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gotta love how the 'abandonware' game named "capitalism" is payed for GOG
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Sol10 Oct. 2024
Ok, just to help total laymen with a lack of technical knowledge, here's what I did to get it to work:
1. make a virtual drive with DaemonTools (for me it was K:) 2. download and install dosbox, drag and drop the gamefolder on the desktop icon for Dosbox (this will mount the gamefolder apparently) 3. type "mount k: c:\gamefolder -t cdrom -ioctl" (where gamefolder is the path where you have the Captialism game on your harddrive) in Dosbox window 4. type "capmain", followed by enter 5. use alt-enter for fullscreen (which did screw up my windows aero settings, but I guess I'll get those back when I close the dosbox windows or re-start my pc)
Haven't tried savegames yet.
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Sol10 Oct. 2024
Ok, I got it started by not using capitals when typing "-t cdrom" (by holding down the shift button), but now I can't change the size of the dosbox window, it's very small. Can't go fullscreen or even change the size. Guess that information maybe can be found through dosbox forums.
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Sol10 Oct. 2024
I tried typing various command lines proposed here in dosbox but every time I tried typing "-T CDROM" I would get the error "illegal type CDROM" (is it capital sensitive?). I also only have 1 drive, C: on my windows 7 pc. But I tried the suggested d: or h: here as well anyway. Also "MOUNT C: C:\GAMEFOLDER -T CDROM -IOCTL". Seems I'm getting all capitals automatically in Dosbox.
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SPjiN29 Oct. 2022
Just a tip: If you play the stock market in this game it will crash when your balance goes over 387 nontillion dollars, but if you keep your balance below that, you can play as long as you like.
Enjoy!
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Karl Marx01 Sep. 2021
Communism will prevail
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Techman05 Dec. 2019
You have to mount the game folder to C: mount c: d:\games\capitalism
Then you have to mount the same game folder to another drive, but as type of cdrom mount h: d:\games\capitalism -t cdrom -ioctl
Then you have to change drive to the C drive you mounted c:
Then launch the game capmain
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insanity05 Sep. 2018
I managed to play capitalism in dosbox Linux doing the following (thanks to @Good guy greg)
mount d /home/myuser/ -t cdrom -ioctl
c: capmain
# Note that /home/myuser is an arbitrary folder that must not contain capitalism CD. Just any folder of your hard drive
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Falcor04 Aug. 2018
This version requires a CD but none is provided.
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Life is cheap but living is expensive07 May. 2018
Capitalism will eat itself :)
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Gryt05 Nov. 2017
Trying to play the game via Dosbox on a laptop without a cd-player, and they ask me to insert the CD.
Have tried to mount a virtual drive via Daemon Tools, but the game will not start, Dosbox just stops.
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Ay Lmao07 Aug. 2017
Can anyone help, I keep trying to play the game but it tells me to insert the CD. I'm playing on a mac and I downloaded both versions and it didn't work. How do i open a .sit file?
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Cemel25 Feb. 2017
Wants CD in trying start in DosBox 0.73 What i do?
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UnknownGamer07 Nov. 2016
Can anyone explain step by step how to open the game? i know about dosbox and i tried to start it up but it said i needed to put in the cd
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MetalMarc1731 Oct. 2016
Okay, I've followed the instructions here from Greg and the game is not working. Says I need to insert the CD.
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HeisMoF25 Apr. 2016
This has been, since 1995 until today (2016), the largest educational games economic strategy, which was awarded a "International Recognition Award" ... !
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Anonymous21 Oct. 2014
About missing scenarios: This is a CD-Rip version of the game (see .nfo textfile in the archive).
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roarke15 Feb. 2014
did anyone figure out the problem with not getting the scenerios?
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Tincho05 Nov. 2013
¡What a good game! But: could anyone play the scenarios? Because i couldn't... What can i do? Thanks a lot!
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good guy greg02 May. 2013
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I found an answer on google for the save game problem on this forum. http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=296&letter=Z
Follow these steps with dosbox.
Mount C C:\gamefolder Mount D D:\ -t cdrom -ioctl c: capmain
I have just tested it and succesfully saved a game, quit, quit dosbox, started the game on dosbox again and loaded the saved game. Hopefully it works for you as well.
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Den_er_da_hvid24 Feb. 2013
I have no trouble getting the game to work, but I cant save a game. It just says "not enough memory". It is propably becourse it is mounted as cdrom, but how to get around this?
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jkk24 Feb. 2013
I'm using the version from GOG games. I tried mounting it as a CDROM as described above but it didn't work. However, uninstalling it from the C drive and re-installing it on a different drive did work.
