DOSBOX
DOSBOX is a PC/MSDOS emmulator that allows running MSDOS games and some programs in a window or full
screen under Windows XP/2000/NT/Vista/7/8x/10, MAC, BSD, Solaris, OS2, and Linux OS (Tahrpup/Slackopup).
DOSBox is freeware created and maintained by very talented individuals. Thanks to them for this wonderful tool.
Download DOSOX.
What runs in DOSBox? Any DOS program that does NOT use memory tricks, terminate-stay-resident (TSR) programs,
DOS version specific software (PCDOS utilities etc.) or programs loaded via a CONFIG.SYS file which DOSBox does
not use (DOSEmu might work). DOSBox (DOSEmu as well) use an older version of FREEDOS.
INTERPRETERS: BATCH, GWBASIC, dBASE, Euphoria, FOCUS, JAVA, QBASIC, REXX, ZBASIC
COMPILERS: dBASEIV, BATCOM/BAT2EXE/TURBOBAT, Borland C/TASM/PASCAL,
FOCUS, FORTH, FreeBASIC, MS/COBOL/FORTRAN/MASM/PASCAL/QUICKC, MFCOBOL, PowerBASIC, PowerC,
Utah BASIC/COBOL/FORTRAN, ZBASIC
EDITORS: BatchMaster, BlackBeard, IBM E, MIX, MSDOS, NE, SPF/PC, SPFPC40, Utah Editor, Tritus SPF, TED
UTILITIES: ARC, ARJ, DCF, FINWIZ, FM, NDIR. LZH, PAK, PGP, PKZIP, POPDOS, PROFESSIONAL WRITE, QUIKSORT, RAR, TAR, UU,
ZOO, ZDIR
DOSBOX can have full access to all Windows/Linux drives/folders/USB flash using the mount command.
EXAMPLES:
MOUNT L / mounts as drive L: the Linux super root
MOUNT F /mnt/sdc1 mounts as drive F: a flash drive (in linux)
MOUNT C /mnt/home mounts as drive C: the Linux home folder
MOUNT C X:\soft mounts as drive C: Windows drive X:
MOUNT Y \\WDMYCLOUD mounts as drive Y: network share WDMYCLOUD
The only caution is to remember MSDOS used the 8.3 filename convention, does not support long file names
with such looking cryptic with a ~1 appearing in a folder/filename and file names may be converted to
upper-case when files when files are edited/saved.
Wish list for DOSBox, Linux CUPs printer support and to send commands to the console.
DOSBOX Turtoials:
Basic Advanced Drivers Utilities Setup DOSBOX_Config_Sample
Windows 3.x
Windows 3.x is an MSDOS program shell (like MAC is a shell for Unix) and Win31 programs/games will have full
full access to mounted drives and folders.
Download Win31
Create a folder called W31
Extract Win31.rar to folder WIN31
Run DOSBOX (0.74)
To run Windows 3.1:
mount c c:\dosbox\WIN31
c:
WINDOWS.BAT
Windows 95
DOSBox has the ability to acces images, CD/DVD etc.. Windows 95 is not an MSDOS shell but may be run
in DOSBOX as a bootable image. Unfortunately, the images only have access to what is in the image.
You may add files to the image but can not access DOSBOX mounted drives and folders.
Download Win95 IMG
Extract W95.rar
Run DOSBOX (0.74)
To run Windows95 Image:
imgmount c c:\IMAGES\W95.IMG or wherever extracted.
boot W95.IMG
DOSBOX Controls
Use DOSBOX speed controls to increase/decrease DOSBOX CPU speed to make game peform better.
DOSBOX Keys:
ALT-ENTER Switch to/from full screen
ALT-PAUSE Pause/Unpause DOSBox
CTRL-F1 Keyboard Mapping
CTRL-F4 Refresh DOSBox Mount List
CTRL-F5 Save Screen (PNG)
CTRL-F6 Start/Stop Sound Recording (Wav)
CTRL-F7 Decrease Frameskip
CTRL-F8 Increase Frameskip
CTRL-F9 Kill DOSBox
CTRL-F10 Release Mouse from DOSBOX
CTRL-F11 Slow Down DOSBOX
CTRL-F12 Speed Up DOSBOX
DOSBOX Manual (0.74)
Create DOSBox ICON on Linux Desktop
After Installing DOSBox, use file browser and select /usr/share/applications, left click and drag the
file dosbox.desktop to the desktop.
Right click on ICON and select edit item to change name of ICON. This works with other .desktop files
as well (such as DOSEmu).
