Hmmm. That sounds like an CD with illegit copies of the games, and an installer that tries to simulate the right drive letters using APPEND, SUBST and JOIN.

I am afraid you won't get much help with illegit games here.

I am locking this thread now, but feel free to send me a private message if you feel thread should be unlocked.

Great Hierophant wrote:

I think he may be referring to a legitimate release of these games, see here:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/wing-comman … e-false-prophet

The games install program may actually require a true version of DOS.

Seems like I was a bit hasty there. Thread is now open again.

ganson316 wrote:

When I try to install it via DosBox, I get into the install shell, but it tells me I am missing 'append.exe' 'subst.exe' and 'join.exe'.

Is the install program an EXE or a BAT-file? If it is a BAT-file, could you zip it up, and attach it to this thread?

What kind of system are on using? Linux, Mac, or Windows? If Windows, try installing it from a CMD-prompt.

I think the games should be "installed" on the CD, so all you should have to do is to copy the game directories to the hard drive and run install to configure them. I would forget all that nonsense about append, subst and join.

It's a BAT file, and I'm installing it on Windows. Using the Command Prompt yields the same error.

However, Hierophant's advice worked, thank you so much! I have been wanting to play this game again for years.

The music doesn't play, but I get the PC speaker sounds fine. It doesn't play in Wing Commander either. Since I bypassed the regular install, I didn't have a chance to set up AdLib or anything. Any advice for this?

There should be files in each game's directory named "install.exe". You can use those to configure the graphics and sound of each game.

That worked too, thanks again!