First post, by skyewelse
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Hello everyone,
I've just started using dosxbox today because I found out the hard way that Windows XP seems to have taken all the functionality and fun out of dos and I was really hoping to see if I could get a specific game to work.
The interesting thing about it is that I actually didn't expect to get this game to self install this far as it was originally developed as a version for use on an old Japanese computer system called the PC-98. But this particular version of Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu, entitled Xanadu 2 Remix, was released on a CD, rather than Floppy/HD. Because it is the CD version, it actually says that it has the capability to install on a windows 3.1 and windows 95 operating system.
So I inserted the CD, the gui menu to install the game popped right up and it started to install everything, including the the .bat file needed to launch the game. Even looking in the manual it says that the game can be executed using the .bat file. So obviously running this .bat file in Windows XP have me a "You can't use DosBasic" error, but trying to run the same file in dosbox nets me a unique error that I'm having a hard time understanding:
"Reboot Requested, Quitting Now"
Is there anything else I can try to get around this error? Some kind of preference or configuration setup perhaps that I can tell dosbox to stay active during a reboot sequence. I apologize in that I'm not the most knowledgeable about dos programs. The last time I ran a dos program was back when I played Where in Time is Carmen Sandiago, which was a very, very long time ago. : )
Thanks for your help! Anything you all might recommend I try would be greatly appreciated. I'm sort of on a quest to get these games working correctly because they were a small fortune to import from Japan.
Thanks for your time,
-Thomas