How to find/edit DOSBox config file in Linux
After installing and then executing DOSBox one time, DOSBox will create a config file in the
/root/.dosbox folder. Click on /root/.dosbox/dosbox-0.74.conf to edit.
Recommend:
fullresolution=1024x768 set screen resolution when dosbox in full screen
output=overlay works on most laptops
autolock=false keeps mouse from getting trapped inside dosbox
IPX
To play multi-player games:
1. Enable DOSBOX ipx support, change ipx=false to ipx=true
Decide which machine will be the server, run DOSBOX and type ipxnet startserver
2. On each client machine, run DOSBOX and type ipxnet connect 192.168.2.100 changing
IP address to that of the server machine.
You should get this message from DOSBOX:
IPX Tunneling utility for DosBox
IPX Tunneling Client connected to server at 192.168.2.100
If you do not see the IPX Tunneling message, the firewall on server or client is interferring and needs
to be adjusted or turned off or the IPAddress is wrong.
After all machines have been connected to server machine, start the game setup program on the server machine
and then on each client machine.
Doom1, Doom2, Heretic, Hexen, Hexen2, TYRIAN
Run the setup program and select RUN Network/Modem/Serial Game.
Select IPX-compatible network.
Select number of players (must be same on all machines).
Select Skill Level (must be same on all machines).
Select Type of network game (must be same on all machines).
Press F10
DOSBOX Compatible Games
Links to Games: My Abandonware RGB Classic Games Best Old Games Dosgamer EMUParadise
This file includes Windows DOSBOX and DOSBatch programs to invoke a game in the list below using single or
mode (if capable) with the ability to setup the DOSBox SERVER and the DOSBox CLIENTS for multiplayer.
The batch programs determine if the .BAT file is executed under Windows OS or inside DOSBox itself.
If under Windows, DOSBOX is loaded and runs game. If under DOSBOX, the game just runs.
Download:
GAMES.ZIP Zip
Structure:
GAMES (Top folder, Holds .BAT files for games)
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+---CHEATS (Text Files by game name)
+---DOSBOX (Preconfigured Windows versions of DOSBox)
+---GAMES (Folders to hold your games by game name)
Unzip file.
Windows: Click on game .BAT file to execute game.
Linux: Install DOSBOX package for your Linux version.
Run DOSBOX.
In DOSBOX: mount c /mnt/usr/games (or where ever you put it)
cd c:\games
enter .BAT file name for game. 'BATS.BAT'
NOTE: Be sure to mount the games folder as c
Included in the Games folder is ZDIR from ZANYSoft. It
can be used to display the batch files used to start the games.
EXAMPLE: CD \U\GAMES
ZDIR *.BAT
Pressing ENTER will display the games a page at
a time.
Pressing the down arrow key will scroll the listing
one line at a time after the first page is displayed.
Press the ESC key will terminate ZIR leaving the
screen with a whatever file list was on the screen
so you can then type in the game name you want to
run.
EXAMPLE: HEXEN
More Detailed Information
Single Player:
Windows: Double click on the batch file. DOSBOX will run and run the game associated with the batch file.
Linux: Run DOSBOX, change to the GAMES folder, type the name of the batch file associated with the game, i.e. DOOM2
EXAMPLE: HEXEN Run the single player version of hexen.
For multiplayer you must first determine the IP address (IPA) of the computer that will be the server (192.168.x.xxx).
Windows XP:
Run CMD
ipconfig /all
Look for the IPV4 address (192.168.x.xxx)
Windows 7 and Linux
Hover mouse cursor over internet icon in tray (lower right bottom) or use ifconfig in console.
Linux will show an info box with the IPA (192.168.x.xxx)
Windows 7 and 10:
Right click on the internet icon
Left click on Network and Sharing Center
When the Network/Sharing Center window opens, left click on the link to the right of Connections"
Local Area Connection box will popup. Left click on the Details button.
Note the IPV4 address (192.168.x.xxx)
Run DOSBox, when the proper drive/folder is mounted that contains the GAMES folder type GAMENAME SERVER to start the
DOSBOX IPX SERVER and run the multiplayer game.
EXAMPLE:
HEXEN SERVER
This will issue the ipxnet startserver command to DOSBOX and wait for you to read the return message. Pressing
ENTER invokes Hexen's SETUP.EXE program where you set parms for the network game. Choose Select Run network game
at bottom of box.
Select IPX network game in next box.
Select number of players (include server).
Select Episode to play.
Select Level oif difficulty.
Press F10. The server waits for the client game machines to start.
EXAMPLE:
HEXEN 192.168.10.108
This will issue the ipxnet connect command using the server's address 192.168.10.108 (or whatever it's address is).
