New MS-DOS Games Launcher / Menu System App

[McKie1]

1000% better than powermenu I used back in the day.

Will definitely be loading this soon.

Thank you.

[jarreboum]

I really like it, especially having a separate setup option with its own script. [edit] I missed the series option. Great stuff! [/edit]

Also I'm sad at the 286 requirement. Does it use 286-specific code or could it be executed with a NEC V20? Any chance not to have that requirement at all in the future?

[Azarien]

AFAIK V20 supports 186 instruction set, and 286 is 186 + protected mode, so I think it should work as long as the program doesn't use pmode.

[MobyGamer]

It shouldn't require a 286 -- you can control whether 286 (or 386, or 8087) code is generated in the "Make EXE" dialog. jasondavidcarr, any reason why you wrote your launcher requires a 286?

[mothergoose729]

Holy moley, are you the Jason from launchbox .

I was seriously thinking about making an app just like this for my dos machine (once it is built... ). The only thing I was going to add to it was a section for notes. Sometimes it takes a few steps to get your machine ssetup to run a game, beyond what you can do in a batch file (like disabling cache in your bios).

Anyway, neat app. Can't wait to try it!

[cyclone3d]

I'm definitely going to try this out once I get my 486 build up and running. Still waiting on a functional CF to IDE adapter from China to arrive.

[thierry]

Wow , this tool its great ! , i think im test it in my PC XT DOS 3.30 , IBM 5150 DOS 3.2 , PC clon 386 dx 40mhz 8mb ram + DOS 6.22 , thanks !!

[Thallanor]

This looks pretty fantastic! I used to use an MS-DOS menu back in the day, but have long since forgotten what it was called and have only found stinkers. This one looks great! Thank you.

[khan_games]

Very excited to get this set up and use! Thank you so much! As someone previously mentioned, a notes section would be great so that I can remind myself which games to disable CPU cache on, but man, this is going to make things so much easier!

[chinny22]

Looks pretty good.
Ive been wanting another menu system for my other 486 and Dosshell didn't really do it for me.
I used "Osmenu" on my original PC all those years ago you can see and download it here
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=42212#p413674

While its OK and fits that PC it has its limits and wanted something better yet simple.

- Games that have separate binaries for multiple episodes could be handled by a submenu maybe

I've created batch files for such games that the menu calls up instead, although inbuilt support would be nice as well