Un "rar"d a game now what ?? HELP

[arthurx1234]

I Have just unrarred a game called ZOOL
Listed below are the files
FADER.EXE
FILE ID.DIZ
SETTINGS
START.EXE
ZOOL.DAT
ZOOL.EXE

i have clicked on start.exe and this gives me a number of screens which thanks me for downloading the game---then nothing happens

i have tried clicking zool.exe this just gives me a small black screen for 1 second then nothing

i downloaded it from http://www.abandonia.com/games/61/download/Zool.htm

cheers
arthur


can anyone help???

[Crypton]

I am asuming you are using Windows XP. If so, or even if using Windows 2000, this game is an older Dos based game. There is an emulator for older dos based games called 'DosBox' which you will need to play this game.

I have not tested it, but I am almost 99% sure that is the problem in this case.

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1 <-- download DosBox and follow instructions.

// Regards,
Crypton

[DuffMan]

What a crazy game! The old school days!