From what I recall from playing Winter Games in the late 80's, those are booter games. They're not meant to be called from DOS. You'll probably have to find an image to write on a floppy.

EDIT: Yup, confirmed on Moby, both are in category PC booter. Don't think a standard DOS version was ever released for any of those Epyx games.

Yes, autoboot.
I played both a lot in my youth 😀

You're correct - I also used to play these two titles as booter games in the '80s on my XT machine. However the versions I have now have files readable in DOS so I assumed they were DOS conversions, but maybe they're not? I've also tried Summer Games II (also from EPYX and from the same era) and it has no issues running on my machines.

I actually didn't know DOSBOX had PC Booter support - I guess I'll hunt for a boot image and see if I have more luck 😀

So I managed to find a DOS conversion somewhere and I'm pleased to say both games are finally working 👍

Thanks for reminding me about the booter situation, somehow it didn't even cross my mind that it was the problem 😁

Ah it's cool to know a conversion exists, should give it a try, I loved those Epyx games as a kid 😁

MMaximus wrote on 2022-12-13, 18:14:

So I managed to find a DOS conversion somewhere and I'm pleased to say both games are finally working 👍

Thanks for reminding me about the booter situation, somehow it didn't even cross my mind that it was the problem 😁

Well, it wasn't that obvious. I knew because I played them.

I never got them working on hercules via cga-emulator.