Novice_G

Hi all, I am new to posting on this forum but have been reading for a while and you all seem very knowledgable so here it goes... My problem occurs from trying to play a very old game "Death Knights of Krynn" by SSI (1991). When the game begins, quickly a message pops up that says --- 16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem c:\games\*****\start.exe The system cannot open COM2 port requested by the application. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. I don't have much expetise in PCs and as far as I am concerned I either don't have a COM2 port, or nothing is connected to it, so I have no idea why this message would come up, I am using Windows 2000 pro OS and for the record I can play "Champions of Krynn", the predecesor to this game (same gold box series) without any issues. Any help you be appreciated or even anything to get me started in the right direction. Thanks in advance.

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Thanks for the replys, I will give DOS-box a try when I get home tonight. As for why the program accesses the COM port, I am equally confused as the game definitely does not support multi-player, nor any modem based play. I just assumed it would work in the same manner as the previous game I mentioned earlier played (ie. error free) since it was from the same company and the same box set. Here is an abandonware site where the game can be located if anyone has a few minutes to check it out. http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=4729 Thanks again.