this is for 0.72 but should work for current releases
download and install dosbox
make a directory for your games
example:
to run the game find dosbox.exe
find the directory of your games and and type:
Z:\>MOUNT C C:\OLDGAMES
Drive C mounted as local directory C:\OLDGAMES\
- MOUNT: Tells the program to mount a directory
- C: Tells the program what you want your new drive to be called (leaving it as C: is fine)
- C:\OLDGAMES: This is the directory I want to set as the new drive for DOSBox, because all my games are in it. If you created a different directory, write in the directory you created
(Note: If you want to mount a CD-ROM instead of a folder, type this:
Z:\>MOUNT D D:\ -t cdrom
MSCDEX installed.
Drive D is mounted as CDRom D:\
(Note: "cdrom" is case sensitive and must be lowercase!)
in this example, D:\ -T cdrom tells DOSBox that D:\ drive is a CD-ROM drive,and the first D,tells DOSBox what my new drive name should be called
if you are running your game off a CD-ROM then make sure to use D: in place of C: in the following examples
after youve done this,you will be prompted with a Z:\>.now,just write what you wanted to call your new DOSBox drive, which as above,we called C
to navigate to that newly mounted drive just type in:
Z:\>C:
C:\>
now,its time to run the game
now we want DOSBox to go open your game folder
so type in:
C:\>CD TESTDRIV
C:\TESTDRIV>
CD stands for "Change Directory"
to run the game type name of your game:
C:\TESTDRIV>TDCGA.EXE
it should look something like this:
Quick boot
you can save yourself some time by having DOSBox automatically MOUNT your folders and change the drive to C:
for DOSBox versions older than 0.73 browse into program installation folder and open the dosbox.conf file in any text editor
for version 0.73 go to Start Menu and click on "configuration" and then "edit configuration"
then scroll down to the very end, and add these lines:
MOUNT C C:\OLDGAMES
C:
now those commands will be executed automatically when starting.if youre having trouble with that,make sure it looks like this:
extra links:
Mount
Drives
Sound
Display
Input
Connectivity
Extras:
luke83 wrote:I just wanted to add my 2 cents to this sticky.
I have noticed with some of my younger friends who are actually interested in giving Dos Games a go , that they really dislike using the command-line to interact with dosbox. As such i always recommend for windows users defend reloaded as a front end for dosbox. This takes most of that pesky typing out of the equation for those generation Y windows users.
Also a multi operating system Front-end , heavily inspired from Defend and Defend Reloaded is under development . This new Front-end is called DBGL ( Dos Box Game Launcher ) is available here http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/
I have been using it for 12 months without any issues under both Ubuntu Linux , windows XP and WindowsXP within a Virtual Machine and have found no major floors it just keeps getting better and better with every release. As far as im a concerned its already stable enough for all dosbox users.
by luke83
