ChrisReid
Super Soaker Collector / Administrator
The receipt in the box indicates I bought WC4 on 2/13/96 at Egghead Software.
Neat, that was the day after it shipped.
WC3 seemed perfectly smooth speedwise; no slowdowns at all via DosBox. Maybe WC4 ran slower on whatever rig I originally played it on (P100, I think), which may have contributed to my memory of it being easier back in the day.
How fast is your system (for WC3 in DOSBox)? A P100 plays WC4 pretty fast. Many people still had 486s when WC4 came out, and a P100 was nearly the most powerful system out at the time.