecsSystem Spec
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