You do everything through DOSBox. DOSBox is taking the place of a DOS computer. So you start DOSBox, install the game in DOSBox, and play the game in DOSBox.

Got it!

I have Noctropolis installed and running using Reikidaves commands (thank you). But now I can't figure out what commands to use to play the game after quiting that first session. Any help?

EDIT: Gave up...everytime I find the command to start the game I get a page fault. Tried re-installing and get the same. I am really glad that this is the last Dos game that I have to mess with as I haven't had any luck what so ever on my own with DosBox or D-Fend. Hallelujah

It's really a great game (almost a classic) - you might want to give it one more shot.

Check out this and be sure to run at least 0.70 version:

http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=251&letter=N

1. Mount hard drive first,
2. Mount your CD-ROM drive second,
3. Type letter of your CD-ROM drive and type DIR,
4. Check out readme text files or manual for install file,
5. Install the game,
6. Type run command and play the game.

I happen to still have this on my PC with sound and all...
If you want to have another go at it, install as per Reikidaves instructions and then edit bottom of the .conf so it looks EXACTLY like this (just copy/paste):

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount c c:\games
mount d h:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -noioctl
c:
cd noctrop
dark

Save and exit the .conf
Now Noctropolis should start immediately when you run Dosbox, provided you have the CD in your H drive
(NOTE: instead of dark you can also use darkrun, but the sound was better on my pc using dark
You might try both to see which one suits you best)

Good luck!!

Nanette, Thanks for your help

I agree it is worth another try however I still get the same "Illegal Address Has Caused A Page Fault" This comes up very faint on a black Dos Prompt screen. I can install and run the game fine from Reikidaves procedure but once I quit the game and try to come back in it gives me this.

I changed all the "H" in Reikidaves procedure and yours above to "D" (the drive the CD is in) That is right, isn't it?

That's right, it should then look like d d:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -noioctl

Back to your problem: is the location of the installed game indeed C:\games\noctrop ?
If not, you can simply cut/paste it to this location and it should run fine with this .conf

EDIT: Hang on, just found this thread in VOGONS with similar problem - it seems it can be caused by a faulty CD...

Source: http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=21083&sid=53e8bac16218181627ec3bd0f5fe0703

Success

After uninstalling everything and starting from scratch, including a fresh DosBox Config file, I have managed to run the game again and again. Thank you for all your help. ReikiDave and Nanette your commands proved to be perfect.

Good for you!! Enjoy the game!

Happy gaming!