The Alienware Alpha is a computer/console hybrid. It has desktop mode where it’s a normal computer and console mode that simulates an Xbox/PlayStation experience. Console mode is linked to a steam account so you buy the games in the store and scroll over to your library to play them once they downloaded.
When I bought the thing, the steam store didn’t have kings quest, or Torin’s passage or a few other games from my childhood. So I downloaded DosBox and bought a couple of games from GOG to play them when I was in desktop mode. To be honest, I don’t really play them because console mode is just way more convenient and I like using a controller only to scroll through games. I didn’t realize that until after owning the computer for a while.
Then the steam store gets the Kings Quest Collection, so I buy it. It’s now in my library on console mode and I can’t wait to play it. When I try to play it DosBox appears and screws it up.
I had somebody help me uninstall DosBox. I don’t know what they did but I can’t find a trace of a file anywhere on my computer that’s even related to DosBox anymore. But whenever I’m on console mode and try to load Kong’s Quest, DosBox pops up and everything glitches and goes to hell.
The other day, I bought the original Tomb Raider, tried to load it and DosBox popped up and glitched the whole thing up.
So now I fear that whenever steam gets a retro game in the store, I’m going to buy them and not be able to play them. I want to uninstall DosBox because I know I’m not going to be playing games on desktop mode, so I don’t have a use for it.
DosFreak wrote:What is "console mode"?
What are these "older games"? List them.
What do you mean by "everything glitches"? If everything glitch […]
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What is "console mode"?
What are these "older games"? List them.
What do you mean by "everything glitches"? If everything glitches then you are in a simulation and have other things to worry about.
Windows 8+ does not support DOS games anymore unless you are running 32bit Windows and are playing the few that can play in a window.
There is no "risk" the games will not work unless you use an emulator to play them. DOSBox is the arguably the best solution, the only other would be pcem. Currently everything else for Windows for DOS games is not worth using except for specific use cases.