Slowing Down Dos Games

RaVeRaVe Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17538Members
edited August 2004 in Off-Topic
Okay, so I suddenly remember an old DOS game that I played a lot, and found it on the internet (shareware license <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> )

It doesn't have any problems running in Windows XP, except for one. It runs <u>very</u> fast. And when I mean fast, I mean really really really fast.

Does anyone know how to slow it down?

(And if anyone is interested, said game is called Tank Wars)
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    <a href='http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/' target='_blank'>DOSBox</a> might be what you want. A DOS emulator.
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  • RaVeRaVe Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17538Members
    Thanks, now it plays at normal speed <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    To reply with a famous quote: "Glad to be of service!"
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  • RobRob Unknown Enemy Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 25Members, NS1 Playtester
    Omg, are you kidding me?! Tank Wars! Give me a link RIGHT NOW!
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  • RaVeRaVe Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17538Members
    edited August 2004
    EDIT : This is weird...I'll send it through PM o_O
    Surprising since it was never shipped in a box and is stuck on a shareware license o_O
    At least I remember my demo disc didn't come in a box. Was a freely given Demo Disc way back then....

    <3 Tank Wars. I remember Mr. Stupid <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    EDIT : Mr. Stupid is the name of one of the AI XD
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    For those of you who hate DOSBox (maybe you have a weird disease or something) you could always just open multiple instances of it until it slows down.
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  • KitkiKitki Join Date: 2004-04-04 Member: 27722Members
    Scorthed Earth, Metal Tech, hell, even Raptor are great DOS games..
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    I think VDMSound has some options for slowing it down.
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  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    "even" raptor??

    RAPTOR WAS THE SH*T <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • BattleTechBattleTech Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4137Members
    lol, I was looking around online for Doom 2.
    Now you can have the luxury of playing Doom 2 on 1600x1200 with OpenGL. lol
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    edited August 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-BattleTech+Aug 6 2004, 01:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BattleTech @ Aug 6 2004, 01:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> lol, I was looking around online for Doom 2.
    Now you can have the luxury of playing Doom 2 on 1600x1200 with OpenGL. lol <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yaah, and with y-axis mouselook. Without which playing a 3d-shooter just doesn't feel right anymore.
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  • KitkiKitki Join Date: 2004-04-04 Member: 27722Members
    edited August 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-BattleTech+Aug 6 2004, 01:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BattleTech @ Aug 6 2004, 01:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> lol, I was looking around online for Doom 2.
    Now you can have the luxury of playing Doom 2 on 1600x1200 with OpenGL. lol <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Have none of you people heard of Doomsday? As long as you have a DOOM/D2 WADS you can play em.. You can use D3D or Open GL at those same settings.. You can sub in 3D models and MP3s of the music too

    <a href='http://www.doomsdayhq.com' target='_blank'>Doomsday</a>

    If you have the Heritec, Hexen or Final Doom wads you can play those ones too
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  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    You can use Slomo, moslo or CPUkiller. If you run anything in DOSbox then get ready for a colossal performance hit. X Com is nightmarish, in the end I had to end up abandoning DOS and using the Collector's Edition versions to run under XP without tweaks.
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    Precisely, and pretty much everyone wants it for X-COM <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    I hear work has begun on a flash version of UFO, so you'll be able to play it in your browser, and then there's also the xenocide project which i'd recommend anyone who knows anything about programming should join.... because I want it!
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Kitki+Aug 6 2004, 10:20 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Kitki @ Aug 6 2004, 10:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Scorthed Earth, Metal Tech, hell, even Raptor are great DOS games.. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The bestest dos game ever was obviously Tyrian. Epic in their heyday, a classic top-down shooter. You get to be a carrot!
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  • KitkiKitki Join Date: 2004-04-04 Member: 27722Members
    edited August 2004
    I wanna be a carrott.. I've actually found freeware of Scorthed Earth that works on XP.. It's so damn fun
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Kitki+Aug 6 2004, 04:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Kitki @ Aug 6 2004, 04:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I wanna be a carrott.. I've actually found freeware of Scorthed Earth that works on XP.. It's so damn fun <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    A link - a link! My kingdom for a link!
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  • KitkiKitki Join Date: 2004-04-04 Member: 27722Members
    <a href='http://www.geocities.com/storey_redshaw/scorch15.zip' target='_blank'>Scorched Earth: The Mother Of All Games</a>

    I think of it was the son.

    Uploaded on my crap server.. lol.. Should get decent speed on a game that's less than a meg
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Crap server my foot - I just got it in less than a 10th of a second.


    Now where do I send that kingdom? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    edited August 2004
    If anyone is after smooth running X Com, definitely get your hands on the Collectors Edition, its far superior to using DOSbox and there's a lot fewer bugs involved.



    Edit: IIRC it was mentioned on the DOSbox site that a top end PC would be able to emulate a LOW END 486 type pc. You can run X Com but altering cycle speed makes it unplayable. Far easier to just pick up the Collector's Pack which is an Ebay job for the honest citizen. Runs perfect, interface is right speed, no complaints.
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    edited August 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Necrosis+Aug 6 2004, 08:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Necrosis @ Aug 6 2004, 08:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If anyone is after smooth running X Com, definitely get your hands on the Collectors Edition, its far superior to using DOSbox and there's a lot fewer bugs involved. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    From what I recall, it does have some really nasty bugs, like blaster boms exploding if the next checkpoint differes from the last in hight only.

    Oh BTW, here are some patches for it:

    IF YOU HAVE AN NVIDIA CARD YOU'll MORE THAN LIKELY NEED THIS:
    <a href='http://www.xcomufo.com/xcom1fix.exe' target='_blank'>XCom video fix</a>
    Corrects the "garbled graphics" video error in the collector's edition on a Windows 98se, ME, 2000, or XP machine. Place the file in the game directory and run it instead of the regular executable.

    Some of you may need this one as well:
    <a href='http://www.xcomufo.com/musfix.dll' target='_blank'>Music Fix</a>
    Fixes the "click-pause" error that many people experience with the collector's edition.
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  • KitkiKitki Join Date: 2004-04-04 Member: 27722Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Dragon_Mech+Aug 6 2004, 08:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dragon_Mech @ Aug 6 2004, 08:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Crap server my foot - I just got it in less than a 10th of a second.


    Now where do I send that kingdom? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I get a kingdom? If it was that one behind you, I kinda nuked it..
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  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    Ok I mean NEW really nasty bugs. It does fix a lot of the older ones, for instance I've yet to see a green text bug, and all the endings play fine.
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    I strongly recommend AGAINST moslo. There's only so much that simply slowing down the game can do. In addition, since moslo doesn't actually emulate DOS, older games might not work anyway.

    I've got quite a lot of old games that I play, and between DOSBox and VDMSound they (almost) all work acceptably. I'd suggest using DOSBox by default, and trying VDMSound if it doesn't work acceptably. Despite the name, VDMSound actually does various other things to help games run better (and personally, I think the latest version of DOSBox's sound emulation is better anyway).
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