![]() You interact with DOS PCs, and therefore DOSBox too, by typing commands and then pressing enter, rather than by clicking icons. Before you can install the game, you will need to execute a couple of commands. ![]() Step 3 – Start DOSBox and mount directories – Before you fire up DOSBox for the first time, you will want to insert your PC game CD into your CD/DVD drive and make a note of the drive letter. You will need to note the path to the directory, if you don’t understand the concept of file paths, there’s a good tutorial here. You can put this folder anywhere in the video I used C:\DOSBox-c. Step 2 – Create a DOSBox folder – After you have installed DOSBox, you need to create a folder on your computer to store your games if you have not done so already. The file is downloaded as an executable installer, so simply run the installer after the download and follow the on-screen prompts. Step 1 – Download and Install DOSBox – If you haven’t installed DOSBox before, download it from this website. The video goes from having just installed DOSBox right up to getting a game running perfectly.įollow these steps if the article you are reading instructs you to use a standard DOSBox SVGA configuration. If you prefer to watch rather than read, check out this handy video tutorial. However, by the early 1990’s PC games were already outputting to 640×480 screens, a resolution that most modern TVs and monitors can up-scale quite nicely. DOSBox users can get access to technology such as pixel shaders and scalers similar to those mentioned in our article on here. There are lots of types of games DOSBox can run and the best configuration for really old, 1980’s PC games isn’t always the best for games from the 1990’s for instance. Alternative configurations may be added in the future too. Initially we will create a single configuration suitable for running SVGA DOS games. On this page we will be covering all the basics of setting up a game in DOSBox, including installing the game, running the game and configuring controllers. All updates to this article will now be done here. This is an abridged and slightly edited version of the article originally published on here.
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