a better translator for DOS games?
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Warrior
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written Thursday, April 17 2008 23:08
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Finding DOSBox pretty annoying, and limited (even with VDMSound the sound is still messed up when it's not totally inaudible) . . . I was wondering if anybody here knew of any better software? Posts: 178 | Registered: Saturday, March 8 2008 08:00 |
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written Friday, April 18 2008 00:23
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DOSBox is about as good as you're going to get for free. You could just buy an old second-hand computer; they're not all that expensive. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Friday, April 18 2008 03:06
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You could try FreeDOS on an emulator, but I think those are the only options. Sorry! Posts: 334 | Registered: Friday, September 14 2007 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, April 18 2008 13:53
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Another option would be to run actual DOS (or Windows 9x) in a virtual environment, such as VMware. -------------------- "Dumbledore returns from the dead and declares it to be hammertime, Harry proceeds to break it down, Voldemort is unable to touch this." —Dintiradan Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, April 18 2008 18:20
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Yeah, FreeDOS looks even more troublesome. Here's the thing: I grew up on a Mac. I've always hated DOS. (Even Windows drives me crazy with its limitations & bugs & general poor organization.) Ideally I'd like to be able to just double click on an icon and have the thing play. With sound. And buying a separate DOS-based computer to take up space just so I can play old games doesn't seem too appealing. Oh, well. Wait... Isn't there an option on these new Dells where you can enter the DOS system at startup? I guess I could try that... except that the sound coding probably still won't be compatible. [ Friday, April 18, 2008 18:21: Message edited by: Clavicle ] Posts: 178 | Registered: Saturday, March 8 2008 08:00 |
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written Saturday, April 19 2008 10:35
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quote:Ohhh, is that your only problem with DOSBox? What you want is a DOSBox frontend: it'll let you use DOSBox without actually fooling around in DOS. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, April 20 2008 21:19
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Thanks, Thuryl. I downloaded DOSShell and it works out pretty well; except that the sound's still messed up. Maybe I should also be asking: Is there a better program out there than VDMSound, for fixing the sound problems? (Or maybe I'm just using VDMSound incorrectly... I thought all I had to do was run VDMSound and then run the game I want to play... . It doesn't seem to make any difference whatsoever.) Posts: 178 | Registered: Saturday, March 8 2008 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, April 22 2008 06:03
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The fastest most reliable way other than dosbox would be to use a i386 emulator, personally irecommend qemu+kqemu, i think the port for mac is called cocoa or something. this will probably fix your sound problems and if you have a good enough computer you can even install win 3.1 or 95 on it, or xp if you got a deskbeast. Posts: 0 | Registered: Tuesday, April 22 2008 07:00 |