hello, I'm a noob who needs a little help

Ouroboros · January 29, 2007, 01:53:37 AM

I own a copy of the origional Lemmings for DOS, and I recently decided that I would try to get it to work again, unfortunally, I can't run it on my XP, can someone help me get it to work.

Yes, I know there are the clones out there, but I want to get the origional game to work.

could someone please give me a little help

ccexplore · January 29, 2007, 02:41:50 AM

Download DOSBox 0.65 from http://dosbox.sourceforge.net to run old DOS games like Lemmings in Win XP. You should be able to find relevant instructions etc. on the website.

Ouroboros · January 29, 2007, 03:05:02 AM

yes, then what then I do, I'm kinda confused,
Aslo, can someone show me how to get Oh No, More Lemmings to work also

Ouroboros · January 29, 2007, 05:30:50 AM

ok, so i downloaded DOSbox and I read a thing on how to do it
now i get thing in the dosbox that says

"Lemmings Disk 1 not found, insert into drive A or B and retry"

and on the next line

"exiting lemmings..."

a little help please

Mindless · January 29, 2007, 05:34:36 AM

grab lemmings from The Lemmings File Archive, then run LEMMINGS.EXE instead of VGALEMMI.EXE

Ouroboros · January 29, 2007, 05:37:41 AM

its the same thing, i checked before

both lemmings.exe and vgalemmi.exe dont work

I'll try downloading it from the archieve again, though

Ouroboros · January 29, 2007, 05:42:21 AM

thank you, downloading from the archieve made it work

all right,a few more questions

-how do i get Oh No, More Lemmings to work?

all I get is a thing that askes to put the Lemmings Disk into drive A: or B:, and to click to continue

-is there any DOS of the Holiday Games Available?

-how do i get lemmings 2 and Lemmings 3 to work?

I cant seem to get the DOS folder to go to LEMMINGS2 or LEMMINGS3 (Which is what I named the folders) when I try, It changes the directory to just LEMMINGS

-what is the best editor?

I downloaded the unhacked version of LemEdit, when I tried to run the program, the mouse didn't move

so, if someone could answer these questions, I would greatly appreciate it

Mr. K · January 29, 2007, 11:19:57 AM

Quote-how do i get Oh No, More Lemmings to work?

Not sure on this, I never got it working either.

Quote-is there any DOS of the Holiday Games Available?

I believe there is. I don't have them on me right now though.

Quote-how do i get lemmings 2 and Lemmings 3 to work?

I cant seem to get the DOS folder to go to LEMMINGS2 or LEMMINGS3 (Which is what I named the folders) when I try, It changes the directory to just LEMMINGS

There is a technical limitation to DOS that allows for only 8 letters in a file name. LEMMINGS2 and LEMMINGS3 have 9 letters, so it won't work. Also, from my experience, you MUST put Lemmings 3 in a folder called LEM3CD or it won't work for some stupid reason.

Quote-what is the best editor?

I downloaded the unhacked version of LemEdit, when I tried to run the program, the mouse didn't move

If you want to use LemEdit in DOSBox you must download the hacked version. Currently it is the best editor, but the work-in-progress Lemmix is catching up fast.

ccexplore · January 29, 2007, 07:31:27 PM

Quote from: Mr. Ksoft on January 29, 2007, 11:19:57 AM
Quote-how do i get Oh No, More Lemmings to work?

Not sure on this, I never got it working either.

It works fine on my machine under DOSBox. Try downloading the game from abandonia (http://www.abandonia.com). I find that there are quite a few downloads of ONML on the Internet that doesn't work.

Tim · January 30, 2007, 12:12:22 AM

If you still cant get it to work, try downloading the files on my personal website, as I have the files from the DOS CD version of lemmings. I hope the files are original, but have a go anyway and see what happens.

http://www.geocities.com/timfoxxy_236/lemmings.htm

VGALEMMI.EXE is the only executable file for each game. They work on my XP computer though.

Ouroboros · February 03, 2007, 09:40:01 PM

Quote from: timfoxxy_236 on January 30, 2007, 12:12:22 AM
If you still cant get it to work, try downloading the files on my personal website, as I have the files from the DOS CD version of lemmings. I hope the files are original, but have a go anyway and see what happens.

http://www.geocities.com/timfoxxy_236/lemmings.htm

VGALEMMI.EXE is the only executable file for each game. They work on my XP computer though.

thanks for the link

although, when I tried to play "Oh No, More Lemmings", there was no sound

at least you don't need DOS BOX to run them though

ccexplore · February 04, 2007, 10:27:25 AM

Quote from: Ouroboros on February 03, 2007, 09:40:01 PMalthough, when I tried to play "Oh No, More Lemmings", there was no sound

at least you don't need DOS BOX to run them though

Well most modern machines simply don't have the types of sound cards that are compatible w/ old DOS games like Lemmings, so if you want sound you'll need something like DOSBox to emulate the old hardware.

Ouroboros · February 10, 2007, 02:15:15 AM

yeah, I think I figured out what I did wrong before

but what about Lemmings 2, when I last played it in Dos Box, there was no sound, when I looked in the settings menu thing, there was a big X over the sound part, and I was unable to turn the sound on.

Mr. K · February 10, 2007, 01:31:42 PM

Do you mean sound effects or music?

Because according to the compatibility comments on the DOSBox site and also from my personal experience with DOSBox, the music will work but not the sounds.

ccexplore · February 10, 2007, 11:01:41 PM

Again, try downloading Lemmings 2 from abandonia.com and see if it helps. This is another one of those games where there are a few other "slightly defective" copies out on the net. The copy on my machine (which I believed was downloaded from abandonia.com) works perfectly in DOSBox, both music and sound effects.