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Article #94491Re: Doom and XP Pro
From: Chris Odorjan
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:59
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:59
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On 04/24/06 3:40 PM, john_h@union477.free-online.co.uk wrote: > Is there any way to get the origial DOS versions of Doom & Doom II to > run on XP Pro? Depends on your goals: If you want to run the actual .exes that originally came with Doom, use DOSBox: http://dosbox.sf.net/. It emulates a PC running DOS, so it's technically not really running it under XP, but it does the job. (And as a bonus it runs about as fast on my P4 as it did on my 486 all those years ago). If you're looking to play Doom as close as possible to the .exes (for old demos, to test compatibility with new levels, or just for the classic no-bugs-fixed Doom feel) but in Windows, use Chocolate Doom: http://www.chocolate-doom.org/ If you just want to play Doom, there's several source ports, all with their own features. See http://www.doomworld.com/classicdoom/ports/ for more info but I use GZDoom (http://grafzahl.drdteam.org/) a lot these days. -- Chris Odorjan - codorjan@gmail.com - http://www.execulink.com/~bobnet/
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