OK, I've unloaded various things from config.sys and now Lemmings2 runs.

But I get a screen flicker every few seconds... any ideas here? Do I need an older graphics card ? Or is it likely to be by monitor?

So, time for another go at this. Was on the verge of chucking out an old machine, when I remembered my old Quantum Bigfoot was in it, with Lemmings 2: The Tribes. Hah, maybe machine can stay after all, I like the idea of a DOSbox that just boots into games.

No screen flicker now [I reckon it may have been related to the previous mobo/proc combination as its same garohics card used now], the machine is:

P2 350
GA 686BX
Matrox G200
SB Pro2
running IBM DOS 5.0.2
[happens to have 3C905, CD disconnected and primary and secondary HDs].

Sound and video works in this game.

The problem are: the game doesn't allow me to move to the next level, everything more or less takes me back to the starting screen. And load/save do nothing.

I do have a proper copy of this game on 5.25" disks, so I assume that's what's loaded. I wonder if myabe the machine is too fast for some functions [though gameplay itself is absolutely smooth]? Or is this installation messed up in some way.

Grateful for any ideas.

A P2 is probably to fast for a 1993 game...or maybe the graphics card isn't suited for the video mode the gqme uses
Try an old S3 based gfx card and see what happens since they are very compatible

Edit: I see now you're using a Matrox card which can cause some weird thing in pure DOS games

S3 or Cirus Logic cards are always the best compatible choise IMHO. Next to that I have the voodoo3 (pci or agp) that never gave me troubles in pure DOS mode...

ratfink wrote:

So, time for another go at this. Was on the verge of chucking out an old machine, when I remembered my old Quantum Bigfoot was in it, with Lemmings 2: The Tribes.

What kind of filesystem do you have on the disk where Lemmings2 is installed? I've read somewhere that this game has trouble with FAT32 filesystems and only works on FAT16.

@5u3:

It's FAT16, 2047mb. There's a couple of other 2GB FAT16 partitions on the same disk.

@Amigaz and keropi:

Do you mean the odd behaviour in terms of some menu items doing nothing, and not being able to get to higher levels, could be due to the graphics card? I no longer get the flicker mentioned in my original posts.

I have a dim recollection the floppy disk worked to install this but then gave errors, so I am pretty sure this is not some demo version [if such things existed].

Hmmm I have searched vogons and found references to this problem in the past - looks like it's copy protection of some sort. I'll have a read....

Problem was copy protection. I downloaded l2-fix.com and that makes it run ok. Seems to be a crack, but I do have the full boxed original anyway.