run MS-DOS games?
I go into a whole whack of detail on this subject, but to make life real simple, run your games in DOS sessions under Win95, like you would any DOS application. A handful of useful Properties settings to turn on include, “Protected” (Memory tab), “Prevent DOS programs from detecting Windows” (Program tab/Advanced), “Full Screen” (Display), and “Always Suspend” (Misc). DOS games can work with protected mode CD-ROM, sound, and network drivers easily. All the real mode hooks are there. Basically, you don’t need to load any DOS drivers for anything to make a game run. This includes CD-ROM games as these are looking for mscdex hooks to play CD Audio, and these exist in DOS sessions. One user reported that some DOS based Audio CD players won’t work, but this is because they’re trying to directly access a real mode CD-ROM driver rather than mscdex. The solution was to use a generic CD Audio player that used mscdex instead For more details, jump to the Running MS-DOS Games section.
