Re: older DOS GAMES HOW ?
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Have you tried DOSBox? http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1It will play nearly every DOS game. If you're familiar with playing games in DOS at all, DOSBox shouldn't be difficult. If you're not good with the command line, try one of the front ends, like D-Fend Reloaded. ScummVM is easier, but it doesn't support as many games. Here's the game list of the latest release, which is 1.7.0 http://scummvm.org/compatibility/1.7.0/
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Re: older DOS GAMES HOW ?
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07/29/14 06:41 PM
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i am sorry,i know a whole bunch of dos games,plus i know dos very well,i have a older computer also,with 25 dos games installed on it,and now you say a person who knows DOS the dosbox,is not such a problem,but by me this is 2 different things,if you dont know very well,dosbox,its use is a waste of time,1st i must create a file,"dosbox.conf" also what to write in it,my present problem is i have a game wich installs only 2 files,to a folder,1 is a tiny file containing information,about the sound,the 2nd is a,(run.bat),file wich runs the game from a cd-rom,and now by using the dosbox,this is very hard to do,i will explain the game folder,lets name it,<GAME>,now to tell dosbox where to find it,you must type"mount c c:\game" "(C:),cd game,run" but the game will not run,because dosbox does not know from the cd-rom drive,now to tell dosbox,i must write "mount d d:\ -t cdrom",then mscdex will run then the CD will play,but to write both,dosbox does NOT take it,this so far is big big problem,can you PLEASE HELP ? samuel schwartz
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Re: older DOS GAMES HOW ?
[Re: samuel]
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07/29/14 10:06 PM
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i am sorry,i know a whole bunch of dos games,plus i know dos very well,i have a older computer also,with 25 dos games installed on it,and now you say a person who knows DOS the dosbox,is not such a problem,but by me this is 2 different things,if you dont know very well,dosbox,its use is a waste of time,1st i must create a file,"dosbox.conf" also what to write in it,my present problem is i have a game wich installs only 2 files,to a folder,1 is a tiny file containing information,about the sound,the 2nd is a,(run.bat),file wich runs the game from a cd-rom,and now by using the dosbox,this is very hard to do,i will explain the game folder,lets name it,<GAME>,now to tell dosbox where to find it,you must type"mount c c:\game" "(C:),cd game,run" but the game will not run,because dosbox does not know from the cd-rom drive,now to tell dosbox,i must write "mount d d:\ -t cdrom",then mscdex will run then the CD will play,but to write both,dosbox does NOT take it,this so far is big big problem,can you PLEASE HELP ? samuel schwartz Try D-Fend-Reloaded, it will walk you through all of the required steps, and it also creates the .conf for you.
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Re: older DOS GAMES HOW ?
[Re: samuel]
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07/29/14 11:02 PM
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DOSBox is actually pretty easy to use. The vast majority of games will run just fine with the defaults. The main thing is mounting the folder you want to use as the C: drive for DOSBox. There are very few things that you will need to mount more that a C: drive and CD or floppy. Mount commands can be done by conf file, batch file or command line. The advantage of using the conf is that using it, DOSBox will automatically mount the same folders when you start it. Once you have your drives mounted, you can treat the prompt just like DOS. If you can't be bothered to learn how to mount drives, you can just create a shortcut to DOSBox on your desktop. Dropping a folder on the shortcut will mount that folder as C:. If you drop a game's DOS executable on the shortcut, DOSBox will mount the EXE's folder as C: and start that game, if you have already run the game's audio/video setup program. If even this is more than you want to deal with, just use a frontend as Island suggested. I prefer DOSBox Game Launcher. It has a lighter footprint and does not have to be installed. And unlike D-fend Reloaded it does not touch the Registry. D-fend Reloaded litters itself all over the Registry. It also works as is on Linux and Mac since it is written in Java.
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Re: older DOS GAMES HOW ?
[Re: samuel]
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07/30/14 12:11 AM
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1st i must create a file,"dosbox.conf" Don't do that. DOSBox creates that file on its own. Don't try to create your own dosbox.conf when you're first starting out. Also, unless you decide you want to tweak things later on, you don't have to edit the dosbox.conf. It's convenient to put your mount lines at the end of it, but you can also just type them in at the Z: prompt, which is better when you're testing them out anyway. If you can't locate the DOSBox.conf that DOSBox created, check here http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Dosbox.conf#Creation_and_Location Windows XP
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\DOSBox\dosbox-{version}.conf
Windows Vista & Windows 7
{system drive}:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\DOSBox\dosbox-{version}.conf You may have already seen this, but here are some examples of using the mount command. http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNTMy present problem is i have a game wich installs only 2 files,to a folder,1 is a tiny file containing information,about the sound,the 2nd is a,(run.bat),file wich runs the game from a cd-rom,and now by using the dosbox,this is very hard to do,i will explain the game folder,lets name it,<GAME>,now to tell dosbox where to find it,you must type"mount c c:\game" "(C:),cd game,run" but the game will not run,because dosbox does not know from the cd-rom drive,now to tell dosbox,i must write "mount d d:\ -t cdrom",then mscdex will run then the CD will play,but to write both,dosbox does NOT take it,this so far is big big problem, Have you tried entering the two mount commands from the Z: prompt before trying to run the game? mount c c:\game This tells DOSBox that C:\game is your C drive. What DOSBox sees as C: is what your computer sees as C:\game Usually a game will have its own folder and not be dumping its files to what it thinks is the C: drive. So I'm wondering if you actually have a folder named C:\game\game mount d d:\ -t cdrom That should work if your CD drive is D: If it is E: then you'd type mount d e:\ -t cdrom What game are you trying to run? With some older games, you can copy the contents of the CD to a folder on your hard drive, then mount that folder as the CD drive in DOSBox.
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Re: older DOS GAMES HOW ?
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