October 2004
Beginner
464 pages
13h 42m
English
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Play Old Games Through DOSBox
Run glorious old DOS classics on modern operating systems.
Every now and then the urge may strike to play the game that kindled your interest in computer gaming, perhaps X-Com, Master of Orion, or something from the Ultima series. Unfortunately, today’s modern operating systems rarely play well with the relatively ancient games of the early to mid ’90s. If you’re lucky, you can convince some games to run without sound in Windows XP, but they may run far too fast to be playable. That’s where DOSBox comes in.
DOSBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/) is a four-person open source project that emulates an x86-based PC running DOS. The version used for this hack is 0.61 for Windows. Don’t let the version number scare you; it features excellent support for many classic games and can provide Sound Blaster, General MIDI, or Gravis Ultrasound sound support. The DOSBox homepage has a freely downloadable installer as well as the source code and ports to various other platforms.
Getting Started
After you’ve downloaded
DOSBox, run the EXE and pick a
location to install to. There’s no special setup
required to kick off the program at this point. If you run it,
you’ll end up at a Z:\>
prompt. DOSBox, by emulating a DOS PC, hands you a DOS environment
just like the one you remember.
If this is your first time in DOS because you’re
boning up on your game history (commendable!) or if you just need a
refresher, there are some commands you need to know.
mount mounts a drive ...
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