I was intrigued by this game and so bought a CD off of Amazon to try it out. It was obvious, as soon as I opened the disk directory, that it would require DOSBox.

I managed to mount the directory easily, as usual, but to get the "MEEN.EXE" open, it said that I needed to install the game first. So, naturally, I opened up the "Installer", and that opened up fine. For this game, I simply needed to configure the sound settings.

This was where my problem arose. I went to install the first of the necessary components, the MIDI drive, and...

Well, I don't have the Creative Labs Sound Blaster card, which is apparently the norm for DOSBox and DOS games (don't go after me for this, I've barely used the thing, so I'm assuming). I don't have any of the other cards either.

So I thought, "Well, maybe there's an emulation available for the Sound Blaster." I went online and checked, and indeed there was: VDMSound. Since this was one of the most readily available and highly rated of the Sound Blaster emulators, I used it.

I opened up the Install again, and this time it automatically registered the Sound Blaster card, and the game, it said, was installed. I then tried to open the game via the MEEN.EXE in DOSBox. It said I needed to install it. Here I was confused, and then I followed the VDMSound readme, which said that once it was installed, I could open the game by right-clicking on the EXE and clicking "Open with VDMS".

This failed. Do I need to actually buy the Sound Blaster card, or something, or am I simply doing it wrong?

If I left anything out, forgive me, I'm relatively new to DOSBox and a n00b at programming and code and whatnot. Please word your response kindly, as well.

Thank you!