I’m sure none of us reallymissthose days.
But, for an old timer like me, DOS will always hold a special place in my heart.
Haven’t heard of digger ?
When Microsoft released Windows XP in 2001, they effectively ended an era of DOS based games and applications.
What to know how to play DOS games under Windows XP?DOSBoxis here to the rescue.
How to Play DOS Games Under Windows XP With DOSBox
DOSBox is an open source DOS emulator.
What that means is that it creates and emulates a DOS based environment for your utility.
To the system, it appears as if it’s running on it’s own under DOS.
DOSBox is also really easy to get started with.
All you gotta do isdownload DOSBoxand execute the installer.
The installer will create a shortcut to DOSBox on the desktop.
Double tap the shortcut to run DOSBox for the first time.
Does thatZ:>prompt look familiar ?
How aboutC:>?
Well, DOSBox, by default, does not create a C: drive for you.
This is the directory which we’ll use to store all our old DOS utilities andtime wastersgames.
Create a directory named DOSApps under c: on your windows computer.
Copy all the DOS apps that you want to run under DOSBox to this folder.
I’m going to use DOSBox to run Digger, my favorite DOS game.
You should see a listing of all the DOS applications that you copied to the directory earlier.
I’m all set now to play my favorite DOS game of all time.
