# using old DOS games/programs in XP **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 12, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184 "2007-05-12T08:24:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/1 "2007-05-12T08:24:56Z")
I’ve tried DosBOX but could never get it working right. I just want some sort of emulator that I can use to play an old game or use an old program within XP in a window (not full screen). Or is there a way to do this right from XP? ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/2 "2007-05-12T08:47:20Z")
Dosbox is the only thing really capable of doing that. Unfortunatly you can no do it right through XP alone. ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/3 "2007-05-12T09:06:56Z")
that sucks. i’d really like to play rise of the triad again. i miss the dos prompt. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/4 "2007-05-12T09:10:17Z")
Rise of the Triad was so friggin awesome. I still have the CD laying around for it, I really need to reload it again. Pretty sure it works with DosBox if I recall. 🙂 Dog mode was such ownage. And the Excalibat. And the flame wall. And the fire bomb And god mode And all the easter eggs Dopefish mode was sweet too. Multiplayer was awesome too. EDIT: oh yeah was was the issue you had with DosBox? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/5 "2007-05-12T09:55:16Z")
:lol: ROTT was awesome. shooting a guy and then him begging for mercy… if you didn’t kill him then he’d turn aound and start shooting at you. shrooms mode made me sick oh and \EKG rockzored ![http://rott.classicgaming.gamespy.com/hell/gibs.gif](http://rott.classicgaming.gamespy.com/hell/gibs.gif) oh, and I’d just like to be able to use a window opposed to full screen mode… could never seem to get it to do that… I think a new version is out so I’ll try that ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/6 "2007-05-12T10:02:28Z")
someone get ROTT installed and we’re having a GTG. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/7 "2007-05-12T10:03:02Z")
What about using a dos boot disk? Or better yet, if your bios supports it, install 98 on a USB jump drive and boot from that. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/8 "2007-05-12T10:03:40Z")
I concur, once I get back from Ohio this will be a top priority! ROTT lan-party ahoy Usually in DosBox you can just hit alt-enter to use windowed mode. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/9 "2007-05-12T10:35:54Z")
awesome… got window mode working, thanks devin :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/10 "2007-05-12T11:54:09Z")
[http://www.attidude.net/~AntcDude/Software/Games/3DRealms.Rise.of.the.Triad.v1.3.READ.NFO-DELiGHT/](http://www.attidude.net/~AntcDude/Software/Games/3DRealms.Rise.of.the.Triad.v1.3.READ.NFO-DELiGHT/) FYI… ROTT :snky: ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/11 "2007-05-12T12:14:48Z")
are u that bored that u have to play lame ass games form the early 90’s lol anyways glad u got it working ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/12 "2007-05-12T12:29:57Z")
lol hey man… (most of) those games rocked. :headbang: ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/13 "2007-05-12T13:38:52Z")
Hmm I should try this. I want to play Under a Killing Moon again. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/14 "2007-05-12T14:28:47Z")
couldn’t you just boot a freedos cdrom, then run real dos to play your game. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/15 "2007-05-12T14:37:20Z")
yeah, but I wanted to run it in an XP shell in a window ( :snky: :snky: )… work gets boaring when waiting for answers sometimes 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/16 "2007-05-12T14:40:54Z")
run it in vnc or paralells. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/17 "2007-05-12T14:49:58Z")
well, being that it’s at work… I was able to install dosbox as a portible U3 app on my U3 drive with package factory so no installing or no mess 😃 :snky: lol ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/18 "2007-05-13T16:39:14Z")
[quote=“BuickGN,post:11,topic:29184"”] are u that bored that u have to play lame ass games form the early 90’s lol anyways glad u got it working [/quote] Pfftt… no game comes close to the destructive force of these weapons. At least recently 🙂 And for even better news!!! Presenting WinRottGL, no need for dosbox! [http://home14.inet.tele.dk/Bna-Info/DL\_GlROTT.htm](http://home14.inet.tele.dk/Bna-Info/DL_GlROTT.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/19 "2007-05-13T21:44:10Z")
is it like doom32 (or whatever it was called, the 3d/opengl windows version of the original doom and doom2)? I’m gonna try it tomorrow… deathmatches ftw money :tup: btw, remember simant? played it for like 2 hours today without even realizing it. Still alot of older games worth playing ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/using-old-dos-games-programs-in-xp/29184/20 "2007-05-14T13:16:14Z")
omg i need to dust off my copy of ROTT