1. & 2.: It's illegal to download pirated games from a pirate site in many countries. Abandonware is not a legal term. it's not illegal to play them via DOSBox, though, but you won't get support here on Vogons.

3. You best follow the DOSBox guides DOSBox Guides Short version: crate a folder called c:\Dosgames, place the install folder in c:\Dosgames, start Dosbox and use this command: "mount c C:\dosgames". Then type "c:" and then "cd installfolder" (installfolder the name of the game's install folder). run setup. Then afterwards use the same mount and cd to the game folder when you want to start.

Hi @Dominus,

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly.

I will try your suggestions in terms of reading the guides and using an install folder.

One more question: what if I download a demo from one of those abandonware websites - is that ok? Would I get support for trying to get a demo to work here on vogons?

Thanks

Problem is that we don't allow links to the abandonware sites (and honestly there are not many demos of DOS games to begin with). The reason why we don't support abandonware is 1. we don't want to be liable and 2. the games are often "ripped" or cracked and might exhibit behavior the original game does not.

Ok, thanks, I understand. Thanks for your help! 👍

I recommend you to create a "Games" folder inside the "DOSBox" folder where then you put all your games into:

And then at the end of the DOSBox Config File add:

mount c c:\Games\DOSBox\Games\

So that when you enter C: in DOSBox you will be inside the games folder.

Okay thank you for the recommendation @BardBun

It’s bad practice to mix the program folder with data (or in this case games). Better don‘t make the games folder a subfolder of where you install Dosbox

Right, okay thanks, I think I had been doing this so thanks for the heads up.