Commander Keen 4 SS in 13:02

[Warepire]

the majority of the little later DOS games runs without problems in Windows98, a Win98 PC can be fitted with a TV Card

which can allow you to record to VHS or DVD using the recommended setup for consoles (hardware wise)

remember: you need a Pentium2 or slow Pentium3 CPU for the games to work as intended, the faster Pentium3 CPUs may cause the games to run faster (which mostly result in a crash)

[ZenicReverie]

the majority of the little later DOS games runs without problems in Windows98, a Win98 PC can be fitted with a TV Card

which can allow you to record to VHS or DVD using the recommended setup for consoles (hardware wise)

remember: you need a Pentium2 or slow Pentium3 CPU for the games to work as intended, the faster Pentium3 CPUs may cause the games to run faster (which mostly result in a crash)

I just had an idea about a setup and went to the web to look up the pieces.  Anyone know a reason this might not work?
Video: PC to TV video converter
Audio: PC to TV audio converter

It seems like it should work with any computer that displays to a vga port and has sound available to speakers.  If you include the price of S-video cables, the setup runs about 70 - 80 USD.  I know some of the older games weren't compatible with sound cards and used the on board speaker, but those games were really old and usually shareware.

[Phallosvogel]

Ive never seen such a game, Im running dos 6 on my second computer and every game, that used to use the internal speaker now uses my adlib soundcard.

[65]

Really? I need to check that out, then. I've been looking for a solution to the internal speaker problem for a while now.

Do you mean MS-DOS 6.x?

[InsomPsycho]

commander keen 1 - 3 is supposed to run perfectly on XP, although I don't have one to try it on right now,so I can't say for sure.

[Goggen]

Several things:

That FOURTEEN DOLLAR audio cable, is a huge rip-off. My old PC-to-TV audio set-up, graciously constructed by my electrician dad, just soldered the single wires of the 3,5mm PC cable (black one) to the single wires of two RCA cables (uh, the red and white ones). I don't really remember what the insides of the RCA cable were, but Wikipedia doesn't mention anything about there being shielding or nuthin', apparently just wire with plastic-on-top.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rca_cable
So: Any old 3,5mm jack plus any old two RCA jacks, some scissors, and you should be set. You wouldn't even need to solder, if your cable-twisting skills are leet enough.
Only drawbacks:
You could switch the left and right speakers, although I strongly doubt the Keen games even *have* stereo. *AND* you can switch them back in editing afterwards.
Also: Playing with electricity when you don't know what you're doing, by following advice from the internet, by somebody else who don't know what they're doing, couldn't *possibly* go wrong. However, any guy with a home-built hi-fi system knows how to do it. So give one of them an old 3,5mm cable, two RCA cables, a pair of scissors, and about a buck for his troubles.
Or, you know, eBay or something.
Practically the first hit, does exactly the same thing, for a buck:
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-5mm-Aux-Auxiliary-Cable-Cord-To-RCA-MP3-3-5-mm-9650_W0QQitemZ180325841413QQihZ008QQcategoryZ86541QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I haven't been able to find any other good VGA-to-component/S-video converters. *Except* if you play on a laptop. Laptops usually allow TV-out via VGA, so you can get an endless variety of cables for that.
That little box there, though, looks decent for the purpose.
I tried to see if I could find any DVR, HDD or DVD-recorders that had VGA input, but didn't find any that didn't look badly translated and a bit confused about the difference between input and output.

As for PC speaker...
Here's how:
http://www.oldskool.org/guides/speakerrecording
Like they suggest, use a microphone. If you're not *too* worried about audio quality loss (snicker).
But aside from that, ask a HiFi-guy you know if they could MacGyver you up a motherboard-to-RCA cable.
The signal goes straight to the speaker, using motherboard connector dealies. So it's just analogue sound that's no (technical) problem to capture.
I also know that if you ground the cables by accident, your PC catches fire. Don't ask why I know that.
Also, don't ask how many other times my PC has caught fire.