Running old DOS/95/98 game on xp

[Oldguy]

Looking through old boxes found my copy of Stonekeep (1995-Interplay) Absolutely loved that game and would like to play again. Unfortunately only have XP on all my comps and would not install. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[llama_man]

Win2k had something called "ApCompat" (IIRC) which could be used to get older software to work with Win2k. It didn't always work, but it allowed me to get Caesar3 working on Win2k when it otherwise wouldn't.

There's probably something similar for WinXP - I'd try the Microsoft website and the XP forum here for more help.

 

[notepad]

I've been surprised by the 9x games I can play in XP, with no tweaking or just using the compatibility modes. I haven't tried Stonekeep, however.

I haven't tried it personally, but most people I know swear by Dosbox (freeware DOS emulator for Windows) for older games. You might give that a shot.

 

[Oldguy]

Thanks. Will track it down