Do old dos games really run well on win9x

This is a discussion about Do old dos games really run well on win9x in the Legacy OS category; I have a dual boot machine machine with win98se and win xp sp1 I installed win98se only to play my old games. So far I have seen for past 3 months that only a few games (1998-2001) run which didn't in win xp but the dos games run most unsatisfactorily.

Legacy OS 455 This topic was started by azygos, 2003-10-02 19:55. Last reply by duhmez, 2003-10-03 08:02

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azygos

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2003-10-02 21:55

I have a dual boot machine machine with win98se and win xp sp1

I installed win98se only to play my old games.
So far I have seen for past 3 months that only a few games
(1998-2001) run which didn't in win xp but the dos games run most unsatisfactorily. One can use vdmsound in xp.

1. For most dos games, I have to restart in MS DOS mode and graphics are extremely poor (they run much better in an old 386)
2. I can't use mouse then (ms optical wheel mouse). Where can I find a dos mouse driver
3. No sound; where can I get old drivers
4. Games like Mortal Kombat Trilogy refuse to run because can't find some SVGA chip?
5. Can someone provide any answers

Thanks in advance

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duhmez

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2003-10-03 08:02

try dosbox. its free program that will run dos games on windows. their website has a compatibility list too so you can check if your games will work init, or contrribute to the list if you try games that arent on the list yet.