Dosbox Templates

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

If there's any MS-DOS games that don't have a dosbox template applied to it, i can try to do it and have it avaliable; It isn't hard but like old-games.com i kinda like having preconfigured ready-to-run once you extract it. Makes it a little easier.

I've already done this for a few titles, like PowerDolls and Doom.

 

[RetroSwitch]

I normally use DosBox-Pure in Retro Arch, that actually has some controller configurations for a few games like Alone in the Dark, and Jill of the Jungle

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

I normally use DosBox-Pure in Retro Arch, that actually has some controller configurations for a few games like Alone in the Dark, and Jill of the Jungle

Yeah that reminds me that the configurations that work out-of-the-box for windows, didn't necessarily work on a console. This was due to a minor setting issue that didn't exist on the ARM processor/port of DosBox like SDL. (Though some games, like Where in the world is Carmen Sandiago, worked fine with no changes)

 

[99nereids]

I happened to use your powerdolls dosbox template after seeing it in the comment section on here months ago and it was super useful!!
I agree its way easier having things preconfigured, sort of like how GOG packages their DOS titles.

One title ive been having trouble running has been Descent to Undermountain (MyAbandonware / Internet Archive) do you think you could take a look at it ?

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

One title ive been having trouble running has been Descent to Undermountain (MyAbandonware / Internet Archive) do you think you could take a look at it ?

I'll take a look at it. Archive when i've used it has the tendency to provide a 'installed' directory but you have to set up dosbox yourself, and hope it's right. And more often re-installing from the iso/disk is easier.

edit: Yep, found it on old-games.com, downside is the free download only does 5k/s. I'll download it and extract the important non-iso bits and make a installer script for it so you'd only provide the iso to make it work. If that doesn't work i'll work on it from scratch.

 

[99nereids]

that would be sick, thank u !

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

Both my own attempts and the predone has the intro broken... but this seems to be a known issue on all versions of DosBox. Guess we ignore it as you can just press spacebar and skip the intro, then the game starts.

The game otherwise seems to work.

7.72 MB file on MEGA

mega.nz

 

[99nereids]

works great ! thanks a bunch for this