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Old 10-26-2005, 03:18 AM
mikeylikesit
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Default running old game on xp

i'm trying to run BURN CYCLE (a windows 95 game) on my xp system, and it
keeps popping up an unknown error, or just running a white screen. I have
tried compatibility mode but it still does the above... any suggestions?
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Old 10-26-2005, 06:56 AM
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Default Re: running old game on xp

In news:C6A88043-7BA1-4CC1-BCC1-07175ECE771F@microsoft.com,
mikeylikesit <mikeylikesit@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> i'm trying to run BURN CYCLE (a windows 95 game) on my xp system, and
> it keeps popping up an unknown error, or just running a white screen.
> I have tried compatibility mode but it still does the above... any
> suggestions?


It may be worth giving a DOS emulator a shot:

DOSBox, a x86 emulator with DOS:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

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