Yes, I know... its sad that I enjoy 25 year old video games. Dungeons and Dragons games at that. LOL.
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
Do you know how to use VMWare or VirtualBox? If you run your game in a virtual machine it might work better.
2 posted on
05/15/2012 8:04:51 AM PDT by
krb
(Obama is a miserable failure.)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
You could probably buy an older, slower computer on Craigslist for about $50. Some people will even give them away.
Just for those games that need a slower processor.
3 posted on
05/15/2012 8:05:27 AM PDT by
bubbacluck
(I'll pay more for tomatoes, thank you.)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
4 posted on
05/15/2012 8:05:32 AM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag? Seriously? You're that dense?)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
6 posted on
05/15/2012 8:07:23 AM PDT by
krb
(Obama is a miserable failure.)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
How do you get them to work?
I'm still running xp, and dosbox is just a pain.
7 posted on
05/15/2012 8:09:40 AM PDT by
rawcatslyentist
("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
I actually own those games myself, but I purchased them in a compendium of sorts and I have had no problems playing at all. I will make it a point to send you a FReepmail later once I get home from work and am able to look up the title of the compendium!
I am ADDICTED to those types of games! The classics NEVER get old!
8 posted on
05/15/2012 8:09:54 AM PDT by
EnigmaticAnomaly
("Mantra of the left: 'It's only okay when WE do it.'")
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
There are many emulators available for free that will do exactly what you want to do. If you have the ROMs in a load able format that you found on the web you can play them. There are plenty of sites that have what you want. Most of the games were made by companies that don’t exist anymore and are immune to copyright issues, so I suggest you start by looking up “MAME” and go from there. You will undoubtedly find what you are looking for by following the links. I have a commodore 64 emulator on my iPhone even, so with enough schutzpah you WILL find what you are looking for.
9 posted on
05/15/2012 8:13:08 AM PDT by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
Mo-Slo is an application used for programming of legacy microprocessors that require slower PC processing. I suggest Google or other search engine to find it.
10 posted on
05/15/2012 8:13:25 AM PDT by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
If you are running windoze vista or later, install the game, right click on the executable (or the shortcut, think either will work) select properties, and find the compatibility mode tab or widget. From there, find the recommended os/processor combination that matches your game, and apply/ok/done it.
This should get your game running at the speed it was intended.
Good luck,
Go Geek!
12 posted on
05/15/2012 8:19:14 AM PDT by
petro45acp
("Don't" read 'HOPE' by L Neil Smith and Aaron Zelman...it will bring tears to eyes. BOR!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
anybody here play panzer general 2? It crashes on my windows 7, even if I change the display resolution...
15 posted on
05/15/2012 8:52:45 AM PDT by
joe fonebone
(If you vote for the lesser of two evils, you are still voting for evil.)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
We love them. We do this all the time. Right now we are playing Eye of the Beholder 2. With XP Dosbox is working just fine.
The FReeper who suggested Craigslist for an older computer is correct. Right now we have 3 old computers on there for $20 each. We can’t even give them away, but we don’t want to throw them out - seems wasteful. And you can’t ship them anywhere. Just check local Craigslist.
WINE for Linux I have found to run older (95 or 98) Windows programs very well, actually better than new Windows programs.
BTW, CommodoreUSA has a linux based operating system that has everything for linux pre-installed - we’ve been having fun playing with that. Just fun to see Commodore up again.
17 posted on
05/15/2012 9:47:37 AM PDT by
I still care
(I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
18 posted on
05/15/2012 10:10:13 AM PDT by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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19 posted on
05/15/2012 10:13:32 AM PDT by
freedomlover
(Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
+1 to all those who have recommended the free DOSBOX. I use it not only for games (Xargon, baby!) but also for old ham radio programs written for DOS for which there is not source code available.
Works great. Even emulates the SoundBlaster 16 and other weird old hardware.
20 posted on
05/15/2012 10:22:30 AM PDT by
backwoods-engineer
(I will vote against ANY presidential candidate who had non-citizen parents.)
To: Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
I haven't used this program in a couple of years so I'm not sure about the newer version, but I was quite happy with
CPU Killer. It lets you choose exactly how much or little you want to slow down your cpu.
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