Note: just tried with a demo version of EP downloaded from the 'net, with the exact same results.

DOSbox is GPL-ed-- the only restriction on distribution is that the source must be offered along with the binary at no extra cost. (apart from media costs or the like), and that these same terms be extended to the recipient. There's no restriction or requirement of money changing hands apart from …

I'm not sure about the keyboard, but the game should be completely controllable via the mouse-- however, flying actual missions will not be particularly fun. The game 's really not designed to be played without a joystick. If at all possible, I'd spend $10 on a cheap used joystick.

Which version of Extreme Pinball do you have? (I'm not sure if there was more than one, but I'm working with v1.0 retail CD) Also, could I take a look at your dosbox.conf?

I really can't test wdmsound-- I don't have windows available. Extreme pinball *does* run under dosemu (Linux's other popular dos emulator), but the video display doesn't work well at all. (I suspect dosemu has issues with Mode X) Thanks for the reply though EDIT: I also tried the DOS32/A dos …

Hi, I'm trying to play Extreme Pinball in DosBox. (tried 0.59, 0.60 and current CVS code) under Linux, with normal, full and dynamic CPU cores, and in all cases the game works just fine... until I press a key, at which point, it crashes (back to the DOS command prompt, which will still accept …