How to run MS-DOS games in Windows XP?

[Mercyful]

Well i have doom and duke nukem 3d on my pc, downloaded the shareware version
i try to intstall it and it says "The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications.
how do i get this game to run in windows xp?

[phantomlink]

Right click the exe ( either install or the game file ) and go to properties. Go to compatibility and change it to Windows 95 and say ok. This might help it, or find a win95 version of the game and do what I mentioned above

[Conin]

You can use this to play Duke in windows xp:

http://eduke32.com/

[Mercyful]

sweet k ill try it and phantom the install thing is at 95

[Mercyful]

i installed and tried to play it but it sais

con file `game.con missing.

[Conin]

If you're using that port I posted, make sure you copy all files (except duke3d.exe) to the folder you installed it too.

[Mercyful]

hmm u mean download all the files on download page>> cuz i extracted all files on my desktop zzz

[Mercyful]

hmmm do i have to buy duke nukem lol? or is it free... i thought it was shareware.. where u can just play the single player lvls..

[Mercyful]

bump

[bahamen]

download DOSbox...

[Mercyful]

dsbox is shit btw i got it working conin sent me his file ^^
firs tlvl 15 seconds ftw.. still figuring how to beat lvl 3 ben so long