Hi. I urge everyone to try the Floppy version of Alone in the Dark. Game does not run on FreeDOS.
While investigating i came up to a discussion on dosemu2/fdpp that mentions that games like Alone in the Dark and Alpha Waves corrupt and resize the PSP. Somehow MS-DOS versions don't have a problem with this but FreeDOS does. Also, some Distinctive Software games (DSI) that use the same engine (Grand Prix Circuit, The Cycles, Test Drive 2) also don't run. All you get is a flashing cursor like the game code is stuck on an infinite loop and can't move any forward. I really hope that game compatibilty improves in FreeDOS, so that i can finally put MS-DOS behind. A sábado, 20/11/2021, 19:34, Joao Silva <[email protected]> escreveu: > Hello. > > Today the problem is that not everyone have old hardware, so they use what > they have, new hardware or virtual machines. > I stil have my first pc IBM 286 with msdos 4.0, but i think i installed 5 > or 6, can't remember. > I installed freedos on a asus eeepc, runs well, but with no sound. > Eventually, i will do something that i don't want, replace freedos with > linux to play dos games with dosbox (stag or X) so i can have sound. > The downside of dosbox is that i can't use gametools because i don't have > int13 to do breakpoints. > > I like DOS and it's sad that Microsoft and IBM sent him to trash. > Best boot times... > > Thank you > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:56 PM Jim Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:38 AM ZB <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 11:13:45AM +0100, Eric Auer wrote: >>> >>> > Hi! There is a thread about freedos game compatibility on BTTR, >>> > started by liljames2k: >>> > >>> > https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=18483 >>> >> [..] >> >>> 1. Any attempt to run any old game -- if you mean "testing FreeDOS >>> compatibility" -- should be done on "legacy hardware". For simplicity >>> let's say "the motherboard should feature at least one ISA slot". If you >>> mean testing sound: it should be done using ISA soundcard, inserted >>> exactly >>> in that (single?) ISA slot. >>> >>> If anyone is using newer hardware -- e.g. PCI-only -- you'll never 100% >>> know "is it FreeDOS or hardware-related issue". >>> >> >> >> I think that's a very narrow view. The reality is that a lot of the >> "classic" (say, '486 or earlier) hardware is hard to find - at least in >> working condition. And dedicating an entire machine to FreeDOS . So most >> people run FreeDOS on modern hardware (if they dedicate hardware to it at >> all) or in a virtual machine (more common). >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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