Better known today as the developer of Skyrim and Fallout, Bethesda once had a well-respected racing game franchise and were deep into development of a licensed Skip Barber Racing title that never released.
Originally known as Papyrus Design, the legendary Massachusetts-based software studio developed highly-regarded simulation titles and published with Electronic Arts, Virgin Interactive and Sierra before their shutdown by Vivendi, owners of Sierra, in 2004.
Co-founded by arguably the father of the modern racing simulation, David Kaemmer, the studio created NASCAR and IndyCar titles that consistently pushed the genre forwards.
Their groundbreaking Grand Prix Legends game engine was used in three NASCAR titles between 2001-2003, evolving to become iRacing after Kaemmer re-acquired former Papyrus assets for his new company.
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The MS-DOS version of Indy 500 works with stock settings in DOSBox and can use USB Floppy Drives and allow you to use an original copy that contains copy protection. Emulating the Roland MT-32 sound card for PC will give better audio quality.
1. Download DOSBOX (0.74 is the most used and tested version)
2. Setup a folder on your computer as the C drive
3. Copy to or install Indy 500 on the C drive you created
4. Run Indy 500
A steering wheel, though not originally supported, can be emulated via DOSBOX and works fairly well.