An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire was designed to run in DOS, which is only on Windows 95/98 operating systems. If you are using Windows XP then one of the ways to get it working is using a DOS Emulator. One such Emulator is called DOSBox. The best version of DOSBox to use is the CVS Version.

DOSBox CVS is available here:

Click Here To Download DOSBox CVS

Once you have downloaded DOSBox CVS then install Battlespire and patch it with the latest V1.5 Patch. To patch the game double-click on the batpat15.exe file you download.

Click Here To Download V1.5 Patch

You are now ready to Play the game! To Play Battlespire please do the following:

Download the Custom DOSBox patch

Click Here To Download Custom DOSBox Patch

or from here if you can not download it from that link

Once you have download it then:

1. Copy play.bat into your game directory (should be called batspire)
2. Start DOSBox
3. Type cd batspire and press Enter
4. Type play.bat and press Enter

The Game should now work on Windows XP

IMPORTANT NOTE A

We have designated C: as the hard drive and D: as the CD-Rom drive in DOSBox CVS. If you need to change these to suit your computer then alter the following lines at the bottom of the DOSBox.conf file :

mount D D:\ -t cdrom
mount C C:\
C:

IMPORTANT NOTE B

If you have problems running the game using the Custom DOSBox Patch then try running it the conventional way as follows:

1. Start DOSBox CVS
2. Type cd batspire and press Enter
3. Type spire and press Enter