could anybody please tell me how to make my old Blood and Magic game to run on my newer pc with XP on it. I can't get it to run in any mode. please help. Tony.

yes I really loved that game, I do still wanna play it, but unfortunately cant due to not being able to run it on xp or vista or even windows 7... please, whoever reads this, either make a patch for it to allow it to run so I can play it again, or re-create it all over again, well not all, since I loved the old version, but at least making it possible to run on later OS and add IP multiplay rather than 56K modem, oh and update graphics, and sound cards listed...if possible, to keep it as original as the windows 95 version, but adding the extra features...I know I repeat myself, but I really wanna play it again, without having to buy an old computer that can only run windows 95.

I hope the darn proxy doesn't make me double post. Most old dos games can be run by a dos emulator called Dosbox(google it). I would test this for you but I don't have that game...

For other gamesas games if you don't want to use Dosbox or know how to work it, you can usually find old games on Good Old Games too (they also have non-gamesas stuff as well).

http://www.gog.com/en/search/sort/publisher/gamesas

They guarantee compatibility with newer operating systems and usually give you extras for purchasing a game from them.

This is an overcomplicated solution to be sure, BUT another option to dosbox (and one that sometimes works for windows games that don't work on newer versions of windows) is to dual-boot the os linux and use a utility called WINE. It is a windows emulator, like dosbox to dos, WINE is to windows. Dual-booting can be tricky so to try it out first you can find a good distro (Ubuntu & Mint seem easiest for a windows user to get acclimated to) and most have the option/guides to run the OS off of a USB-drive, so you can see if it can play those games before you start altering your master boot record by installing it.