Two windows will appear minimize-but don't close-the DOSBox Status Window. For this tutorial, we'll say there is a folder called "chess" that contains a DOS-based chess game. Create separate folders for each of your games. Put any games that you have downloaded into this new folder. This is where you will store games to be accessed by your DOSBox program. For this tutorial, we'll use the folder name "games" on the PC's C drive. I have found instructions that are much simpler and DO work, from :Ĭreate a folder on your hard drive that will serve as the DOSBox program's C drive. That works fine and most people will not need any other instructions! The README says: In Windows, you can also drag directories/files onto the DOSBox executable. If it doesn't work that way, it will work if you do it the hard way. Now, ain't that alot easier than having to set it up? I just used the the forward slash / and it workedĭrag your DOS games' EXE files right onto the DOSbox EXE. Can anyone else help? I don't physically have the key that the keymapper is looking for me to have to be able to remap it using the keymapper. I finally circumvented most of the problems, but this is one particularly annoying one. Due to one problem or another I've sunk over 20 hours into this. If I missed something, it would be great if someone pointed it out. I had the same issue with the \ key as the person in the other comment did, but was unable to find a way to use the keymapper to fix the problem, as it required use of the key to move it. It was a huge hassle and kept me from doing anything until friends continued to pester me about making it work. I'm not sure if this issue was limited to just myself, but I think it warrants adding to the faq or something. I found out that control + f1 lets me map keys, even if I'm having issues typing something.
What's going on? It's impossible to run DosBox.Įdit: I figured it out myself after scouring the wiki for "keys" related subjects. I've tried a thousand ways to type \, and it reads ] and }.
Software applications that DOSBox can (or can't) run.
Feel very very free to drop by if you have questions about DOSBox! It is still quite rudimentary and lacks many of the features found in MS-DOS, but it is sufficient for installing and running most DOS games.ĭOSBox has a lively, user-supported community forum hosted at VOGONS (Very Old Games On New Systems). In theory, any MS-DOS or PC-DOS (referred to commonly as "DOS") application should run in DOSBox, but the emphasis has been on getting DOS games to run smoothly, which means that communication, networking and printer support are still in early development.ĭOSBox also comes with its own DOS-like command prompt. However, it is not restricted to running only games. Welcome to the Wiki page of the DOSBox projectĭOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running many old MS-DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux and FreeBSD. 1 Welcome to the Wiki page of the DOSBox project.