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Anonymous asked in Games & RecreationVideo & Online Games · 1 decade ago

flashback pc game ms-dos?

im trying to play an old game called flashback on my laptop but it wont work the instructions say insert cd making sure you are at the ms-dos prompt( what the hell is that ) then type some stuff to get it working but im stuck pls help gamers !!!!!!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Flashback is the ultimate game of all time my favourite ever the game was amazing.

    If you want to play it without all that complex stuff then just download a Zsens emulator (a virtual super Nintendo) and the ROM (which is the game) flashback. I had the game on my snes but I played it again this way you can go to

    romnation.net and get both it'll take about ten seconds to download both. easy to play as well activate Zsens once you have it and then search for the Rom called flashback.

    This is only illegal if you do not own already a copy of flashback as you own one you are in your rights to download this software and play it. I thought I'd add that Just incase you are an honest guy. You can, play this in peace as it is completely legal.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    well I'm sure your using windows XP.. Windows XP has only command prompt. It will not run an old dos game. You need to boot you system into dos. When Windows fist came out windows ran ontop of DOS (Dos was always in the background passing info to the OS). When 2000 came out they got rid of Dos and the OS stood on it's own. You will probably have to see if you can get a DOS "emulator". You can try opening it in the command prompt (go Start > Run > type cmd) and see if the commands they tell you to type work, however I doubt that it will work.

    Source(s): Technician, used to play OLD dos games prior to Windows 3.1
  • 1 decade ago

    to get to the dos screen (disk operating system) goto the start menu, select run, then type "cmd", thatll take you to the command prompt type cd/ or cd \ to get to the root directory, then type cd games (games being the directory its in) cd flashback, then type in the name of the .exe file to load the game. Hopefully that'll work

    Source(s): Computing and electronic engineer
  • 1 decade ago

    The game might not run as it is so old, however go to start then run, type "cmd" press enter. It's a Dos prompt but it's not really DOS.

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