http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4039 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: DosBox-Facts And Opinions en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:49:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4039#post-43516 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:02:35 +0000 ⓒⓗⓘⓟ 43516@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Well, it looks like I'll have to try this out and see if this works. I've never heard of that but being only 17 I wasn't really on a computer in the dos days lol. I'm slowly learning about this ms-dos stuff; I guess I'm just spoiled by today's simplicity. I'm going to shorten all my folder names and report back later. Hopefully this works :] </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4039#post-43506 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:40:03 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 43506@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Now, that is an interesting fact. I'll have to retry some of the games that I've had difficulty loading. </p> <p>I've still got an old DOS manual somewhere hanging around (in the loft I think). Me-thinks it may still have it's uses, lol. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4039#post-43505 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:32:21 +0000 g@rgoyle 43505@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hey there Chip,</p> <p>Well, I guess I found out about DOSBox the same way you did (Thanks Mr Whiterabbit!), and I've been looking into it coz I've got quite a few old DOS-games that I haven't been able to play for years.<br /> From one DOSBox 'noob' to another: I think I recall reading that file and folder names are limited to 8 characters. (Also: they should all be lower case and spaces or special symbols aren't allowed... just like in the real DOS-days). If the grey cells beneath my grey-haired scalp aren't mistaken then your folder name for the "Theme Hospital" game would be too long. Hope this helps.</p> <p>*and sweet dreams they are* ;-) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4039#post-43488 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:09:13 +0000 ⓒⓗⓘⓟ 43488@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yes, when i posted this topic it was loading slow so I clicked it again and it was still loading slow. I didn't even think the topic went through cause I was tired of waiting for the page to load and I left it. I went back to the forums and it turned out it posted twice lol. I can't figure out how to delete one (I don't even think it's possible) but if we can delete our own topic, how do you do it?</p> <p>But yeah dosbox isn't always the easiest thing. For example, on my c drive I have all my dos games in a folder (C:\dosgames). In that folder I have a folder for each game. I can mount the drive ok using (mount c c:\dosgames). Then I type this to take me to it (c:). Once I'm in it I just have to type the (sub-folder\game.exe). For example, with Tank Wars I type (tankwars\bomb.exe) and it opens it perfectly. However sometimes it doesn't work. For example,I have the game Theme Hospital but it doesn't work even if I type it right. I can type (themehospital\hospital.exe) and I will get an illegal command message. So I don't know what I'm doing wrong and that isn't the only game that doesn't work. And I also have many that do work but I don'y really understand it all. There needs to be a program that emulates ms-dos well, while keeping the simplicity of windows. Well, we all can dream lol. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4039#post-43485 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:00:28 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 43485@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>That's true hotdoge3; however I think those games will have either DOSBox or some other emulation application programmed into the game. I've noticed several DOS games that I have ready for posting (for the weekday game project)didn't require DOSBox when I tested them, but if you look inside the games folders, you'll probably find DOSBox or a similar program. </p> <p>I'd love to know how to incorporate DOSBox into each game so that you don't have to go through the rigmarole of mounting the drive each time you want to play one of the DOS games. As mentioned in the other thread that Chip started about this subject, there are many emulation programs for just about any console imaginable. I've got a game to post this week (or next) that uses an emulation package called ScummVM, and later, others that use the old Sega Genesis emulation. (I’ve already posted a couple of games using Sega emulation)</p> <p>I was unaware of any of these emulation programs prior to the giveaway project starting. Someone happened to mention DOSBox in the comments section soon after the project started; though it is only since starting this project that I actually bothered to search out any games. I was astounded at what there was (is) available. Only the other week I found a particular game that I bought (and played exclusively for many months) in the early 90's, but lost due to a corrupted floppy. The game was just over 11Mb; which in 1992 was amazingly large. The boxed set came with 12 floppies that took ages to install. I'll be posting that game soon because despite its age it's still got a lot of playability left in it. (I'm quite excited about posting it, but am holding off because it's a RPG, which I've already posted a couple of recently).</p> <p>I have had problems running virtually all of the games I’ve downloaded for DOSBox, but they all do work if you persevere. You do need to use the correct syntax when typing in the mount command etc; otherwise you just get an error message. It’s one of the reasons windows was developed. </p> <p>Once you’re used to having to open DOSBox and mounting each game before you can play it, it’s as simple as just using a shortcut in windows. For those not familiar with the term mount; it means that the drive has been made accessible to the computer, so that data can be transferred (read or written) to your disc. This is usually done automatically by the operating system. You can see a better explanation of mount via the following link:</p> <p><a href="http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/definition.php?mount" rel="nofollow">http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/definition.php?mount</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4039#post-43478 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:13:46 +0000 hotdoge3 43478@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I find some DOS games work with out DOS BOX all so if just exe you be ok, like bats, Super Fly,from win 3.1.the last 2 games not a full exe. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4039#post-43434 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:01:00 +0000 ⓒⓗⓘⓟ 43434@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I have recently found out about this neat program thanks to Whiterabbit. I want to see how popular this free program to simulate MS-DOS truly is. So for those who don't know about it here's the link.</p> <p><a href="http://downloads.phpnuke.org/en/download-item-view-g-v-v-b-v/DOSBOX.htm">http://downloads.phpnuke.org/en/download-item-view-g-v-v-b-v/DOSBOX.htm</a></p> <p>And for those who do, what are your facts and opinions on it. Does it work weell for you? Does it simulate dos really good or not so good? Are there other programs out there that match this or are better? Explain what you wish about DosBox. </p>