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Help with DOS box
    #7814902 - 12/30/07 07:21 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I've got an old computer game (X-Com) that only runs under DOS.  I've downloaded and installed Dos box (a dos emulator) but I don't understand how it works. I've never really used DOS and all commands have to be entered through the DOS prompt. 

The game is in c:\Program Files\X-Com UFO Defense CE\.  I've already installed it although I'm not sure if it has to be installed through DOS to work.  If I start the .exe in windows, I get the familiar theme music but no image.

Has anybody used Dos box before?  Specifically for this purpose?

I want to shoot aliens


Oh also, when I'm abbreviating directory names in dos, what would c:\Program Files\X-Com UFO Defense CE\ equal?  I tried c:\progra~1\x-comu~1\ but it didn't work...

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Re: Help with DOS box [Re: WhiskeyClone]
    #7814959 - 12/30/07 07:33 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Go into the Dos Box window and install the game from there.
Then you have to run the game from there as well.

Have you ever used DOS before?


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