Guest Graham Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 How to get Doom 2 , dos version 1994 , to run in win xp-pro? Ive a working install of the original dos version of Doom 2 , it running under win xp-pro , but its suffering from what I think is called 'video lock' Ie when there is action on the screen the game judders and so dose the sound The game played fine upto win me , im not sure of the memory allocations etc , trying to run it under win-me compatabilty mode makes no differance , still judders can it be done ? tNX - g ..
Guest Jon Scott Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 Re: How to get Doom 2 , dos version 1994 , to run in win xp-pro? "Graham" wrote... > How to get Doom 2 , dos version 1994 , to run in win xp-pro? > Ive a working install of the original dos version of Doom 2 , it > running under win xp-pro , but its suffering from what I think is > called 'video lock' Ie when there is action on the screen the game > judders and so dose the sound > The game played fine upto win me , im not sure of the memory > allocations etc , trying to run it under win-me compatabilty mode > makes no differance , still judders Been ages since I played that. If I wanted to install it on my box, I'd use an OpenGL port of the game. Search google for DoomGL or "OpenGL Doom". Other than that, you could try DosBox but I haven't tried it personally: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net Jon.
Guest Mark F. Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 Re: How to get Doom 2 , dos version 1994 , to run in win xp-pro? "Graham" <g0nbd@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1187986765.992972.177470@q4g2000prc.googlegroups.com... > How to get Doom 2 , dos version 1994 , to run in win xp-pro? > > Ive a working install of the original dos version of Doom 2 , it > running under win xp-pro , but its suffering from what I think is > called 'video lock' Ie when there is action on the screen the game > judders and so dose the sound > > The game played fine upto win me , im not sure of the memory > allocations etc , trying to run it under win-me compatabilty mode > makes no differance , still judders > > can it be done ? > > tNX - g .. > This site may help. http://buildxp.deathmask.net/ I got Duke Nukem 3D working. Mark
Guest Mark F. Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 Re: How to get Doom 2 , dos version 1994 , to run in win xp-pro? "Graham" <g0nbd@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1187986765.992972.177470@q4g2000prc.googlegroups.com... > How to get Doom 2 , dos version 1994 , to run in win xp-pro? > > Ive a working install of the original dos version of Doom 2 , it > running under win xp-pro , but its suffering from what I think is > called 'video lock' Ie when there is action on the screen the game > judders and so dose the sound > > The game played fine upto win me , im not sure of the memory > allocations etc , trying to run it under win-me compatabilty mode > makes no differance , still judders > > can it be done ? > > tNX - g .. > Here is another..., didn't try it though. http://www.doomwadstation.com/portxplain/ Mark
Guest Graham Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 Re: How to get Doom 2 , dos version 1994 , to run in win xp-pro? Re: How to get Doom 2 , dos version 1994 , to run in win xp-pro? On Aug 24, 10:09 pm, "Mark F." <reply2gr...@nospam.com> wrote: > "Graham" <g0...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1187986765.992972.177470@q4g2000prc.googlegroups.com... > > > How to getDoom2 , dos version 1994 , to run in win xp-pro? > > > Ive a working install of the original dos version ofDoom2 , it > > running under win xp-pro , but its suffering from what I think is > > called 'video lock' Ie when there is action on the screen the game > > judders and so dose the sound > > > The game played fine upto win me , im not sure of the memory > > allocations etc , trying to run it under win-me compatabilty mode > > makes no differance , still judders > > > can it be done ? > > > tNX - g .. > > Here is another..., didn't try it though.http://www.doomwadstation.com/portxplain/ > > Mark Ok Thanks for the info , the dos box looks to be well thought out .. ill see what happens tnx - G ..
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