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Is DOS Gaming Dead?

Posted by simoniker on from the barely-functioning dept.

Thanks to Monster Hardware for its article discussing the problems of getting classic DOS games working on today's state-of-the-art PCs. The author discusses trying the Microsoft Program Compatibility Wizard ("After fooling around with a number of games I was able to get a few of them half-way working"), before trying the DOSBox freeware util "...not perfect: Some games run, some games don't." After "trying and mainly failing for the last several weeks to get a handful of old DOS games... to run on a modern PC", is this author's experience typical, or are there any other ways to get old DOS titles running easily?

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  1. DOS is no game! by macdaddy357 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Denial of Service is no game! It is hacking, and hacking is terrorism, What are you, a bunch of moozlim ayrabs?

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    How ya like dat?
  2. Re:It's easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mom only lets you have one computer in your 'room', eh?

  3. ARE... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    slashdot moderators braindead?