DOSBox

The opening sequence of Alone in the Dark

Last night, it took me about an hour and a half before I finally got Alone in the Dark to run properly on my laptop. I had so much trouble because I didn’t know what to do. I basically had to go online and search for step-by-step instructions, and there were so many, that I don’t even remember which one I followed.

I think this was what I did:

I created an old games folder in C drive and mounted that to the C drive in DOS by inputting C MOUNT C:\oldgames\.

Then I had to mount the Alone in the Dark CDROM to DOS by inputting D MOUNT E:\ALONEIN.

Next I typed C: to get into the C drive, then D: to get into the CDROM.

Then I installed it.

Finally, once the installation was done, I tried running the game by inputting C:\oldgames\infogram\alonein.exe.

The game and sound worked fine, despite other people saying that they had trouble getting the audio to work. So I was glad I didn’t have to mess around with the sound system.

The graphics were horrible and the voiceover sounded like a robot. I didn’t play the game yet because I had to do something else (like reading comics). However, I tried to run the game again but it didn’t work. It’s saying I have to mount the C drive again, which I don’t understand. Because it’s making it sound like I have to re-install the game all over again. Do I have to do this every time I quit and re-enter a game? I hope not. Well, will try it again tonight if I get around to it.

Seeing the DOS screen was pretty nostalgic though.

I tried searching for other ways to run the game in DOSBox this morning and another web site provided very different instructions than what I used last night. I guess I can try that one.