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First post, by bast1981

Posted on 2015-12-16, 01:56

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Hi,

I am currently on a computer running windows xp. I installed an old dos game Ghostbusters II. I first tryed to run it under windows xp. It worked but the game was way too slow

Anyways the game is instanlled on my hard drive under c:\MOVIES\GBII the executable file is named GB.EXE

In dosbox i tryed the command mount c c:\MOVIES\GBII. I then clickled C: at the z: prompt to access my c: drive. I wrote gb.exe and it did not work.

What am i doing wrong ?

Reply 1 of 10, by collector

Posted on 2015-12-16, 02:19

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Reply 2 of 10, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2015-12-16, 08:27

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Reply 3 of 10, by Qbix

Posted on 2015-12-16, 08:31

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type after the mounting

1c:
2gb

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Reply 4 of 10, by bast1981

Posted on 2015-12-16, 20:02

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that is what i do Qbix. After mounting i do C: a the z: prompt then i type gb and nothing happens

Reply 5 of 10, by catchaserguns

Posted on 2015-12-16, 20:20

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This is what you need to do
C:
cd gb
gb

Reply 6 of 10, by dosquest

Posted on 2015-12-16, 20:24

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mount c c:\movies\GBII
c:
cd gbII
gb

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Reply 7 of 10, by skitters

Posted on 2015-12-16, 22:42

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bast1981 wrote:
In dosbox i tryed the command mount c c:\MOVIES\GBII. I then clickled C: at the z: prompt to access my c: drive. I wrote gb.exe and it did not work.

What am i doing wrong ?

Did you install the game in XP, then try to run it in DOSBox?
If so, try installing it in DOSBox.

Reply 8 of 10, by bast1981

Posted on 2015-12-17, 03:02

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Yes i installed the game via windows xp. How do i install the game vis dosbox ?

I try cd GBII it tells me Unable to change to GBII

Reply 9 of 10, by bast1981

Posted on 2015-12-17, 03:21

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I think i got it to work.

You have to mount c: drive by doing Mount c c:\MOVIES

then you write C:

After that cd GBII to access the game folder

Dir to find the executalbe file

it should work.

It's a game i got on a CD-ROM on ebay.

Reply 10 of 10, by dosquest

Posted on 2015-12-17, 09:13

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That's exactly what I said..

Doom isn't just a game, it's an apocalypse survival simulator.

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