Do as windows suggests and check the .pif file properties. That weird directory structure seems suspicious. 😁

That's precisely the problem. I am so lost when it comes to computer stuff. I have looked at the properties and tt's the only thing i was able to do, "look", cos i have no idea wat's wrong with it 🙁

I'm so sorry to ask this, but does anyone know where i can download pinball fantasies pc version (if there is one in the first place)? I have been searching all over the place and have downloaded a few versions, but they were all unable to play properly.

We don't condone warez/abandonware/piracy and such, so stop asking for it... 😠

oops. very sorry, i won't again 🙁

If you have just tried several versions of PF and none of them worked, it's probably that you need to learn a little more about how ms-dos commands work. Do not get discouraged and keep asking. 😎

Thanks 😀 I tried one version which worked, but it was very very slow and no sound. Guess i need to search around more for the answers. But wld still appreciate it if anyone who had the same problem as me cld offer some advice. Thank u in advance! 😀

Read the DOSBox Guides here on this forum. There is a specific thread on how speed up DOSBox for demanding games.

I wonder if someone would be willing to test something fairly random for me. Way back when my parents had a 286 and I had Pinball Dreams and Fantasies. They both ran remarkably well, but I found that if I started them up with Num Lock enabled, they were so slow as to be unplayable. So I'm simply curious, since I'm not in a position to test it right now myself, whether anyone can try this somehow and see if it's the case for them, too.

Told you it was random.

I haven't got PF, only PD. Doesn't seem to be any difference whether numlock is enabled or not. Tried under DOSBox and VDMSound.

Oh well 😉

I've got Pinball Dreams 2. It plays perfect under DosBox at 10,000 to 20,000 cycles. But you must temporarily lower the cycles to less than 3,000 during the intro and menu screens, then raise cycles again when the table appears on the screen. Otherwise it locks up.

I'm running both PF and PD natively on the "retro" system in my sig, and they run fairly well (though too fast to detect the numlock thing I mentioned, hence why I asked others to check it for me). I had the same lock up issue as you with both of them using Dosbox.