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DOSBox thread Anonymous Sat Jul 20 04:58:30 2013 No.919526 [Reply] [Original]

Just installed DOSBox for the first time. How hard is it to use? What games should I try?

DOSBox discussion

>>	Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco Sat Jul 20 05:03:29 2013 No.919530 >How hard is it to use? Like most software, it's only as hard to use as its instructions are to read. >What games should I try? Doom, Commander Keen 4, Abuse, Nethack, and Princess Maker 2 are a good start.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:03:59 2013 No.919531 Check this out. It has a lot of games to get you started. http://www.mediafire.com/download/lcs0bemldkckmzd/dosbox.rar

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:04:29 2013 No.919532 Also, I hope you're using a recent SVN build, or ykhwong's build, not the old as fuck 0.74.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:07:59 2013 No.919537 >>919532 I am using 0.74....will I die? >>919531 Thanks

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:09:29 2013 No.919538 >>919537 No, but ykhwong's build is much more updated and has many more features. http://ykhwong.x-y.net/ Give it a try.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:13:29 2013 No.919540 I have no mouth and must scream.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:14:29 2013 No.919542 File: 64 KB, 439x682, dos shell.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Do not run dosbox by itself. use a frontend.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:15:29 2013 No.919543 >>919537 That link also has a Windows 3.11 installation you can play around with. It comes with games like Chip's Challenge and SkiFree, too.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:15:59 2013 No.919545 >>919542 What, do command lines scare you?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:18:29 2013 No.919547 >>919545 >F-functionality and e-ease of use is for p-plebs!!!

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:19:59 2013 No.919549 File: 12 KB, 640x400, DOSBox 2013-04-27 05-00-02-09.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>919547

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:24:30 2013 No.919551 >>919538 Are those straight SVN builds or did he make changes to them?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:25:00 2013 No.919557 >>919549 UHHHHH....YOU'RE A FAGGOT! HA!

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:25:30 2013 No.919554 >>919551 They're based on recent SVN builds, but with tweaks and enhancements such as shader support.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:26:30 2013 No.919558 >>919551 Also OP, try Laser Light.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:27:59 2013 No.919560 >>919545 No point putting work in if you don't have to. Plus some of the graphical front-ends can do some cool stuff for game selection. I'd rather not go back to dos.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:42:29 2013 No.919565 >>919554 I need to learn to scroll down, sorry. OK I'll give that a go!

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 05:59:59 2013 No.919578 >>919542 jazz jack motherfucking rabbit, nostalgia just punched me in the balls

>>	Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco Sat Jul 20 06:47:30 2013 No.919614 File: 156 KB, 1280x800, dosbox.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>919547 >implying it's not easy to set up batch files for all your games I can just launch Dosbox and play any game with a single command.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 06:53:29 2013 No.919620 >>919526 You shouldn't install things you don't know nothing about or have a general idea of what you want to play.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 06:54:59 2013 No.919621 File: 236 KB, 786x790, D-Fend Reloaded_2013-07-20_13-52-51.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Front-ends are nice and all but rather than that I prefer just creating a shortcut for games on my desktop. http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/DOSBoxShortcuts

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 07:08:59 2013 No.919640 Most games can simply be started by dragging the game's exe on the dosbox exe. That sounds kinda naughty.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 11:29:59 2013 No.920026 >>919538 His site is a bit slow typically, you might want to link to mirrors such as on emucr. http://www.emucr.com/2013/05/ykhwongs-dosbox-svn-daum-build-20130506.html

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 11:34:29 2013 No.920036 >>919621 I also simply make shortcuts, in Steam with pretty custom images. It's neat.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 16:29:30 2013 No.920704 File: 5 KB, 640x480, DOSBox 2013-03-15 04-32-16-13.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Be sure to try out some old school emulators. Nothing like graphic glitches everywhere and shitty sound effects and music.

>>	NESfag Sat Jul 20 17:01:31 2013 No.920779 >>920704 Nesticle was my first emulator. Nothing like being 10 or 11 years old, owning a NES, and falling on this with a hundred roms. It was dreamlike. Used to play with a fake SNES pad too and discovered many games nostalgia

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 17:03:30 2013 No.920783 >>920704 dat bloody hand mouse cursor

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 17:07:30 2013 No.920794 >>919530 >doom >nethack There are Windows binaries, you know.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 18:00:01 2013 No.920921 >>920783 that's not a hand

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 18:03:00 2013 No.920936 File: 18 KB, 640x400, Nesticle.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>920921 are you claiming it to be another body part?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 18:11:00 2013 No.920960 important games to dosbox: master of magic dark sun: shattered lands star control II

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