Be sure to look at the returned message to make sure DOSBox is connected to the server. The server will wait
until each player is connected and then will start the game.
Multiplayer games allow you to resurect when you die though without all the goodies you had collected. Usually
you press the space bar to resurrect.
The following games allow multiplayer: DESCENT1, DESCENT2, DOOM1, DOOM2, DOOMU, DUKEA, HACX, HEXEN, HERETIC and TYRIAN.
HACX, HEXEN, DUKEA and Tyrian do not use a SETUP.EXE program, the batch program accounts for this.
Another feature of DOSBox IPX multiplayer is once the IPX server and client machines are setup, you can exit the
game switch to another multiplayer game.
DOSBOX Compatible Games List:
Batch Folder Game
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ADVENTUR.BAT ADVENTUR Colossal Cave
ALIEN.BAT ALIEN Alien Trilogy
ALIENCAR.BAT ALIENCAR Alien Carnage
ALLEYCAT.BAT ALLEYCAT Alley Cat
ALPHABET.BAT ALPHAB The Animated Alphabet
ANTARTIC.BAT ANTARTIC Antartic Adventure
ANIMALS.BAT ANIMALS Animath
APAC.BAT APAC A Pac Man
ARCADE.BAT DEFENDER2 Robotron, Joust, Defender, Sinistar,
Defender II, Bubbles
ARGH.BAT ARGH ARGH!
ARKANOID.BAT ARKANOID Arkanoid
ARKANO2.BAT ARAKOI2 Arakanoid II
ASTO.BAT ASTRO Astro Fire
ATETRIS.BAT ATET Tetris - The Best
BACKGAM.BAT BACKGAM Backgammon
BARBIE.BAT BARBIE Barbie Super Model
BATS1.BAT BATS Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats
BATS2.BAT BATS3 Return of the Mutant Space Bats
BCHESS.BAT BCHESS Battle Chess
BCAULDRN.BAT BCAULDRN Black Cauldron
BIOMENAC.BAT BIOMEN Biomenace
BLAKE1.BAT BLAKE-1 Blake Stone #1
BLAKE2.BAT BLAKE-2 Blake Stone #2
BLOCLOUT.BAT BLOCKOUT Blockout
BOPPIN.BAT BOPPINS Boppin Game
BRIDGE.BAT BRIDGE Bicycle Bridge
CARDSLTD.BAT CARDSLTD Bicycle Bridge, Cribbage, Poker, Solitaire
CDMAN.BAT CDMAN CD Pac-Man
CENTIPED.BAT CENTIPED Arcade Centiped
CHESS.BAT CHESS Chessmaster 2100
CHEX.BAT CHEX Chex Quest
CINVADER.BAT CINVADER Champ Invaders
CLIFFY2.BAT CLIFFY2 Cliffy2 Multiplication Game
COSMO1.BAT COSMOS Forbidden Planet 1
COSMO2.BAT COSMOS Forbidden Planet 2
COSMO3.BAT COSMOS Forbidden Planet 3
CROSSFIR.BAT CROSSFIR Crossfire Game - Step Down DOSBox Cycles
CRYSTAL1.BAT CRYSTAL1 Crystal Caves #1 - Trouble with Tribbles
CRYSTAL2.BAT CRYSTAL2 Crystal Caves #2 - Slugging it Out
CYRSTAL3.BAT CRYSTAL3 Crystal Caves #3 - Mylo Versus the Supernova
CUBE.BAT CUBE Rubik's Cube
CUBE3D.BAT CUBE3d 3d Rubik's Cube
DARKAGES.BAT DARKAGES Dark Ages
DARKF.BAT DARKF Dark Forces
DEFENDER.BAT DEFENDER Defender I
DESCENT1.BAT Descent1 Descent I
DESCENT2.BAT Descent2 Descent 2
DIGGER.BAT Digger Digger Reborn!
