Sure can, just do it the same way Gog does by using command line options and a batch file/shortcut to start the game fullscreen with whatever options you've already set. For example, put your game and a dosbox distribution into the same folder, then set a shortcut to start like this:

dosbox.exe -conf game.conf -noconsole -c exit

You can use the default dosbox.conf or make your own (game.conf) specific version. Consult the wiki or see sticky posts for manual config editing. This way you can setup a "machine" config that matches the period of the game and plays it exactly the way it was intended. Then just zip it all up and share as needed.

Set up shortcuts that you can place in his Start menu or desktop. For example this is my shortcut for Space Quest 5:

"C:\Program Files\DOSBox\DOSBox.exe" -conf "C:\Games\DOS\Dosbox configs\sq5.conf" -noconsole -exit

Maybe try my gamepackarchives.

zkl wrote:

old freeware apogee games.

Y'know, only a couple of them have been officially released as freeware; most of the other Apogee/3D Realms games are still for sale from GOG.com, or from Apogee directly.

Is it fair that GOG is making money on a freeware product?

RacoonRider wrote:

Is it fair that GOG is making money on a freeware product?

What gives you that idea?! If I am not mistaken, there is nothing on GOG.com with a price attached that has also been officially released as freeware. (Star Control 2 doesn't really count.)

If you're referring to DOSBox itself, well, that's been discussed many times before. Besides, DOSBox has been included in numerous commercial products at this point (such as the Sierra rereleases or the Commander Keen collection on Steam).

Thanks for the tips.

Also, I did not mean to indicate that GOG.com is selling those old apogee games, I just meant that gog.com packages dos box with the old non-freeware dos titles, and I was wondering how they did that so that I could do it for my cousin.