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| Thread ID: 27179 | 2002-11-16 01:59:00 | Dos Joystick set up | Kate (2537) | Press F1 |
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| 98855 | 2002-11-16 01:59:00 | In a fit of nostalgia I have downloaded an ancient game called Skyroads and am trying to run it in Windows XP. to my surprise it works perfectly (and looks exactly the same as when I had it in 1995!), except that it won't recognise my joystick (although it does use the mouse). I have a Microsoft Sidewinder Pro which works fine in XP, but my Dos knowledge is pretty rusty, and I can't remember how to set it up so the game will recognise it. Can anyone help? | Kate (2537) | ||
| 98856 | 2002-11-16 02:08:00 | A DOS programme usually is coded to access the joystick directly (with a setup menu option inside it to select mouse/joystick/keyboard control device. XP might not like that. But if it works for the mouse, it might work for joystick. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 98857 | 2002-11-16 04:37:00 | let me guess - it's USB? DOS does not recognize USB at all AFAIK. |
crummy (2524) | ||
| 98858 | 2002-11-16 07:49:00 | Crummy is probably right, as Skyroads doesnt have any separate joystick set up except for the Controls page where you can select as Graham suggested, mouse, keyboard or joystick. Have a look at what Microsoft say here (www.microsoft.com) |
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