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First post, by Ac3way

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Hi, i have a little problem with NHL 95 in DosBox. First i had problem with free disk space, but i found anwer here. So thanks for that, but i cant still get my game run.

My game is at e:
I mounted game to c:

When i start game, it crashes with message: openhandle d:\pointer3 FILE ERROR

Can anybody help with this? 😵

Reply 1 of 8, by MiniMax

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It is looking for that POINTER3 file on drive D? The CD-ROM? No mounted D?

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Reply 3 of 8, by MiniMax

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Maybe you think wrong?

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Reply 4 of 8, by IIGS_User

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Ac3way wrote:

When i start game, it crashes with message: openhandle d:\pointer3 FILE ERROR

I think it *needs* CD-ROM (on emulated drive d: ) 🤑

Klimawandel.

Reply 5 of 8, by Ac3way

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Ok, maybe it needs CD. Thanks guys. Alltough i have to go parents place to look if i still found the cd...or wait minute, hahaa.

I do image from the game and burn it for cd, cool.