Lost in Time

Posted By: lexxy

Lost in Time - 03/10/13 12:28 PM

Do you think I could get The Dame is loaded to run on my windows7 with this DosBoox setup?

Posted By: Jenny100

Re: Lost in Time - 03/10/13 03:36 PM

It's listed on the DOSBox site as "supported," but it may need some extra configuration if it isn't behaving.
It's listed on the ***DOSBox compatibility page*** under "T" for The instead of under "D" for Dame.

Originally Posted By: DOSbox site

If the keyboard does not work and is impossible to save/load and skip audio/video, this should help (tested with 0.61 official version):
Delete or rename wintest.exe from the game directory and copy mem.exe there (where to find it: XP - C:\WINDOWS\system32; Win 98 - c:/windows/command), rename mem.exe to wintest.exe and run the game. Now the keyboard should work fine.
With 9000 cycles was speed perfect on my computer with 2.5 GHz processor. There is also a sound patch that can be found at The Patches Scrolls http://www.patches-scrolls.de/ , but the game seemed to work fine without it. I picked out Gravis Ultrasound and sound was good, SB should work too.

I've never attempted to play the game in DOSBox, and the DOSBox site seems to only have comments for older versions of DOSBox. So if you use the latest DOSBox, you may not need the configurations they suggest.

Hopefully someone who's played it in a more recent DOSBox than 0.65 will tell us how it worked for them.

Posted By: InlandAZ

Re: Lost in Time - 03/10/13 03:44 PM

I'm not sure which setup you're referring to, but the game is supported under Dosbox.

Dosbox Compatibility - The Dame was Loaded

Posted By: lexxy

Re: Lost in Time - 03/11/13 08:39 AM

Thanks Jenny and InlandAZ,
I have downloaded DOSBox and I will see if it works. I used DOS a looong time ago on my old w98SE and had no problems but now that I have Windows7 as my primary it would be nice not to have to switch just to play a few older games. If it works I will be happy but if not then it's back to second team..it's still great to have a backup.

Posted By: Jenny100

Re: Lost in Time - 03/11/13 04:06 PM

Good luck, Lexxy.
If you need any tips on tweaking DOSBox, Inland is the one to go to. I haven't used it much.

Posted By: InlandAZ

Re: Lost in Time - 03/11/13 04:44 PM

I love DOSbox for the older games. Windows 3.1 will actually run under it, which makes those games that used Video for Windows a snap to play.