[TuT] How to Install Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 On PS3 Using Dosbox Discussion in ' PlayStation 3 Modding & Tutorials ' started by infinitcarnage, Apr 25, 2011 with 5 replies and 2,539 views. Infinitcarnage Enthusiast.
Thanks for any help. I had that game called 'Fallout'. An awesome game from 1997.
It also had a patch 1.1 and a dos version. I could play the game on my computer after working with the config and stuff. But I wanted to show how cool this game actually is to my 'non geek' friends. I thought about using iDos application (which uses DosBox) to run the dos version of the game.
The problem I got was the game freezing a lot, the app crashing. Not loading at all. I got the game to work after 2 days of research. But the graphics were really glitchy and the sound was gone. Obrazec karti klienta kosmetologa. (And sound = atmosphere of the game, the experience) I couldn't enjoy the game without sound. So i thought about installing windows through iDos.
I googled and found out that i can install windows 3, windows 95, windows 98 or windows me. I don't know why, but i downloaded an.img file of windows 98. It took me a good 5 hours to get it to work. After doing that i tried to connect a 'fake disk' to windows 98. But I failed. So i used an app called WinImage to open up the files in.img file.
Then i added the fallout setup files. After that I used iDos to boot windows. Installed fallout on the img using iDos.
Then when i tried booting the game i got a message that the game can only run in windows 95. I downloaded windows 95 and deleted 98. I was faster this time, got it to work in under 10 minutes! Nice, isn't it? I installed fallout again.
It told me to download directx 3.0 or higher. So i downloaded directx 6.1 and installed. The install also asked me if i wanted to install a driver.
I said 'yes'. But then the whole windows crashed.
I reinstalled everything and said 'no' this time. Everything is going well. I tried to boot the game now. It came up with a warning: This app needs to be run with 256 color or higher. Or something like that.
Anyway i then looked up at the control panel, to display. I only had 16 color or monochrome. And the display was only 640x480.
I googled a lot to find a working win95a graphic driver. I installed it. It got installed well. Then i chose new graphics card adaptor.
The new driver of course! (Still going well) Checked the control panel, display. The 256 color, truecolor(32) and 16 bit color options were unlocked. I chose 256 of course. After chosing 256 color the display option popped. Now I could slide from 480 to 1024.
Great, right? Though I kept it at 480 and just chose 256 color. I clicked apply. But windows warned me that i need to restart in order to apply changes. Which closes the iDos application. I reopened the iDos and booted windows 95 again.
I didn't notice anything different. I checked display settings again. And it was still 16 color with 256 color and such unlucked.
But whenever I choose them it tells me to restart and closes the app. I googled more and found that dosbox doesn't support 256 color. But I also found that some people got it to work. Just the files were old and deleted.
So I couldn't download. But I am so close. I can't stop yet.
If anyone can help me get past this problem, thanks. Problem: Can't set 256 color without restarting. And when i restart it is back to 16 color. Is there a way to boot it always 256 color maybe?
Thanks for any help. I had that game called 'Fallout'. An awesome game from 1997. It also had a patch 1.1 and a dos version.
I could play the game on my computer after working with the config and stuff. But I wanted to show how cool this game actually is to my 'non geek' friends. I thought about using iDos application (which uses DosBox) to run the dos version of the game. The problem I got was the game freezing a lot, the app crashing. Not loading at all.