DOSBox

GPF · Post by **GPF** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:36 pm

Iv got the shell running so far on my dreamcast hardware, still needs some work and don't know how fast , compatibility ,sound etc are working yet. Still need to figure out how to mount the dc gdrom as a drive to load dos games from also.

Troy Davis(GPF)
http://gpf.dcemu.co.uk

Hashmire420 · Post by **Hashmire420** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:54 pm

SWEEEEET U r TeH ubER 1337 HaXoR!1111shift+1

but seriously this is really cool if you could get it to where you can switch out the disk with commercial dos games i would love your fore........ wait i dont think DC can read that format nevermind me.

I am looking forward to this a hundred times over

TyBO · Post by **TyBO** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:05 pm

Whoaaa...... that's great!!

I've never really known what DOSBox is though. I'm assuming it lets you play old DOS based computer games, yes?

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:10 pm

Whoa! Consider me extremely interested.

Jazz Jackrabbit on your Dreamcast, man. That would be the end-all be-all of cool.

LyingWake · Post by **LyingWake** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:15 am

TyBO wrote:Whoaaa...... that's great!!

I've never really known what DOSBox is though. I'm assuming it lets you play old DOS based computer games, yes?

Pretty much. It's a DOS emulator.

Check out their homepage:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

MetaFox · Post by **MetaFox** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:23 am

Holy moogle. I didn't think this was possible.

TyBO · Post by **TyBO** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:36 am

NO WAY!!! DOSBox supports Mario is Missing and Reader Rabbit! Those games were like staples in my youth!

Now, I am officially excited.

crt023 · Post by **crt023** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:57 am

Thats pretty cool.

DOSBOX requires a pretty powerfull pc so I wonder how fast games would look on the DC.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:30 am

Awesome job GPF! I've been using DosBox for years and always wondered if this thing could be playable on the DC. Once you figure out how to mount the GD-ROM and get support for the controllers then we can find out what this thing can do!

BlazeHedgehog wrote:Whoa! Consider me extremely interested.

Jazz Jackrabbit on your Dreamcast, man. That would be the end-all be-all of cool.

I don't want to sound pessimistic, but I seriously doubt the DC would be able to handle Jazz. Jazz runs choppy at times on my AMD Athlon 1.8Ghz PC, which was disappointing because I love Jazz.

I'm predicting the only games that will run at a good speed are the early DOS games, like Barbarian, Shamus, Kroz, ZZT, etc. If Commander Keen runs well, not only would I be surprised, but VERY excited!

Best of luck with this GPF!

jessman · Post by **jessman** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:08 am

awsome! I just wonder how fast it'll be...heh.

DCmad · Post by **DCmad** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:49 pm

This is the man, GPF. So many good games we could have if it runs well.

BTW, GPF, are you still planning to mess with DCNeoPop and REminiscence?

bender · Post by **bender** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:27 pm

Very cool GPF.

Matisfaction · Post by **Matisfaction** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:42 pm

SWOS ON DC?

DARKGATE · Post by **DARKGATE** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:45 am

i think wich can be good if work the oldest games dos 1982- 1985 with 4 colors, =)
i doubt wich cqan be work games more great =| example: (eye of the beholder saga, or MORTAL KOMBAT)
I hope wich came a good work, also if wait by GPF a good version of neogeo pocket, =|.

Snayperskaya · Post by **Snayperskaya** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:51 pm

Good.
Does it supports memory managers, as DOS4GW/CWSPMI ?