DIGGERS.BAT DIGGERS Diggers
DIZZY1.BAT DIZZY Fantastic Dizzy
DIZZY3.BAT DIZZY Fantasy World Dizzy
DIZZY4.BAT DIZZY Magicland Dizzy
DIZZY6.BAT DIZZY Prince of the Yolkfolk
DIZZY8.BAT DIZZY Bubble Dizzy
DIZZY10.BAT DIZZY Fast Food Dizzy
DIZZY11.BAT DIZZY Kwik Snacks Dizzy
DOOM1.BAT DOOM1 Doom 1 - The original
DOOM2.BAT DOOM2 Doom 2 - Second Doom
DOOMU.BAT DOOMU Doom Ultimate
DUKE1.BAT DUKE1 Duke Nukem 1
DUKE2.BAT DUKE2 Duke Nukem 2
DUKEA.BAT DUKE2 Duke Nukem 3D Atomic
DUNE.BAT DUNE Dune
DYNA.BAT DYNA Dyna Balster
ELECTRA.BAT ELECTRA Electranoid
EPIC21.BAT EPIC21 Pinball
FROGGER.BAT FROGGER Frogger
FULLT.BAT FULLTHROTTLE Full Throttle
FUNNELS.BAT FUNNELS Funnes and Buckets Math Game
GALACTA.BAT GALACTA Galacta
GALACTIX.BAT GALAZTIX Galactix
GALAXIAN.BAT GLALXIAN Galaxian
GBATTLE.BAT GBATTLE Galactic Battle
GETLOST.BAT GETLOST Get Lost Puzzle Maze Game
GOBMAN.BAT GOBMAN Pac-man
HACX.BAT HACX Doom2 Hacx mods
HERETIC.BAT HERETIC Heretic 1
HEROS.BAT HEROS Heros 1 - The Sanguine Seven
HEXEN.BAT HEXEN Hexen 1
HEXEN2.BAT HEXEN Hexen 1.1 More levels than v1
HOYLE0.BAT HOYLE0 Hoyle Bridge, Crazy Eights, Old Maid,
Gin Rummy, Cribbage, Hearts, Euchre,
Klondike
HOYLE1.BAT HOYLE Hoyle Original Crazy Eights, Old Maid, Hearts,
GinRummy, Cribbage, Klondike
HOYLE2.BAT HOYLE2 Hoyle Calculation, Strategy, Eagle Wing,
Beleaguered Castle, Klondike, Canfield
Golf, Scorpion, Spiderette, La Belle
Lucie, Fortress Bakers Dozen, Bristol
Eight Off, Shamroks, Yukon, Elimiator,
Slide, Bowling, Nestor, Aces Up, Gaps
Penguin, Pyramid, Triplets, Poker Square,
Cribbage Square
HPOCUS.BAT HP Hocus Pocus
INNER.BAT INNERWLD Inner Worlds
INVADE78.BAT INVADE78 Invaders CTRL ALT RSHIFT Controls
INVADERS.BAT INVADERS Invaders
JAZZ.BAT JAZZ Jazz Jack Rabbit
JAZZJR.BAT JAZZXMAS Jazz Jack Rabbit XMAS
JILL.BAT JILL Jill of the Jungle
JILL2.BAT JILL2 Jill Goes Underground
JILL3.BAT JILL2 Jill Saves the Prince
JUMPMAN.BAT JUMPMAN Jumpman
KEEN1-3.BAT KEEN Commander Keen Episodes 1-3
KEEN3-5.BAT KEEN Commander Keen Episodes 3-5
KEEN4-5.BAT KEEN Commander Keen Episodes 4-5
KENS.BAT KENSLAB Kens Labyrinth
KILOB.BAT KILOB KiloBlaster
KIX.BAT KIX Lines Arcade
KONG.BAT KONG KONG
KQ1.BAT KQ1 Kings Quest 1 - Quest for the Crown
KQ2.BAT KQ2 Kings Quest 2 - Romancing the Throne
KQ3.BAT KQ3 Kings Quest 3
KQ4.BAT KQ4 Kings Quest 4 - The Perils of Rosella
KQ5.BAT KQ5 Kings Quest 5 - Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder
KQ6.BAT KQ6 Kings Quest 6 - Heir Today Gone Tomorrow
MAHJONG.BAT MAHJONG Mahjong Tile Game
MAHJONGv.BAT MAHJONGv VGA Mahjong Tile Game
MARIO.BAT MARIO Mario Brothers
MARS1.BAT MARS The Monuments of Mars 1 - First Contact
MARS2.BAT MARS The Monuments of Mars 2 - The Pyramid
MARS3.BAT MARS The Monuments of Mars 4 - The Face
MARS4.BAT MARS Mars IV Adventure
MATHB.BAT MATHB Math Blaster
MB1.BAT MB Monster Bash #1
MB2.BAT MB Monster Bash #2
MB3.BAT MB Monster Bash #3
MICKEYSA.BAT MICKEYSA Mickeys Space Adventure
