DOS Games Discussion

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I've had a look at the FAQ and stickies, and tried a few reinstalls of DOSbox and given it a new "C drive", but when I run Doom, I get as far as working out my settings, then hitting Save settings and run Doom.

After that, DOSbox goes back to just a C:\ prompt. I've tried running the executable Doom, but when I do this, it just gives me the release date of Doom and nothing else happens. I'm quite sure it's the right files, any help is much appreciated.

dosraider · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:05 am Post subject:

Not enough info.
What Doom? shareware? full? from here?
OS?
ALL, and I mean ALL your mount lines.
Soundsetup? How? What choices?
details details details ..............

doomjedi · Member Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 11 Location: Israel

Why not to use Doom ports?

http://legacy.newdoom.com/ Doom Legacy port
http://www.zdoom.org/about.html ZDoom port
http://zdoomgl.mancubus.net/ ZdoomGL port
http://grafzahl.drdteam.org/index.php?page=topic&id=230 GZdoom port
http://www.zdaemon.org/ Zdaemon Doom connector
http://www.skulltag.com/ SkullTag mod of zDoom port
http://risen3d.newdoom.com/ Risen 3D port
http://www.doomsdayhq.com/ Doomsday Doom port
http://forums.jfiles.org/dload.php Doomsday additional packs
http://www.teamtnt.com/boompubl/boom2.htm Boom
http://www.vavoom-engine.com/ Vavoom port
http://edge.sourceforge.net/ Edge port
http://www.chocolate-doom.org/wiki/index.php/Chocolate_Doom Chocolate Doom port
http://oblige.sourceforge.net/ Oblige Doom level generator

Larry Laffer · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject:

Because that would obviously be too easy for good ole' dosraider! Shit-Eating Grin

dosraider · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject:

Maybe he wants to try the original game?
Fact is Doom and DoomII run fine in dosbox 0.72.

BTW, doomsday is one of my favorite doom ports. Happy

doomjedi · Member Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 11 Location: Israel

dosraider · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:11 am Post subject:

Yes, but some wants the full 'original'experience.
With no extra added cfg files.
Dosbox gives that experience.

BTW, Doomjedi, guests can't see your sig, maybe add that one too.

doomjedi · Member Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 11 Location: Israel

Yes, but full original experience costs some framerate issues. + you can't have full original experence unless you have a time machine. Game like Doom (and other DOS games) can't be taken out of the mood and the context of his era. It's like trying to loyally recreate ABBA show Happy

...for those who can't see my sig:

dosraider · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:37 am Post subject:

That's now exactly why I still have my P1/200/32Mb with a S3 virge+SB ISA in good shape and a 15"CRT hooked up on it. Happy

Reminds me, one of those days I gonna repair that 486...
One of those days => probably never, lazy me.
And reassemble that 286 ..... hmmmmmm.... time time time. Sad

doomjedi · Member Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 11 Location: Israel

Wow....impressive.

Bloodwrath · Member Joined: 26 Apr 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Hell

please help i couldn't figure out the dosbox tutorial i made a shortcut but it says "dosbox installer" what did i do wrong reply like you are talking to a 4th grader! I can't understand any of this, please use idiot terms.

dosraider · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject:

Once again, read and apply this:
http://www.dosgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10437

What I can't do, is learning you to work with a PC.
So this is the best you can get.
Follow it from the first to the last letter, and it will work.
If it doesn't work you screwed up somewhere, best thing is to start allover from scratch.
Delete all you've done t'll now.

Bloodwrath · Member Joined: 26 Apr 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Hell

ok, DOSbox works now, but how do i run doom in it?

dosraider · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject:

Depends .....
Full game?
Floppies?
CD?
Demo downloaded here ?

Depends ......

Bloodwrath · Member Joined: 26 Apr 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Hell

it seems pretty full; it's got like 60 some files just called by numers, bunch o wads and apps, diff. types of files, windows batch files, couple o setups, even an HTML but i think it's more of an add fromthe site i got it from.