Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to open the Task Manager, and click the Performance tab. Yay, you've gotten your game to run! But maybe you're experiencing slowdown? How do you fix this? With the following commands: If you have other errors, please search the forums first before posting a question. In Windows, select the folder of the game, right click and hit properties, uncheck Read Only if it is checked, and apply to all sub folders. NOTE: If you have problems with launching the game, unrecognizable errors being spit out, saving settings, or having the game drop out while running it, one thing to try is to make sure all the files are not set to Read Only. In most cases these guides will still require you to setup a working DOSBox environment. If the steps above seem tedious or confusing you can try some of these other guides. However modern operating system allow for more user friendly (although less authentic) ways of playing your favorite games. The steps described above are closely aligned with how DOS Based operating systems behave natively. That's it! Here's a picture of all of the commands I've written about in Step 2: In the case of Test Drive, it's TDCGA.EXE. Please consult the documentation of your game for which file is needed to start the game. Most of the time, the file is in the root folder. However, some might require a BAT file, or COM file (common in demos and really old games). One more step, running the game! Most games have an EXE file in their directory that you can run.
#HOW DO YOU USE DOSBOX HOW TO#
You can find instructions on how to use the Change Directory command, in the CD section of the Commands article. That's it! CD stands for "Change Directory", so you've changed the directory to TESTDRIV. Previously I had mentioned a game called TESTDRIV in my OLDGAMES folder. Hopefully, you're all set! Now, it's time to run the game. To navigate to that newly mounted drive just type in: Now, just write what you wanted to call your new DOSBox drive, which as I said above, we called C. You can find instructions on how to mount other devices, such as floppy drives, in the mount section).Īfter you've done this, you will be prompted with a Z:\>. If you are running your game off a CD-ROM then make sure to use D: in place of C: in the following examples.
In this example, D:\ -T cdrom tells DOSBox that my D:\ drive is a CD-ROM drive, and the first D, tells DOSBox what my new drive name should be called. (Note: "cdrom" is case sensitive and must be lowercase!) (Note: If you want to mount a CD-ROM instead of a folder, type this: Z:\> MOUNT D D:\ -t cdrom If you created a different directory, write in the directory you created.
So, type:ĭrive C mounted as local directory C:\OLDGAMES\ Essentially, it's going to become the C:\> drive of DOSBox. Remember that OLDGAMES directory you created in Step 1? You have to basically set that as new directory just for DOSBox. First, run dosbox.exe in your DOSBox folder. Now, the hardest part, getting games to run. I put a game in my OLDGAMES directory, TESTDRIV, which is Test Drive, an old racing game.
I put DOSBox in C:\DOSBox, and my old games directory is C:\OLDGAMES. Also, make a folder to put all your old games in.
#HOW DO YOU USE DOSBOX INSTALL#
If you are a Windows user, get the Win32 installer.Īfter downloading, install DOSBox to any directory.
#HOW DO YOU USE DOSBOX DOWNLOAD#
Download the release for your operating system. This guide will use the 0.74 Windows 32-bit version which is available for download. In order to utilize all of DOSBox's features you need to first understand some basic concepts about the MS-DOS environment. This environment is complete enough to run many classic MS-DOS games completely unmodified. 6.2 Automatically Mounting Your DOS Games folderĭOSBox is an emulator that recreates a MS-DOS compatible environment (complete with Sound, Input, Graphics and even basic networking).
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