MONOPOLY.BAT MONOPOLY Monopoly Board Game
MOTHERG.BAT MG Mixed Up Mother Goose
MSPAC.BAT MSPAC Mrs Pac-Man
NOID.BAT NOID Avoid the Noid
ONF.BAT OMF One Must Fall
OREGON.BAT OREGON Oregon Trail Deluxe
OTHELLO.BAT OTHELLO Othello Board Game
OVERKILL.BAT OVERKIL Overkill
PACMAN.BAT PACKMAN Pac-Man
PAGA1.BAT PAGA Paganitzu I - Romancing the Rose
PAGA2.BAT PAGA Paganitzu 2 - Quest for the Silver Dagger
PAGA3.BAT PAGA Paganitzu 3 - Jewel of teh Yucatan
PAKU.BAT PAKUPAKU Faithful Pac-Man
PCHESS.BAT PCHESS Psion Chess
PEACHES.BAT PEACH Peach's Dream
POKER.BAT POKER Bicycle Poker
POWERBAL.BAT POWERBAL Powerball
PTOMB1.BAT PTOMB Pharaohs Tomb 1 - Riders of the Lost Tomb
PTOMB2.BAT PTOMB Pharaohs Tomb 2 - Pharaohs Curse
PTOMB3.BAT PTOMB Pharaohs Tomb 3 - Temple of Terror
PTOMB4.BAT PTOMB Pharaohs Tomb 4 - Nevrors Revenge
QBERT.BAT QBERT Qbert Arcade
QTETRIS.BAT QTETRIS Quatris II Gold - Tetris Game
RAPTOR.BAT RAPTOR Raptor
ROKETZ.BAT ROKETZ Roketz Game
ROTT.BAT ROTT Rise of the Triad
SA1.BAT SA1 Secret Agent #1
SA2.BAT SA2 Secret Agent #2
SA3.BAT SA3 Secret Agent #3
SARGON4.BAT SARGON4 Sargon IV Chess
SARGON5.BAT SARONG5 Sargon V Chess
SCRBBLE.BAT SCRABBLE Scrabble Word Game
SKY.BAT SKY Sky Roads
SKYXMAS.BAT SKYXMAS Sky Roads XMAS
SOLITAIR.BAT SOLOTAIR Bicycle Solitaire
SOPHWITH.BAT SOPHWITH Sophwith Flying Game
SPEAR.BAT SPEAR Spear of Destiny
SPELLCAS.BAT SPELLCAS Spell Castle Learning Game
SQUAREZ.BAT SQUAREZ Squarez
SSAE.BAT SSAE LT Ancient Empires Learning Game
SSGG.BAT SSGG LT Gizmos and Gadgets Learning Game
SSGS.BAT SSGS LT Gertrudes Secrets Learning Game
SSMIDNT.BAT SSMIDNT LT Midnight Rescue Learning Game
SSMR.BAT SSMR LT Math Rabbit Learning Game
SSOPNEP.BAT SSNEPTUN LT Operation Neptune Learning Game
SSOUT.BAT SSOUTNUM LT Outnumbered Learning Game
SSROBOT.BAT SSROBOT LT Roboty Odyssey
SSR1.BAT RRABBIT LT Reader Rabbit Learning Game
SSR2.BAT RREADER2 LT Reader Rabbit 2 Learning Game
SSTC.BAT SSTC LT Treasure Cove Learning Game
SSTM.BAT SSTM LT Treasure Mountain Learning Game
SSTMS.BAT SSTMS LT Treasure Math Storm Learning Game
ST25.BAT ST25 Star Trek 25th Anniversary
STARGUN.BAT STARGUN Star Gunner
STRIKER1.BAT Striker Major Striker Scrolling Shooter Game
STYX.BAT STYX Lines/Sticks Arcade Game
SUPAPLEX.BAT SUPAPLEX Supaplex Game
TERRA.BAT TERRA Terra Fire
TETRIS.BAT TETRIS Text Tetris Game
TETRISO.BAT TETRISO Original Tetris Game
THOMAS.BAT THOMAS Thomas the Tank Game
TOMB.BAT TOMB Tomb Raider
TURRET.BAT TURRET Turret Gunner
TV.BAT TV Terminal Velocity
TYRIAN.BAT TYRIAN Tyrian Scrolling ShooterGame
UFO.BAT UFO Uno Clone
WACKY.BAT WACKY Wacky Wheels Game
WARCRAFT WARCRAFT Warcraft
WOLF2D.BAT WOLF2D Original Castle Wolfenstein
WOLF3D.BAT WOLF3D Wolfenstein 3D
WORDRES1.BAT WORDRES Word Rescue #1
XARGON1.BAT XARGON Xargon #1
XARGON2.BAT XARGON Xargon #2
XARGON3.BAT XARGON Xargon #3
ZINVADER.BAT ZINVADER Invaders, Super
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