Also, alternatively you can download the QFG4CD patch from Belzorash's website: (also includes several other "fixes" for old Sierra games) http://www.geocities.com/belzorash/

I've had to replace several old diskette games myself, due to CRC and disk read problems. I know the CD version works beautifully under 0.65, plus you'll get the speech pack with it, so at least you'll get to enjoy it soon. =)

If you're playing on a laptop, make sure that your ArrowLock key is also turned off. You can also download and install this patch, which should fix the problem: Numlock patch for Ultima 5 (PC version): http://www.geocities.com/nodling/ultima/code/ … a5/u5numlck.zip

Huh, indeed. Have you tried running in fullscreen mode (Alt-Enter)?

Turn your NumLock off =)

Sorry, should have pointed out, that's the settings that I use under 0.65 for Privateer.

Just FYI, WC3 had a variety of joystick problems, which are non-DosBox related. Try the following fix below first, and see if it corrects your problem: http://download.wcnews.com/files/wing3/wc3joy.exe Alternate Joystick Routines For Common Joystick Issues Download, and extract the new file into …

Unfortunately, the Wing Commander games all were a little wonky with their memory management, which sometimes causes problems under DOSBOX. There are a few things for Privateer to work properly, though: 1) Make sure EMS=FALSE in your config file 2) Type "loadfix -65" prior to running the game (The - …

How exactly are you mounting the CDROM drive? Make sure to try all levels of CDROM support. You can type INTRO CDROM at the DOSBOX prompt for the commands. For XP, try using mount D D:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl

This might be somewhat silly, but make sure that you're using the REALMS.BAT file to start the game, and not just ROTH.EXE. (If you're getting annoyed with the Interplay registration popup, you can always manually edit the EREGCARD.EXE line out of the batch file) However, I did find that you do need …

Glad I could help. You can find just about anything Wing Commander related (including several patches, mods, etc, and help with running all of the older titles) from the Wing Commander CIC: http://www.wcnews.com/

Actually, this isn't a DosBox problem, but a very common one with WC3. http://download.wcnews.com/files/wing3/wc3joy.exe Alternate Joystick Routines For Common Joystick Issues Download, and extract the new file into your WC3 directory. You can recalibrate your joystick by starting the game with WC3 …

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Somewhat non-DosBox related, but there are now XP patches for both Gabriel Knight I: Sins of the Fathers and Gabriel Knight II: The Beast Within. You must have the original installation CDROMs for these to work. Gabriel Knight XP Installer: https://gkpatches.vogons.org/download.php?file=SetupGKXP103 …

Okay, I admit, I'm normally fairly good with old DOS games, since I always enjoyed going back to play them, but this one had me incredibly stumped. I finally stumbled over the "fix" to the problems between the Dragonsphere CD version and DosBox, and thought I'd share it here for others. (Credit for …