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install dosbox


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

Was lookin for a post like this just a little bit earlier. Thanks for makin

just trying to help those that dont know how to use it

Excellent Post, instant Sticky.

Does dosbox work in windows7 I downloaded the roms for steel panthers and lords of the realm. In Windows Explorer I can see they both unzipped, but in dosbox no files are in the directories I created for them. drive is mounted as c:\dosgames. With seperate directories for lords and steel panthers.

Thanks,,

Rayder

r your roms in the same directories as c:\dosgames

directories are c:\dosgames\lords and c:\dosgames\panthers Dosbox shows the directories just fine but doesn't find any files. My Lords of the realm original cd will not install on this machine. Is it a 64 bit thing?

Thanks for you help gamfrkI It now recognizes the extracted files

Let me explain a little bit.. you may be able to help someone else with this in the future

I download DosBox and had it running before I downloaded and extracted the Roms. I fought with it for a while and then went and ate dinner. I shut everything down when I ate dinner. When I got back and restarted everything I could see my extracted files in DosBox... My theory is that DosBox takes a "snapshot" of your windows file structure when it opens. Since it does not dynamically change like windows does it did not see the extracted files. When I restarted DosBox it rescanned my new file structure and knew just what to do. Make Sense?

Hope it helps someone else,

Thanks,

Rayder

dosbox has 2 b off b4 using it 2 find roms
but u found out b4 i can post any thing

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

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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.