You're saying it wouldn't run on DosBox?[/b] Thanks Nicht Sehr....Life and Death 2 installed ok with DosBox but when playing it I continually get a prompt looking for "Game Disk #6" and its appearance frequency increases when in an op. Also when I went back to play it again it wouldnt start - " …

Originally posted by MajorGrubert You did not mention from where you downloaded MS-DOS 6.22, but this could mean that you simply put the files on an NT/2000/XP formatted floppy. Thats exactly what I did...I formatted the floppy in Win2k. I'll give FreeDos a try since DosBox had problems. Btw I …

Thanks guys I'll try DosBox....btw i'm not quite the dummy I probably sound from my post :) I do know the basic Dos commands, I just never tried installing it before! Would you mind telling me what I'm doing wrong with VMWare? (i'll never get better unless I learn)...I selected an "MS-DOS" os when …

Hi, I'm trying to use VMWare to play an old dos game (Life and Death 2) and I downloaded Dos 6.22. However I'm having trouble installing it as a guest os....basically I when I start with my floppy I keep getting "NTLDR not found" or smtg like that.... can anyone please provide some simple …

"Originally posted by Van Zan Does it run solely off the CD without the need for installing on my hd and dual booting?" Errmm no I mean FreeDOS...does it need to be installed onto my hard drive? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick completely......

Thanks...I had never heard of Mac emulation or Basilisk before. Maybe FreeDOS would be an easier alternative. Does it run solely off the CD without the need for installing on my hd and dual booting? And would this run ST:JR and most other old DOS games ok? Thanks!

Hi, I was starting to research the idea of using VPC for dos games when I came across this post by DOSFreak: http://forum.connectix.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=20;t=000579#000000 I was hoping to use VPC to get Star Trek JR and Final Unity running better than they run on my XP machine ( …