Comments on: Emulator for playing my old computer games with a newer computer?

Question: Emulator for playing my old computer games with a newer computer?

SpecialK — Mon, 31 May 2004 14:57:09 -0800

Oregon Trail. A-Train. Some of the games of my childhood ... and I still have the original media. But apparently my graphics card and computer are too fast or just plain wrong for these games. Is there some sort of emulator that I can get to slow my box back down and fix the graphics issues?

By: Capn

Capn — Mon, 31 May 2004 15:03:31 -0800

that I can get to slow my box back down

WindowsXP? ha ha, I kid, I kid.

Some people like DOSBox, I haven't actually gotten around to trying it yet.

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Mon, 31 May 2004 15:26:42 -0800

You can try Mo'Slo.

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Mon, 31 May 2004 15:32:04 -0800

VDMSound is also a useful utility, but your best bet would be to use VMWare or Bochs running an appropriate MS-DOS version.

Another slowdown utility is Bremze.

By: sleslie

sleslie — Mon, 31 May 2004 15:42:48 -0800

Why not try to get a C64 or Atari emulator going, find the disk images of these programs, and run that? That way, the sound issues, the graphics issues, and the speed issues will already be taken care of.

Illegal, yes, but you have the actual media, so you have morale rights to do this.

By: LittleMissCranky

LittleMissCranky — Mon, 31 May 2004 16:44:25 -0800

What if I just want to play Oregon Trail and I don't have the original media?

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 31 May 2004 16:54:57 -0800

MissCranky: Here?

By: LittleMissCranky

LittleMissCranky — Mon, 31 May 2004 17:45:28 -0800

You're my hero, vaca.