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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136825
04/18/05 11:03 AM
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I tried DOSbox for the 1st time this weekend! I followed the FAQ, and got it to work with Tex Murphy - Pandora Directive. (I havn't played this since it was first released).

I did have to fool with the cycles, and I'm still not sure I have it at the best setting, but the game is running. (in some conversations the voice stutters).
I have a 1.7 Ghz processor, which I guess is a bit too slow. I'm not sure I understand why you need a more powerful processor to run the game in DOSbox that you needed when the game was new , and it ran in an earlier version of Windows. (or DOS actulay).

Louis

Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136826
04/19/05 06:51 PM
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lexxy, hi,

Quote:
I found a setup from Inferno's site for Simon The Sorcerer 1 and I plan to use it IF I ever get the game. My question is this....can this game be played using DosBox?
Yup smile

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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136827
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nolalou, hi,

Quote:
I'm not sure I understand why you need a more powerful processor to run the game in DOSbox that you needed when the game was new
From the GameBoomers DOSBox FAQ :

"What DOSBox does is emulate (he's boring me now with this word, you say) a certain amount of 286/386 processor instructions per millisecond. Because this is done in software, you need a much more powerful machine to get the same kind of performance you got with that old 386 PC."

So the answer is, in simple terms, that you are doing in software what is normally done with hardware.

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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136828
04/23/05 11:03 AM
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Metzomagic,
Just got my copy of Simon 1 today. I went directly to DosBox and installed and it plays like I remember a few years ago on my old W95. This DosBox is great.


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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136829
04/25/05 12:43 PM
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hi all wave help
i have just down loaded dosbox .63 with the windows32installer - i have read most of the post on here about it - if possible could some kind person if they have got it email me a fool proof way of using it i have read the faq's on it but i have very wary of installing it as i am very unsure on how to use it

many thanks safc think


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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136830
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folks, hi,

Am reproducing the guts of a reply to safc in another thread, so it will be preserved here. This distills most of the useful information contained in the DOSBox FAQ into a few paragraphs:

For the record, there are only 5 lines you need to change/add in 'dosbox.conf' to get any DOS game working:

fullscreen=true (set to false by default)
cycles=3000 (this is the default. Once running, use Ctrl-F12 to increase by 500 cycles, Ctrl-F11 to decrease by 20%)

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount D D:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl
mount C C:\
C:

(you may have to change the 'D:\' to 'F:\' or whatever if your *physical* CD-ROM drive is other than D:)

To start up DOSBox, bring up a Command Prompt via:

Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt

Then change to the directory where you installed DOSBox, like:

cd \program files\dosbox-0.63

Then enter:

dosbox

Once DOSBox has started, switch to your CD-ROM drive by entering:

d:

By the way, that 'mount D D:\ ...' command in dosbox.conf is mapping *virtual* drive D to *physical* drive D:\. If your physical CD-ROM drive is other than D: (like E:), you may feel more comfortable altering that mount command to:

mount E E:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl

Then you would enter:

e:

to switch to it.

Then some games have to be installed with DOSBox running, others may not. End of story whistle

Regards,
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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136831
05/29/05 06:22 PM
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I have DoBox -.63 installed and have been able to play a lot of older games save Pandora Directive It installed w/o a problem until I attempt to play the game and them I got a error reading in which it does not recognize the CDRom. Has anyone else experinced this problem and if so how did you correct it?


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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136832
05/30/05 08:52 AM
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lexxy, hi,

Did you read my post directly above yours? Your CD-ROM mount command should look like this, given that your drive letter is D:

mount D D:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl

unless you physical CD-ROM drive is not D:. That could be your problem.

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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136833
05/31/05 09:36 AM
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I sought help to play Discworld 1 on XP.Jenny 100 put me on to dosbox etc.
I have read some of your instructions on this.
Most of these are way over my head (I am an old,old pensioner),
Tried to download as you suggest, but get a pay pal response -in dollars!
As I am U.K., is there a dead simple way(even for me) to get this game up & running?
I bet you wish you hadn't started all this with the response you've had?

Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136834
05/31/05 03:40 PM
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You must have clicked on the wrong thing.
Try going ***here*** and click on one of the mirrors in the DOWNLOAD column. The download box should appear after a few seconds.

Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136835
06/05/05 07:00 PM
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Hi, I've seem to lost the ability to play my other games since I downloaded that Service Pack 2 on my windows XP. I have even tried to download from Packard Bell the DOS Application Patch for Windows XP Service Pack 2 to no avail. Does anybody know of another patch that with fix the problem to restore file(s) needed for running DOS-based programs and processes in windows XP? Oh, when I tried to download the one from Packard Bell, a message said Protocal: hyper text transfer protocal. Type: Not available. Connection: Not encrypted.

Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136836
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Try downloading from ***here*** .

Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136837
06/16/05 12:27 PM
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I got Drascula in a trade with a friend of mine. I tried to install it in Win 98 SE and kept getting "not enough memory message". Tried with the MSDos Prompt no go (with find windows and without options). I looked up today if the game can be played in Dosbox (have dual boot system 98 SE and XP), I looked at the Dosbox game compatibility list and it said the game was supported however a cue/bin image had to be created to get it to work. What is this? I never heard of it before and how is one created?
Are these equivalent to the Clonecd or Alcohol 120 image files that I'm familiar with?
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/comp_list.php?showID=1716&letter=D

Thanks in advance


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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136838
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That's what it sounds like to me, Llewton.

Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136839
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bravo bravo

Using Dosbox for the first time to play GK1 and it's running great!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the genius minds who A)wrote this program B) put it up as freeware and last but certainly not least C) wrote it up here at glitches, encouraged us all to try it and answered all the pesty questions.

:kiss: I don't say this often enough, but I love you guys.

happy trails,

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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136840
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Hi Metzomagic (and to me you truely DO sound 'magic'! If I can one day play Under a Killing Moon and Pandora Directive again...) I didn't get the beginning of you and the team's program. I have downloaded some things to play DOSbox, but you mentioned 'drilling'? How do I start to do what I need to get gaming with my older games?
Ripper...?

Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136841
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TopherAce, hi,

Sorry I didn't reply sooner. Been away for a week...

Just read the GameBoomers DOSBox FAQ. If you go back out of this thread, there's a link to it at the top of this forum. Everything you need to know is in there.

If you need help for specific games like UAKM and Pandora Directive, then just follow the link below in my sig!

Cheers,
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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136842
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Hi all. I was wondering if I could use DOSbox with my ME computer? If so, how would I go about doing it? I would specifically want to be able to play Pandora Directive, Under a killing Moon and Ripper. Thanks.

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Thanks Metzomagic.

Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136844
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HI all. Sorry if this has already been brought up. I am trying to install Kings Quest Anthology (The ROberta Williams one), particularly games 5 and 6. I am able access the install file via dosbox, but when it brings the menu of which games I want to instal,l NONE of my keys work. I can type away all day and it refuses to select any of the games. I have also tried installing it via windows, and it will INSTAL, but it wont play, even if I use DosBox. I know I'm not the only person to run into this problem. Any suggestions?
-PM

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PM, hi,

Oh great, and I was just looking for a sticky problem to work on happydance

But seriously... I don't have the King's Quest Anthology, but I do have the Quest for Glory Anthology, and I'll betcha it would have similar problems. I shall investigate once I get home from work. Gimme a few hours.

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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136846
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Metzomagic, thanks a MILLION! I read through your FAQ and already have "Legend Of Kyrandia 3: Malcolms Revenge" (One of the best of the series, athough all three are amazing games. Quick note, Mark Hamil, AKA Luke Skywalker, plays Malcolm, whos character voice and image are almost identical to Mark Hamils voice of "The Joker" on batman the animated series. He also does MOST of the voices in another great DOS game, "Full Throttle" as well as play the lead character in in the last Wing COmmander game) due to your method of mapping the CD rom. I am computer literate but all the tricks up my sleave have not gotten this game to work (ANd I have been having similar problems with Quest For Glory Anthology, my favorite being QFG4...the keyboard does not work to sleect the game to instal in DOS).
I have tried multiple machines with multiple keyboards. Any help you cold provide would be greatly appreciated. I am a huge fan and collector of these games. I am anxiousley awaiting the March release of the Leisure Suit Larry, Kings QUest, and Police Quest games which are, hopefully, XP compatable.
-PM

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PM, hi again,

Well, you won't believe this... but of all the games I chose to get running from the QFG Collection, I picked QFG4 too thumbsup

I suspect a similar approach would work for the King's Quest games.

Good luck,
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Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136848
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Metzo, I am at work now so I cant try it, but I am terribly anxious to get home. Thank you A BILLION TIMES OVER in advance if this gets working, because Ill be too darned busy in gaming mecca to thank you if it works when I get home :-D I'll let you know though how I fare. As a side note (yes, i love side notes) the QFG series is one of Sierras BEST, and 4 my favorite of all of them. The 5th was actually a decent "ending" to the series I thought too, MUCH better than the L A M E Kings Quest 8, mask of Eternity. UGH, wht an AWFUL game, what was Roberta WIlliams thinking????
THANKS!
-PM

Re: DOSBox: Let's go for it! #136849
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Ok, I actualy remembered I had a copy of QFG in my office....and your method WORKED!!! Thanks a bunch man. Is there any way to make the game fit into fullscreen mode better? It is "too big" for some reason. When I get home....im testing this out on Kings Quest :-)
-PM

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