One more step, running the game! Most games have an EXE file in their directory that you can run.
#OLD DOS GAMES HOW TO#
You can find instructions on how to use the Change Directory command, in the CD section of the Commands article. That's it! CD stands for "Change Directory", so you've changed the directory to TESTDRIV. So type in: C:\> CD TESTDRIV C:\TESTDRIV> Previously I had mentioned a game called TESTDRIV in my OLDGAMES folder. Hopefully, you're all set! Now, it's time to run the game. To navigate to that newly mounted drive just type in: Z:\> C: C:\> Now, just write what you wanted to call your new DOSBox drive, which as I said above, we called C. You can find instructions on how to mount other devices, such as floppy drives, in the mount section).Īfter you've done this, you will be prompted with a Z:\>. If you are running your game off a CD-ROM then make sure to use D: in place of C: in the following examples. In this example, D:\ -T cdrom tells DOSBox that my D:\ drive is a CD-ROM drive, and the first D, tells DOSBox what my new drive name should be called. (Note: "cdrom" is case sensitive and must be lowercase!) (Note: If you want to mount a CD-ROM instead of a folder, type this: Z:\> MOUNT D D:\ -t cdrom MSCDEX installed. If you created a different directory, write in the directory you created. C:\OLDGAMES: This is the directory I want to set as the new drive for DOSBox, because all my games are in it.C: Tells the program what you want your new drive to be called (leaving it as C: is fine).MOUNT: Tells the program to mount a directory.So, type: Z:\> MOUNT C C:\OLDGAMES Drive C mounted as local directory C:\OLDGAMES\ Essentially, it's going to become the C:\> drive of DOSBox. Remember that OLDGAMES directory you created in Step 1? You have to basically set that as new directory just for DOSBox.
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First, run dosbox.exe in your DOSBox folder. Now, the hardest part, getting games to run. I put a game in my OLDGAMES directory, TESTDRIV, which is Test Drive, an old racing game.
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I put DOSBox in C:\DOSBox, and my old games directory is C:\OLDGAMES. Also, make a folder to put all your old games in.
#OLD DOS GAMES INSTALL#
After downloading, install DOSBox to any directory.