http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4439 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Abandonware games en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:03:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4439#post-47686 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:29:53 +0000 MusicalRabbi2k 47686@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks,<br /> I think I was able to figure solve the problem through "D-Fend Reloaded" </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4439#post-47620 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:54:50 +0000 BuBBy 47620@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yes. Unfortunately you cannot run a full screen 16 bit DOS app<br /> in Vista's command prompt window.</p> <p>The workaround is running MS-DOS and your 16 bit program in a virtual<br /> machine, such as Microsoft Virtual PC or DOSBox.</p> <p>Microsoft Virtual PC 2007:<br /> <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx</a></p> <p>DOSBox emulator:<br /> <a href="http://www.dosbox.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dosbox.com/</a></p> <p>Also this might help.<br /> <a href="http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10437" rel="nofollow">http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10437</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4439#post-47511 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:05:39 +0000 MusicalRabbi2k 47511@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>there have been many games here posted from the abandonware site. I successfully download them but when I try to install them, I receive the following error: </p> <p>"This system does not support fullscreen mode. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. Close Ignore"</p> <p>I was wondering if anybody could help me out with this problem.</p> <p>MusicalRabbi2k </p>