old DOS games on Axim ?

IanH · 09-21-03, 03:21 PM

Is there a way of getting old PC games
(back when they were DOS or Win95 based
- eg XCOM, Dune, C&C, Civ) - to run on an
Axim ?

boothy · 09-21-03, 04:26 PM

Pocketdos at www.pocketdos.com is a dos emulator - but do not get to excited - pocketdos will only emulate 8086 games at cga\mcga graphics - check the list of working games at the following site:-

http://discuss.cewindows.net/cgi-bin...orum&number=28

dethfire · 09-07-04, 11:21 AM

I know people have converted xcom and ultima, but I'm not sure if they work with the new operating system. Can anyone confirm?

JongJungBu · 09-07-04, 01:53 PM

Well, this is an old thread and I'm not sure dethfire but I did hear about a Russian company doing PocketUFO....Dunno about Ultima but there is that Exult which could be ported to PocketPC. I believe it uses SDL but don't quote me on that, but that wouldn't be a big problem with Arisme's SDL hack.

Also, now, PocketDOS with Bochs and/or Dosbox plugins can emulate some 386/486 games. As well as the DosBox emulator port by itself.

JJB

reese · 09-13-04, 11:15 AM

I want Rise of the Triads on my X30!!!

emulamer · 09-13-04, 12:08 PM

and privateer!

Artuk · 09-13-04, 02:14 PM

Masters of Orion 2, that would be a great PPC game!

Regards,

Artuk

EDIT: I checked it out.. got my copy of Railroad Tycoon running in MCGA! TOO COOL!

I have to try out some of my other older titles. If I can get Advanced Civilization to run, then I will definitely buy this!

pr5owner · 09-13-04, 04:12 PM

damn only 8086.. i wanna play stargunner on my pda lol

JongJungBu · 09-13-04, 04:35 PM

The Bochs/DosBox plugins or DosBox port itself can do 486 i believe. I know for sure 386 as I loaded Warcraft 1 on it.

JJB

BraTTy · 09-13-04, 07:55 PM

Syndicate on PPC would be awesome! I tried pocketdos and I am pretty good at computers (and an old dos user from dos 3.1 and above)
I found it tricky to operate and removed it

JongJungBu · 09-13-04, 07:57 PM

PocketDOS aint fun to work with I agree. I haven't had any success in it. I didn't get Warcraft running in it. Only in the DosBox port did I get it to work as well as DungeonHack. I want to try Master of Magic in it but have yet to.

JJB

akerr · 09-13-04, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JongJungBu

Only in the DosBox port did I get it to work as well as DungeonHack.
JJB

Dungeon Hack on my PPC ??? Ohhh oohhh tell me where and how

JonSolo · 09-13-04, 08:39 PM

I didn't get my Axim for games, but the concept of running a good ol' DOS game on it intriques me. Monkey Island anyone?

Jon

JongJungBu · 09-13-04, 08:47 PM

You can already run Monkey Island using PocketScumm. And it runs perfectly with sound. As well MI2, Simon the Sorcerors, Indiana Jones, Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle etc. I played through Simon the Sorceror 1 recently using it. Too bad I only have floppy version and not the Talkie. Gonna order it though.
But I do have the talkie of Day of the Tentacle and that was quite fun to do and play on the go.

As for Dungeon Hack, get the DosBox. There's a whole thread on it on Pocketmatrix.com. Do a search on the forums and use their conf file.

JJB

akerr · 09-14-04, 05:52 AM

Not finding it

Could you set me up with a linky?