I recently went through all my old computer games, and i dug up the original Need for Speed Special Edition. The game is a Windows 95 and MSDOS game. When I install the game I get an error. Is there anyway I could still install this game? Anyone have any suggestions?

 

right click on the shortcut, under the compatiablitly tab, click the box that says "combatillity mode" then it will have drop down box that says windows 95.. click ok, then try and run again.

 

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Fixed

 

I have the same disk, the compatibility thing never worked for me though. I finally ended up just buying a 500 mhz pII computer to play dos games on.

There is a program available now that goes by the name of doxbox I think. http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

 

Thanks... I knew I forgot a step!

 

Where do I find the compatibility tab when I load the game. Sorry Im confused. Couod you please give me some step instructions. I dont know if this will work because the game does not even load. It tells me my computer has too much memory. Also would this dosbox program help?

 

On the shortcut to start the game....If you don't see it, use explorer to look for it.

 

Well I decided to try the dosbox program since I reccomended it.

It's a bit odd remembering commands to mount drives in dos, but it does execute the file without the memory error. Instead it comes up with a error trying to load the font file from /FRONTEND/ART/FONTS/

If you have any luck with the compatibility thing please share.

 

Yeah, its not when you launch the game..... It the shortcut on your desktop. Or where ever the .exe file is where you installed the game. My guess would be c:\program files\ea games\need for speed

 

The game does not install at all. You have to install it with MSDOS. The only thing I can do is open the files of the disk when it is in the D drive.

 

Well i figured out where to find the compatibility tab. I set it for windows 95. When i went back to load the game i got an error message saying my computer failed to open a new window. I also install dosbox I just cant figure out how to use this program.

 

Certain games wont work properly under DosBox, such as Aces over Europe and Aces of the Pacific.

Getting a pure MS-DOS machine using old parts is the best solution IMO