First post, by red_avatar
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I'm working on getting DOS games added to my arcade machine. Most games are not a good match for arcade controls due to either needing too many different buttons or a mouse but I'm having fun adding stuff like Halloween Harry, Commander Keen, Dizzy, etc. which all work great.
I'm running into problems when I get to Shareware games however. Shareware games often split up the game in different .exe files (biomenace1.exe, biomenace2.exe, etc.) so when I pick one of these games from the Bigbox menu, I can only link to one of these files unless I add duplicates which is a mess. Basically I want to link to one executable that offers a choice of which "chapter" I want to run.
I have software that asks for input (press A for ...) but since this is supposed to be user friendly for everyone and arcade keys aren't labelled like that, I need a menu that can be navigated using the cursor keys and confirmation by space, enter, ctrl or alt. The software I found is all way too over the top - does anyone know a tool that creates a simple .exe or .com file that is easy and quick to setup that does what I need it to i.e. let's you chose between certain options from a simple menu using cursor keys and standard selection keys?
Retro game fanatic.
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