Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20171111143841/@comment-1496755-20171121073041

Well, gaming as a whole is a huge and diverse thing, so it's hard to like all of it. I think I have told you how I limited myself to FPS for many years, and I still mostly do nowadays, with some exceptions from other genres (very specific exceptions).

Heh, that sort of copy protection was quite typical for this era, especially for the floppy versions of games. CD versions usually did not include this mechanism (this is the case with X-Wing too) because having the disc in the drive was considered to be sufficient (if not even better) protection. Ironically, these are much easier to run nowadays with DosBox's mounting capabilities. A type of protection that still remains potent nowadays is code wheels - you'd either have to hand-craft your own (based on scans of one) or use an interactive online version.

Perhaps you can try running it in a different version of the box. If it runs smoothly, this could solve your problems. Just a theory, though...