http://dosbox.com/wiki/GOG_games_that_use_DOSBox

Thanks for the link. So I guess the generic system requirements for dos games mentioned at GOG refer to the requirements to play smoothly the said games in dosbox. And not a repackaged windows executable like that available for Descent 1.

Any discussion comparing GOG to abandonware sites or how GOG is in the wrong will immediately result in this thread being locked.

This isn't rpgcodex (thank god)

Thank you and have a nice day.

I have bought several games. Almost all DOS based ones work via DOSBOX. GOG.COM has created a nice installer , u just get the game, install, and double-click on it's icon. Everything is pre-configured and you don't have to type a single command to get it going...

Any discussion comparing GOG to abandonware sites or how GOG is in the wrong will immediately result in this thread being locked.

but... but... but..., ok, I'll shut up 😀 Seriously, I think GOG is a good service and whenever I'll feel like one of the games they are selling, I'll bite!

keropi wrote:

I have bought several games. Almost all DOS based ones work via DOSBOX. GOG.COM has created a nice installer , u just get the game, install, and double-click on it's icon. Everything is pre-configured and you don't have to type a single command to get it going...

That's good news! Thanks!

I thought GOG did clear everything with the developers/publishers/copyright holders of the games they offer, and consequently pay some kind of fee. Don't they?

Certainly I appreciate that everything they offer is properly tested and supported.

yes, AFAIK gog.com is LEGIT.

Malik, the games on Gog.com are designed to be unpacked and then run on XP/Vista. DOSBox is included in the installation package. Gog are also selling old win9x games that run on XP/Vista. Eg: Might and Magic VI: the mandate of heaven. If you put these specific MM6 files on to a CD-R for instance, and transfer them to a win9x PC and try to run the game, it won't work. But, if you do this for an older DOS title, the chances are it will work. I'm not sure about a game as "complex" as UAKM, with its 4 CDs, but certainly for a simpler floppy disk based game, it should be OK.

I'm going to buy Tex Murphy 1 & 2 (MM and MS), because they were originally sold on floppy disk, and should work fine on a "real DOS PC" if copied over to one. But these old DOS games look great on DOSBox anyhow, so it's just a bit of fun to see them running on both an old PC and a new one. The prices are very good, $6 for example, and you've got a good active community on that website too.

retro games 100 wrote:

Malik, the games on Gog.com are designed to be unpacked and then run on XP/Vista. DOSBox is included in the installation package. Gog are also selling old win9x games that run on XP/Vista. Eg: Might and Magic VI: the mandate of heaven. If you put these specific MM6 files on to a CD-R for instance, and transfer them to a win9x PC and try to run the game, it won't work. But, if you do this for an older DOS title, the chances are it will work. I'm not sure about a game as "complex" as UAKM, with its 4 CDs, but certainly for a simpler floppy disk based game, it should be OK.

I'm going to buy Tex Murphy 1 & 2 (MM and MS), because they were originally sold on floppy disk, and should work fine on a "real DOS PC" if copied over to one. But these old DOS games look great on DOSBox anyhow, so it's just a bit of fun to see them running on both an old PC and a new one. The prices are very good, $6 for example, and you've got a good active community on that website too.

Thanks for the info! I wonder how they are preparing the installation and play for Under A Killing Moon since it came on 4 CDs and how it'll be run, using virtual drive, perhaps?

Malik wrote:

I wonder how they are preparing the installation and play for Under A Killing Moon since it came on 4 CDs and how it'll be run, using virtual drive, perhaps?

I think you can set up multiple CD-ROM disc access inside DOSBox's config file. I think there's a thread about it either on Vogons, or on DOSBox's website help section. (I know I've seen it somewhere on usenet.)

maybe something like

Nice. 😁

rcblanke wrote:

maybe something like

Thanks! That's very informative! I never had the need to use multiple cds in dosbox so far. (Hence my ignorance.)

Usually you can just mount multiple CD images on the same virtual drive using a single imgmount command and cycle through the ISOs using ctrl-F4, but UAKM supports the individual game CDs to be in different (virtual) drives. So, once the game is properly configured you don't even have to cycle the CDs anymore.