This is not intended as a detailed tutorial on the use of this excellent emulator for older games, but simply a guide for users (especially of the new generations) that do not have much experience using the MS-DOS.
Before you begin, a little history: MS-DOS stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System (Disk Operating System Microsoft), just the first operating system created by the mega corporation of our friend Bill Gates, which was released back in 1982. In MS-DOS, instead of running programs, open files and work using the mouse (as in Windows), you had to type commands and instructions using the keyboard. Of course, there was no desk, no files and folders that you could click and drag with a single click. Everything had to be written. Precisely emulates DOS Box MS-DOS, using the same interface: to play games you have to write the necessary commands.
Here are some simple instructions for doing so:
The first thing you should do is create a folder on drive C: with the name "Games" or "old games" or something similar, to have all old saved games in one place, easy to find. Should use a short name of eight characters (letters) or below, or you must use the symbol "~".
The problem is that the MS-DOS supports file and folder names to eight characters and no spaces. So when in Windows create a file or folder with a name longer than eight characters or more words, the MS-DOS, use the first six letters of the name plus the ending "~ 1". For example, in Windows create a file called "Pastrami Gonzalez, the MS-DOS name of that file will be" Pastre ~ 1. "
To write a command in DOS Box ~ we have to press Alt Gr + 126.
It is best to create the folder on the C: directory and not have to write a command line too long when you want to access it.
Once we have created the folder, keep all the old games on it.
Open the DOS Box (with the desktop icon). We see two windows: one with the title "DOSBox Status Window" and another with the title "DOS Box 0.73, Cpu Cycles ..." which we use is the second but that does not mean that we close the first. To use DOS Box, you have to leave two windows open.
By default, the unit that the program uses the Z:, but the computer uses the C: drive (hard drive), so you have to "mount "this unit. For that, we have to write the following commands in DOS Box:
Z: \\ mount cc: \\ games (hit ENTER)
Below this line is going to receive the following message:
Drive C is mounted as local directory c: \\ games \\
This means we did well.
(Note: do not write "Z: \\>" at the beginning, because that appears.)
After
wrote:
Z: \\ C: (ENTER).
Ya "assemble" the C: drive, so now we will appear:
C: \\ _
If the folder where you keep all the old games are simply called "Games", do not add the ending "~ 1" as explained above on the eight characters.
We're inside the folder "Games", which, for DOS Box is the C: drive. Now we have to go into the folder for a particular game. For example, suppose we have the game Lotus racing cars. If we get into the game folder, type:
cd lotus (ENTER)
CD (or CHDIR ) is the Change Directory command, with which we can change the directory in which we find (in MS-DOS directory is equivalent to Windows folder).
Once inside the folder Lotus, we see something like this:
C: \\ LOTUS
now to play, we have to write the name of the executable file (the file whose completion is . EXE). In the case of Lotus, is LOTUS.EXE. We can write the file name only, without writing the extension.
Well, we can start to play. But what happens if we leave a game where we were and we play another? It's simple. Just quit the game you're using. To continue the example, we left the Lotus. So back to the window DOS Box. To play another game, we have to change directory, because we are still in the directory Lotus. Therefore, debems use the command cd .. (Cd followed by a colon) this way:
C: \\ LOTUS> cd .. (ENTER)
With this command, return to the previous directory to Lotus, or games.
C: \\
There, use the command cd (no points) followed by the name of another directory. For example:
C: \\ cd tetris (ENTER)
Then we will appear:
C: \\ TETRIS>
Now we can write the name of the executable file and start playing.
There are some other commands that also is well known, that using the DOS Box easier. The Dir command allows us to view the contents of a directory to know which files it contains. This can be useful for us to find a specific file.
For example, if we are in the Lotus directory and want to see what it contains, write:
C: \\ LOTUS> dir (ENTER)
And we see something like this:
We may also use the command followed Dir *. to find specific files within the directory. For example, most of the time, games have more of an EXE file (like Setup configuration file, etc.). So if we find the correct file to play, write:
C: \\ LOTUS> dir *. exe
And then we will see a list of all EXE files containing directory. We can change the extension after *. to find all types of files: TXT, BAT, CFG, etc.
Box Within the DOS can access help to find idea how to use all commands. We just have to write:
C: \\ help (ENTER)
Then we will see a list like this:
should be noted that most games run in DOS Box, without requiring a specific configuration, but other no. It is difficult to specify what we could say that each game has its own settings and while it might make small changes in DOS Box Setup file or the game itself, for it to work properly. Most older games available for download on the Internet comes with requirements that need to specified, or at the download page, or in a TXT file. We note that this is in general. There may be games that do not say anything about specific requirements and still needed.
Pages of interest:
can download the latest version emulator in the official DOSBox . There are also forums, tutorials, etc. It is in English.
juegoviejo.com On page (in English) There are thousands of old games to download for free, most of which run on DOS Box.
Other free download sites of old games:
Well, my friends, we hope this guide will help them take their first steps in the DOS emulator Box. Until next time!
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