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good guy greg04 Feb. 2013
I mounted it as a cdrom with dosbox and it worked, however when I try to save games it says "insufficient disk space the game is not saved"
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Brmpf17 Jan. 2013
Just mount it as a CDROM drive in Dosbox, then it will work. mount d: [yourpath] -t cdrom
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Phreeze31 Oct. 2012
type setsound.bat to set up sound. It's the dos versioun so youneed dosbox.
Less cool: it asks for the cd ;)
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Jason25 Mar. 2012
Has anyone got this game to work? I do not see a setup file for this game.
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gotta love how the 'abandonware' game named "capitalism" is payed for GOG
Ok, just to help total laymen with a lack of technical knowledge, here's what I did to get it to work:
1. make a virtual drive with DaemonTools (for me it was K:)
2. download and install dosbox, drag and drop the gamefolder on the desktop icon for Dosbox (this will mount the gamefolder apparently)
3. type "mount k: c:\gamefolder -t cdrom -ioctl" (where gamefolder is the path where you have the Captialism game on your harddrive) in Dosbox window
4. type "capmain", followed by enter
5. use alt-enter for fullscreen (which did screw up my windows aero settings, but I guess I'll get those back when I close the dosbox windows or re-start my pc)
Haven't tried savegames yet.
Ok, I got it started by not using capitals when typing "-t cdrom" (by holding down the shift button), but now I can't change the size of the dosbox window, it's very small. Can't go fullscreen or even change the size. Guess that information maybe can be found through dosbox forums.
I tried typing various command lines proposed here in dosbox but every time I tried typing "-T CDROM" I would get the error "illegal type CDROM" (is it capital sensitive?). I also only have 1 drive, C: on my windows 7 pc. But I tried the suggested d: or h: here as well anyway. Also "MOUNT C: C:\GAMEFOLDER -T CDROM -IOCTL". Seems I'm getting all capitals automatically in Dosbox.
Just a tip: If you play the stock market in this game it will crash when your balance goes over 387 nontillion dollars, but if you keep your balance below that, you can play as long as you like.
Enjoy!
Communism will prevail
You have to mount the game folder to C:
mount c: d:\games\capitalism
Then you have to mount the same game folder to another drive, but as type of cdrom
mount h: d:\games\capitalism -t cdrom -ioctl
Then you have to change drive to the C drive you mounted
c:
Then launch the game
capmain
I managed to play capitalism in dosbox Linux doing the following (thanks to @Good guy greg)
mount d /home/myuser/ -t cdrom -ioctl
c:
capmain
# Note that /home/myuser is an arbitrary folder that must not contain capitalism CD. Just any folder of your hard drive
This version requires a CD but none is provided.
Capitalism will eat itself :)
Trying to play the game via Dosbox on a laptop without a cd-player, and they ask me to insert the CD.
Have tried to mount a virtual drive via Daemon Tools, but the game will not start, Dosbox just stops.
Can anyone help, I keep trying to play the game but it tells me to insert the CD. I'm playing on a mac and I downloaded both versions and it didn't work. How do i open a .sit file?
Wants CD in trying start in DosBox 0.73 What i do?
Can anyone explain step by step how to open the game? i know about dosbox and i tried to start it up but it said i needed to put in the cd
Okay, I've followed the instructions here from Greg and the game is not working. Says I need to insert the CD.
This has been, since 1995 until today (2016), the largest educational games economic strategy, which was awarded a "International Recognition Award" ... !
About missing scenarios: This is a CD-Rip version of the game (see .nfo textfile in the archive).
did anyone figure out the problem with not getting the scenerios?
¡What a good game! But: could anyone play the scenarios? Because i couldn't... What can i do? Thanks a lot!
I found an answer on google for the save game problem on this forum.
http://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?showID=296&letter=Z
Follow these steps with dosbox.
Mount C C:\gamefolder
Mount D D:\ -t cdrom -ioctl
c:
capmain
I have just tested it and succesfully saved a game, quit, quit dosbox, started the game on dosbox again and loaded the saved game. Hopefully it works for you as well.
I have no trouble getting the game to work, but I cant save a game. It just says "not enough memory". It is propably becourse it is mounted as cdrom, but how to get around this?
I'm using the version from GOG games. I tried mounting it as a CDROM as described above but it didn't work. However, uninstalling it from the C drive and re-installing it on a different drive did work.
I mounted it as a cdrom with dosbox and it worked, however when I try to save games it says "insufficient disk space the game is not saved"
Just mount it as a CDROM drive in Dosbox, then it will work.
mount d: [yourpath] -t cdrom
type setsound.bat to set up sound. It's the dos versioun so youneed dosbox.
Less cool: it asks for the cd ;)
Has anyone got this game to work? I do not see a setup file for this game.
No comment nor review for this game at the moment.