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This is very awesome tips for those who loves games, With the passage of times, windows, MAC and Linux changed their versions. but due to the change the problem run the DOS game occured. you probably get an error like "The system does not support full screen mode" i fond the tool DOSBOX the greatest MS-DOS emulator for any platform (windows. MAC OS x and Linus). This is where Dos-box comes in – DOSBox is an MS-DOS emulator which will help you run all your favorite DOS games and applications on Windows Vista, Linux, Mac OS X and a number of other operating systems. With the help of DOSBOX you get the support of old graphics like CGA, EGA, you would run the games on Window even in other operating systems.
Features of new DOS-Box
- Support for more graphics modes and cards.
- Improved Vista support.
- New OPL emulation cores.
- Sound fixes and improvements for Mac OS X.
- Lots of compatibility fixes.
- Lots of cdrom detection improvements.
- Lots of memory (EMS/XMS) improvements.
- Various fixes and enhancements for the recompiling core.
- Support for evdev.
- Lots of DOS fixes.
- Slightly faster!
- More stable.
How to Download and Run the Game guide line
- Download DOSBox from the official download page.
- Once the download is complete, run the installer and install DOSBox.
- Now you need to move your DOS games and applications to a single directory. For example, create a Directory C:\DosGames and move all your DOS games under that directory. (It’s better to place each game in a separate subdirectory Ex- C:\DosGames\Dave\…, C:\DosGames\Prince\…, etc)
Note: 4-9 is based on the assumption that your dos games directory is C:\DosGames. If you used another directory, change the commands accordingly. - Run DOSBox. Type the following command in DOSBox command prompt:
mount c C:\DosGames - Now you will be able to navigate to C:\DosGames directory using standard DOS commands and run any game placed inside that folder. If you have forgotten DOS commands, read on.
- Type C:\ and press enter in the DOSBox console.
- Type DIR and press enter. A list of subdirectories in the DosGames folder will be displayed.
- You can browse to any subdirectory in the DosGames folder using the cd command. Ex- to browse to Dave directory simply type:
cd Dave and press enter. - Once you are in the game directory, type the game executable and press enter to play. This executable can be found using the DIR command.
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Well i know it is possible to run windows 3.11. Don't know how but would like to find a dos box tutorial with that. I have a dosbox tutorial with nice screenshots.