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very old windows game goes too quick

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First post, by abyss

Posted on 2008-12-14, 20:09

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Prairie dog 97 for windows runs a lot faster than it should. I thought about using cpu killer but really I don't want to slow down the computer itself, I just want to slow down the program. Moslo is good but it is for dos games and the free version does not work on anything quicker than 700 mhz. Anyone have a possiable solution to my problem.

Reply 1 of 8, by DosFreak

Posted on 2008-12-14, 20:43

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DOSBox and Windows 3.1

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Reply 2 of 8, by abyss

Posted on 2008-12-15, 10:47

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It's a windows 95 game.

Reply 3 of 8, by Amigaz

Posted on 2008-12-15, 11:41

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What game is it?, what system are yoy running?

Can't you "throttle down" the system in the BIOS?

Reply 4 of 8, by valnar

Posted on 2008-12-15, 13:59

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A Windows 95 game that is speed sensitive? Wow, that must be one of the few. Can anyone also confirm?

Reply 5 of 8, by tsampikos

Posted on 2008-12-15, 18:15

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You can try turbo. It does slow down the speed of the cpu but this happens only during the usage of it.When you stop it the CPU has it's normal speed. It is very simple to configure and it does work. You may need to set it to Win 95 compatibility mode just like the game you want to play.

Reply 6 of 8, by abyss

Posted on 2008-12-17, 09:53

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It's Prairie dog 97 like I said in the 1st post. It is a windows 95 and it's sensitive to speed.

Reply 7 of 8, by dosraider

Posted on 2008-12-17, 11:40

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As already told you on another forum Abyss:
Prairie dog hunt pro 97 is a W3.x/W95 game.

Type of Program: Target Shooting Support Platform: Win95 & Win 3.x Company: Diversions Software […]
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Type of Program: Target Shooting
Support Platform: Win95 & Win 3.x
Company: Diversions Software

minimum requirement: 486 DX33 Processor MS Windows 3.1. 4MB RAM 256 color 640x480 VGA

And if you have the full game it runs fine in dosbox 0.72/W3.x
Not the ripped version, seems to lack some files.

Reply 8 of 8, by abyss

Posted on 2008-12-17, 11:55

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I have the demo version. I don't have windows 3.1 though. I'll use turbo to run the game . Thanks for your help.

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