And that MAX.BAT contains?

MAX.BAT is the executable file for the game. Running that file on my Mini9 and my Vista PC boots up the game.

Nope. MAX.BAT is NOT an executable.

I know its not an EXE file...I'm just saying the the .BAT file executes the game on my other machines but not on this one.

Please post full information about how you installed the game (BOTH pcs),
the exact mounting lines used during installation and when running the game,
and the contents of that batch file.

Downloaded & installed DosBox OS X
Downloaded M.A.X Full Iso

Extracted ISO to folder named INSTALL in my root user folder

Command : mount c ~/INSTALL -size 4025,127,16513,1700
Command : c:
Command : install.exe

I install the game to my user root in a folder called INTRPLAY/MAX

Command : mount c ~/INTRPLAY/MAX
Command : c:
Command : max.bat

At this point the game runs but not on the work MAC.

.BAT file contents :

@echo off
if exist *.swp del *.swp
eregcard.exe
maxrun.bat

This process was identical for the PC obv replacing ~/ with c:\
File structures were identical and the game runs fine.

And the MAXRUN.BAT file contains...? 😀

Besides what oolie mentioned, you're using a different mounting when
running the game compared to when you installed it:

Command : mount c ~/INTRPLAY/MAX
Command : c:
Command : max.bat

No idea why you're doing that, but please stick to the EXACT same mountings
that you used during installation, that's what the game expects. I don't know
why it'd work that way on your pc, but i guess you didn't tell the full truth.

Maxrun.exe -fC:\MAX

I have tried to run the .EXE directly also

Why did you change the mount?

Edit MAX.BAT and remove the @echo off.
Then run it again.

Btw:

> Downloaded M.A.X Full Iso

It seems perfectly reasonable to me.

Extract ISO to INSTALL folder. Mount install folder and install to INTRPLAY/MAX folder.

Mount INTRPLAY/MAX folder, run .BAT

I changed the mount because i need the DosBox to point to installed location.

altering the MAX.BAT file did not work, see attached image.

OK, another-side-approach - in C:\ in DOSbox - what files/folders does 'dir' command show?

C:/dir shows 536 files from the INTRPLAY/MAX directory

OK, so where does this fit?

Gus wrote:

Maxrun.exe -fC:\MAX
I have tried to run the .EXE directly also

Is there a MAX folder in DOSbox's C:\ that contains an maxrun.exe file?

Gus wrote:

altering the MAX.BAT file did not work, see attached image.

Of course it worked! It now allows you to see exactly what is wrong. And once you know what it wrong, it is often fairly easy to fix it.

The MAX.BAT tries to run eregcard.exe (probably a small application that prompts you to print out and mail the publisher a registration card for the game) and that program EREGCARD.EXE is not in the directory => Epic fail.

So, where is it?
And why isn't it where it is supposed to be?

But Gus also said that he had tried running the game exe directly...

Well he said pretty much and i'm sure only half of it was correct, but he
didn't answer my questions, didn't post exact mountings etc. so hard to tell.