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timrpgland · #1

I've been using Dosbox to play all my old games and abandonware titles.

It's a awesome dos emulator for newer machines. For those that aren't in the loop here it is http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

You can adjust the speed and everything, it's a great little program.

Dr. Boogie · #2

Bah. I tried using it to play Terminal Velocity, but it ran too slowly, and when I tried turning the speed up, that just made matters worse. Same goes for Syndicate.

James · #3

That happens with more than a few games.

It's been a long time since I even touched DOSBox, but I think it has something to do with adjusting the framerate that makes it run smoother.

It should be in the readme that comes with the emulator.

Helm · #4

Dr.Boogie, try an earlier version than 0.63. I get clipping problems on all games with it, yet everything runs like a charm with 0.60. Also setting the CPU core as dynamic might help and upping the cycles to something like 10000

AChimp · #5

For true old-school action, get your hands on a 486.

timrpgland · #6

I've been mainly using it for Daggerfall lately and set the clock speed to 13 or so and it runs very well. Anything more advanced than Daggerfall, I can see it having a problem with.

Supafly345 · #7

Daggerfall is the only thing I could ever play on it.

timrpgland · #8

what else did you try?

adept_ninja · #9

where did you get daggerfall i could never find it

Supafly345 · #10

You can get it at the morrowind site somewhere.

timrpgland · #11

you can find it but it actually isn't abandonware anymore.

Xenogil · #12

Awesome. I'm gonna try it out and see if Loadstar will run on it.

Driscoll · #13

Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy! runs like a dream on it, as does all versions of DooM and Duke Nukem (though I haven't tried DN 3D on it yet).

Supafly345 · #14

Quote:

Originally Posted by timrpgland

you can find it but it actually isn't abandonware anymore.

But they are giving it away for free, so it doesn't matter.

timrpgland · #15

That's what I'm saying. I don't think they are giving it away anymore. They did for a while but then they removed it from being abandonware. A few sites still have it though but Beth isn't giving it away.