Wed 26 Oct 2005
A while ago I wrote that I wanted the occasional play of my favorite strategy game VGA Planets. The other night I was clearing out old corners of my home directory and found my registered copy and the remains of my attempts to run it.
I’m not sure why I overlooked it then, but I decided to try the current release of DOSBox, an open source 286/386 emulator specializing in compatibility for these old games. Amazingly, it works. The PC-speaker sound works. The odd-ball video mode that VPA uses works. It all works.
I’m happy.
2 Responses to “VGA Planets and DOSBOX”
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February 5th, 2006 at 4:50 am
When you’re done setting it up, go out on the web and join a game. :)
February 5th, 2006 at 10:27 am
You mean go out and get my butt kicked ;). I haven’t played since 1994 or 1995 and back then I had a lot more free time. I’ll give Circus Maximus a look though.