I told a friend how to set up Lemmings 2, I'll repost it here.
1. Grab the DOS version here:
http://www.camanis.net/lemmings/lemmings2.php2. Extract the zip file somewhere, e.g., to:
C:/dosgames/You should now have a folder:
C:/dosgames/Lemm2/3. Get DosBox here, presumably you want Windows but all sorts of operating systems are supported:
http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=14. Install DosBox.
5. In your Start menu, you should go to DosBox and look for the Options, specifically “DosBox 0.74 Options”. This is a text file where you set the various options.
6. In the options file you’re looking for 3 options:
- Render options, scaler=normal2x. Can change this to normal3x if the game is a bit too small on your screen for your liking.
- Cpu options, cycles. Not sure what the default is here, but I’d recommend 10000, which keeps the loading times low without dedicating too much unnecessary processing power to running a 25-year old game.
- Autoexec options. This is right at the very bottom of the file. Add in the following 3 lines; replace c:/dosgames/Lemm2 with the exact path where you extracted Lemmings 2 onto your machine:
mount c c:/dosgames/Lemm2
c:
l2-fix
(This autoexec assumes you only want to play Lemmings 2, never anything else. See Simon's reply #2 below for configuring Dosbox to play other games.)
7. Run Dosbox and Lemmings 2 should boot straight up. You’ll need to press Enter at the screen at the start that says who cracked the game :p
8. Check if there is any sound and music playing. If not, press Exit on the main menu, then at the DOS prompt you’ll be at, type “
install”. Then in there choose “Soundblaster” as your soundcard and accept the default of everything else. Try the game again by typing “
l2-fix”
9. If it’s all working, you can close DosBox by typing “
exit” at the DOS prompt, by pressing Ctrl+F9, or by freeing your mouse from being locked inside the window by Alt-Tabbing out and then just closing the window.
10. In the menu options inside Lemmings 2 you'll find "Cheat Mode" which is essentially level select, might help if you get stuck. (Cheat Mode appears because you ran
l2-fix and not
l2.)