Maybe the author of this thread can give this a try: start dosbox, then start a second shell (for example, 4dos or freedos), then try run the application in the second shell.

yeah, and monkeys fly out my butt. the so called 'native' NTVDM experience varies highly for everyone (input lag, lack of network play and crappy sound is not 'well') Actually I didn't experience any input lag at the two rigs I experimented on. Admittedly it does vary much for other people, …

Actually Blood1 can run natively quite well under Windows Xp. On my desktop pc and my laptop, I have managed to make it run quite ok, although the laptop needs more tweaking than the desktop. You can try this post at deathmask.net: http://forums.transfusion-game.com/viewtopic.php?t=1074