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I cannot save a game in PQ SWAT ONE

in DOS
I just purchased from GOG their Package of PQ SWAT 1 and 2 which uses the DOS version of SWAT 1.. You cannot save in SWAT One. I played for over and hour, and no matter what point I tried to save at I got a No Game TO Save response when I tried to save. I played this game when it first came out, and …

Age of Rifles Has no sound...

All of a sudden Age Of Rifles has no sound in dosbox! It has always had sound before. I know DOSBOX is properly mounted for my CD because all the other games work fine, it's just AOR that seems to have a problem. What is going on? I am running dosbox in XP. There have been no chanes to my system.

Re: Great Battles Collection

in Windows
Have you tried putting the system files that come with the game into your windows system 32 file? They are the files of WinG, a sort of early version of Direct X, that the Great Battles game uses. I did this when I was having problems with the game in XP, and it ran fine after that. It might work …

Wooden Ships and Iron Men Won't start

When using DoxBox 0.73, the Avalon Hill DOS game Wooden Ships and Iron Men does not start. What happens is I get a message from DOSBOX saying "Using CHipset Instructions" and then the sound starts fine, but no graphics whatsoever. The Screen stays black. What is odd is that when I use DOSBOX 0.72 it …

Re: Most expensive classic games list on ebay...

in Milliways
SOmebody got taken for a ride. You can get a used version of One unit whole Blood for 40 bucks at Amazon, and a new version for 250 buck. But then I have found that A LOT of Ebay users are suckers,and don't relise with a little searching you can often find stuff a LOT cheaper on the Internet, and …

Re: RIP 3D Realms

in Milliways
So ends the biggest fiasco in Computer Gaming history. I am sure lots of horror stories will emerge about this project. If nothing else, it will be a textbook example of how NOT to develop a game., I know all the details of the fiasco are not out, but it is hard to avoid putting a healthy share of …

No Joystick for Longbow Gold in Dos Box.

I am trying to run Apache Longbow Gold in dosbox. It seems to run smooth but..and for this particular game it is a killer...the game does not recognize the joystick ,(it's a Microsfot sidewinder pro, and other games in dosbox have no problem with it). I have tried on suggestion by flyboy that …

Re: Rednack Rampage issues ...

in DOS
A couple of years ago a company bought the rights to the Redneck Rampage games. Nothing announced yet, but that means it is NOT abandonware. And used copies are pretty cheap and easy to come by if you hung on the Internet. If you have a good system, it runs fine on the more recent versions of …

Re: Diablo 1 - screen tearing issues

in Windows
This is wierd,since Diablo has a reputation for getting along fine with new computers. It even likes Vista. I have a duo core running XP SP3 with a Nividia 8600 card, and Diablo runs fine..no problems. Because it happens on both ATI and Nividia it seems to be a directX problem on some system rather …

Axis and Allies:Iron Blitz Crashes on Startup.

in Windows
I installed Axis and Allies:Iron Blitz from my original CD on my new computer (Duo Core 3Gz,4 GB of memory,Nividia 8600 card running XP with SP3) and I get about half the screen black then the infamous "So and so had had a problem and must close" on my screen. Just for the hell of it, I downloaded …

Re: Some games have stopped Running!

in DOS
Thanks for the help, but it can't be a CD drive problem for two reasons. 1. I had the dvd drive installed by a pro, and he did not change the letters of any drive. It was installed with drive number that had never been used before. The cd rom drive I have been using is still in place with the same …

Some games have stopped Running!

in DOS
Something wierd has happened. Once I could run certain Dos games on my XP computer. (Warcraft,Jagged Alliance,SPMBT,Wooden Ships and Iron Men). Now my computer no longer runs them, they crash when I try to run them. With some I get a message about certain files missing, in others I don't. I have not …

Red Baron 3D sound wierdness.

in Windows
I installed Red Baron 3d on My XP computer, with a NiVIDIA G4 card. then installed the Glidos program for Windows Glide games. Then the wierdness began. The first time I played the game no problems, worked beautifully with 3d Graphics. But the next day, the game started but no sound! I checked to be …

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