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Yoda Stories via Win3.11 via DOSBox

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First post, by typh0id

Posted on 2014-04-29, 22:18

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Hey there!

I recently got Windows 3.11 up and running in DOSBox 0.74 (thanks to the guide here) and for the most part I haven't had any trouble running Win3.x games. But I can't seem to get Yoda Stories (LucasArts Desktop Adventures) to run. I've tried my old copy as well as the free copy from LucasArts and on either one when I try to run the executable I get an error message saying "Cannot Run Program - Unexpected Error: 21" or "Cannot Run Program - Unexpected DOS Error: 21". Oddly enough though, the Indiana Jones Desktop Adventure works perfectly fine so I was surprised Yoda doesn't work. Has anyone else encountered this or have a solution? Thanks a ton!

Reply 1 of 6, by leileilol

Posted on 2014-04-29, 23:10

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It's a 32-bit game and that error message is associated with trying to run a later Win32s. You can at least try to find and install an older Win32s which may or may not fix this regression.

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Reply 2 of 6, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2014-04-29, 23:19

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That specific error associated with Win32s is often prevented with a cputype=486_slow or cputype=pentium_slow setting in DOSBox.

Reply 3 of 6, by typh0id

Posted on 2014-04-30, 22:01

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Thanks for the quick replies! I tried setting DOSBox to both 486_slow and pentium_slow. In both cases the program technically ran (without the error message) but the game window was completely blank white. I can access the menu options for the game but nothing seems to actually get the game to play in the window.

Reply 4 of 6, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2014-05-01, 01:09

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32-bit programs had to be written within certain restrictions to allow them to work on win16 with Win32s, so are you sure Yoda Stories isn't simply a win32-only game?

Reply 5 of 6, by lostnorm

Posted on 2017-01-19, 23:48

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Yoda Stories is a Windows 95 game. Even if you are able to start the game it won't run very well if at all.

Reply 6 of 6, by Jorpho

Posted on 2017-01-20, 02:51

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lostnorm wrote:
Yoda Stories is a Windows 95 game. Even if you are able to start the game it won't run very well if at all.

I had a reply written here when I suddenly realized you are replying to a thread from 2014. The OP is probably long gone.

Please don't necropost.

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