Depends on what you consider fast.

Athlon XP 2800+
Runs at 20+ fps in 320X200, dynamic core, frameskip=0, no sound.

Considering that on the host you can get around 200+ fps in 1600x1200, then yeah I wouldn't consider DosBox fast. 😉

You could up the frameskip a bit and perhaps get a bit higher resolution but your better off running under Windows XP, or using IceCold's WinBlood port (Still beta).

When I ran it under DOSBox, Blood was so so slow. It started playing the demo of Blood (a recorded demo). I can hear it, but couldn't see it. Am wondering whether I need to tweak DOSBox, such as whether you can specify the CPU to emulate, etc.

Make sure your dosbox.conf has core=dynamic and make sure Blood is set to 320x200 in blood.cfg.

I see I see. Anything else, like tweaking the cycles or that framerate thingy?

I suggest you search the forums and the dosbox wiki for information on how to tune speed. There's lots of advice around, look for it!

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Depends on what you consider fast.

Athlon XP 2800+
Runs at 20+ fps in 320X200, dynamic core, frameskip=0, no sound.

Considering that on the host you can get around 200+ fps in 1600x1200, then yeah I wouldn't consider DosBox fast. 😉

You could up the frameskip a bit and perhaps get a bit higher resolution but your better off running under Windows XP, or using IceCold's WinBlood port (Still beta).

How do you run it in the host? I tried but it didn't work at all.

He probably means running it under native ms-dos. 😎

Do you have a link to IceBlood's WinBlood port? I did a quick google on it but didn't see it.

I tried looking for it last week but the forum/site disappeared. Odd because it looked like work was progressing on it...they probably just moved but now even a simple google search can't find any valid links.