Can anybody confirm this?

Don't have that game. I would start by setting all the sound-devices (sb, gus, adlib, disney,...) in DOSBox to false.

Tried that. same results.

(and holy cow I haven't looked at this in two years)

works here with default dosbox's config with music, sound and voice.

The problem was:
7th floppy has files with the same names that were on previous floppies so coppying all floppies to one folder won't work - you have to install from floppies.

Yes that's right. Thank you so much robertmo!! You are awesome!

You know, BusyTown really is "The Most Fun Game Ever!" like it says on the packaging. It's like, a low-rez non-violent pixel art based Grand Theft Auto for kids! Cause like, they can just do whatever they want. Want to spray the little rabbit family with the hose instead of fighting the fire that's burning up their house? Sure OK no problem you can do it. There's all kinds of hilarious little things like that hidden in this game that a "normal" children's game wouldn't let you do - knocking over trash cans and running into people with the delivery and fire trucks, making the kettle boil over, totally wrapping up somebody with bandages like a mummy in the doctor's office and tons of other crazy stuff. The wind playground is probably the one that allows for the most interactivity of this type. Most children's games don't allow that kind of thing 😀

And I still don't understand why getting in the way of somebody's photograph costs you one banana. I would really appreciate it if someone could explain that to me cause I just don't get it.

Hi.
I've found this game on an old CD a few days ago, and it's freezing after the title as well (dosbox 0.74)
Since it is only one directory, I don't know how to reinstall it, installer can't find the disks of course.
I've uploaded the game, just to help the testing, if you want it, because I did not found the game on the web. Nowhere.
Here it is: [don't]
Hope you can help! Thank you!

If the game is still copyrighted you should not upload it.

One needs to not use SB16. it runs correctly if using SBPRO2 as soundcard.

Appears to work with sbtype=sb16 and irq=5; maybe it uses the default IRQ for the detected SB type. The install seems to let you choose the IRQ, but only at installation.

Kolano, you're a god!
Set sbtype to sbpro2 and irq to 5 solved the problem!
Thank you very, VERY much!