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First post, by whiteportal27

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Can I save my game in GTA 1 with DOSbox?

Reply 1 of 6, by Jorpho

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Standard DOSBox does not support savestates. For that, you need a different build, such as DOSBox-X.

Reply 2 of 6, by whiteportal27

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And how do you use save in DOSBox-X?

Reply 3 of 6, by ripsaw8080

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It's not terribly convenient, but GTA 1 does allow saving the game between "levels" -- to end a level you must acquire a certain amount of money or meet some other objective.

Reply 4 of 6, by whiteportal27

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And other games?

Reply 5 of 6, by ripsaw8080

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To answer as vaguely as your question: other games may have similar methods, or different methods, or no methods at all.

Reply 6 of 6, by Jorpho

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whiteportal27 wrote on 2021-06-22, 19:12:

And how do you use save in DOSBox-X?

I assume the process is similar to save states in console emulators. Have you considered reading the documentation?

ripsaw8080 wrote on 2021-06-22, 19:19:

to end a level you must acquire a certain amount of money or meet some other objective.

True, but alas, that can take hours. There was much frustration about that twenty years ago. (I'm a little surprised no one has tried to come up with a practical mod in the meantime.)