Hello,
I'm trying to get Age of Mythologoy running in Dbox but Im having a hard time. I'm not used to Dos so it's all new to me. I read the intro in box but still got some questions.
I installed AOM in windows 10.
In Dosbox I get as far as d:games/ AOM . but how do I start the game? what is the code to start the game?
I'ts probably obvious but unfortunately not for me.
Hope someobody can help,
thanks
xyzzy
It is not a DOS game.
So you can't use DOSBox.
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pfff, could you explain that? Then I probably don't understand dosbox fully
And how can I define if it's not a dos game?
you look in the manual or on the box.
If it mentions DOS then it is a DOS game.
Alternatively you can just look at http://www.mobygames.com/game/age-of-mythology/techinfo
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Okay, thanks.
In the meantime I've installed Deadlock II. My question is the same. d:\>DL and what is next? how do I know what to type next to get the game to start?
thanks in advance
It looks like only the first deadlock is a dosgame. in that case nvm
Trying to teach someone DOS from scratch in 2016 would be quite a task. It's surprising how we now have a whole generation of degree level "computer scientists" who don't even understand the basic construct of a file system, and think everything is simply stored in little windows on their desktop.
I have two younger friends who both got a degree in computing and still call me to ask why their games don't work, or why their PC is BSOD'ing. It seems England is giving away degrees like sweets these days. And I had to sweat my bollocks off to pass an illustration degree... go figure.
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No kidding. I'm 18, but it's been a little different for me since my dad knew what he was doing. When he decided to teach me to program when I was 7 years old, he did it the right way and set up a DOS computer for me to mess around with, taught me the basics of how to use DOS, what a computer really is inside, the different functions of hardware, etc.
I wouldn't have the understanding of computers that I do today if I hadn't grown up programming in DOS.
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