Re: running old game on xp

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In news:C6A88043-7BA1-4CC1-BCC1-07175ECE771F@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
mikeylikesit <mikeylikesit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> i'm trying to run BURN CYCLE (a windows 95 game) on my xp system, and
> it keeps popping up an unknown error, or just running a white screen.
> I have tried compatibility mode but it still does the above... any
> suggestions?

It may be worth giving a DOS emulator a shot:

DOSBox, a x86 emulator with DOS:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

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