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BAM and the dirt is gone.

Q:How do i get jazz jackrabbit, and many other Runtime error games working.

A: Its quite simple. Download <a href="http://www.qmw.ac.uk/~ugah006/gotools/t ... Tppatch</a> and then place that in c:\windows\system32.
Go to command prompt then browse for your game (i.e. C:\jazz).
Type tppatch Jazz.exe and you should get fertig...Ok

Then you can play Jazz Jackrabbit as normal but sound may not work. Unless you use<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound">Vdmsound</a> which is another story.
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Can this go?

Q:Where can i download the full version of Death Rally?

A:No full version games asking on this forum(only demo,freeware asking.)
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WEll this is for the Getting games to work forum but yes that will be ok
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ok,just take a look at the death rally thread(Re no.4-where can i dl the game?,no6,7,8,9,10,11,12-where can i dl the game? :blah: ......)
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lol its all about n00bs.. They never learn until they become dweebs
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I actually bought the game (had to import it, im in the Netherlands), but it doesnt work properly... :cry:
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cant get sound to work

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i can not figure out how to get the sound to work in the game Doom
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just download any direct x ports like EDGE or Zdoom my little guest friend
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uhhh yeah,very informative and helpful. :blah:
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Guest: got a PSP?? Get doom for that!
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Post by caethilia-mordon »

Could someone please give detailed instructions for running Jazz Jackrabbit for someone who has downloaded both the game and tppatch files but has absolutely no idea what the heck to do next? I've got Windows XP, if that changes anything.
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Use dos box and don't run the game with the tppatch. It is much easier to just use dos box 0.63 to run the game. Do not use vmd sound either. All you need is dos box. All you have to do is uninstall Jazz jackrabbit than reinstall it with a shortcut to the game made. Put the shortcut into the dos box folder. And drag the shortcut of the game onto the white and blue dos box file. It is so much easier to do than the tppatch.
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Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:48 am
At that date DOSBox didn't exist. so that was a qualified advice.

And might I say: This is a bunch of very helpful posts mates. This thread should be redone with serious posts :P
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Actually Larry DosBox has been around since 2002.
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Maybe so... but I don't think Wally heard of it :rolleyes:
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I heard it about in early 2003, i believe it was just released and wasn't really user friendly. Actually to play a dos based game you had to copy the dosbox.exe appication file to the game folder, when you needed to play them you had open a command prompt via Windows XP and type in the folder location, dbox and game name.exe for the game to actually work.
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I'm using Windows xP, and every DOS game I try to play, has "jerky" keys (the keys respond only a few seconds later or not at all). Does DOSBox fix this problem or do I need some other application?
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Depends on what type of keyboard you are using?
PS/2 or USB?
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ok so i downloaded keen4 and it is saves in c:\Games\Keen4

and when i type in "cd keen4" in boxdos under games
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"unable ot change to Keen4"
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ugh...:

first you have to mount drive C:
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mount c c:\games\keen4
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cd keen4.
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