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Article #86054Re: Running Doom1&2 on WIN98
From: Red
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 02:26
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 02:26
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On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 07:59:42 +0200, "Grieve" <xtoon@tacheles.de> wrote: > >"Red" <red@black.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag >news:28v5h0ldj5lfm02heoet2jtnp5a377vca7@4ax.com... >> I still have the 3.5" floppy disks of Doom and Doom 2. I installed >> them on my WIN 98 computer, but I have a problem: if I go into DOS >> mode, the sound card doesn't work. So I'm trying to run it in the >> MS-DOS prompt window inside Windows, but the game keeps trying to >> maximize the screen, then the screen goes black and freezes. Even if I >> set the DOS prompt to run minimized, it still tries to run it >> full-screen and freezes up. >> >> Anybody have any ideas? > >Yes, use some updated Doom executable. There are plenty of them. >Try this: >http://legacy.newdoom.com/ > Awesome! Thanks
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