First post, by Mau1wurf1977
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Games fully covered via my YouTube videos:
These videos show you how to tweak DOSBox but also how to play them on a real MS-DOS Gaming PC.
Wing Commander Academy and Wing Commander Armada
Ultima: Savage Empire and Ultima: Martian Dreams
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ANOTHER project I'm working on at the moment 😀
Some of you might know, GOG.com games, the ones that use DOSBox are a great, legal and ethical way to get MS-DOS games. I understand it's not for everyone and some prefer boxed games, others just pirate them, but for those who like and support GOG.com as well and want to play these games on a real MS-DOS Gaming PC: Well this thread is for you 😀
So far I have produced two, quite elaborate, videos covering the GOG.com release of Wing Commander III and Prinball Dreams Deluxe.
Wing Commander III: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1kD567PuFQ
Pinball Dreams Deluxe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQtBjNq_mnE
Both of these games sue mounted CD images, Wing Commander III a standard ISO, Pinball Dreams Deluxe a non-standard BIN / CUE file with compress audio files.
The method GOG.com uses to ship Pinball Dreams is pretty much as hard as it gets based on the games I have tried so far. So if you are able to follow the steps in the video, you should be able to get most games going.
So far I have come across various releases with various pointers:
- Games that just mount a folder. All you need to do is copy them onto your MS-DOS Gaming PC
- Games that have configuration files with hard-coded folders / directories. Here you can either edit these configuration files or just install the game in the same folder
- Game that come with SETUP.EXE or INSTALL.EXE to change the Sound options
- Games that lack SETUP.EXE or INSTALL.EXE, but have a configuration file to edit, such as Wing Commander or some Sierra games
- Games that give you the full installation CD: Wing Commander III, Strike Commander CD, Pinball Dreams Deluxe...
- Games that come with BIN / CUE images for mixed mode CDs (Data track + Audio CD tracks). These are a bit of work, but nothing really hard.
- Some games don't give you an installation CD AND need files copies into a folder. Quite a pain
- Some games that I haven't been able to get going such as Battle Isle 2
Some examples:
Games that just need files copied: Blake Stone and Wing Commander 1 and 2
Games that give you the full installation CD as ISO image: Gabriel Knights 1 and Police Quest 4
Games that give you the full installation CD as BIN / CUE with compressed audio files: Pinball Dreams Deluxe, Descent 1
Games that lack INSTALL.EXE to change Sound: Wing Commander 1, Space Quest games
Games that require created a mixed mode CD AND need files copied into a directory: Pinball Illusions and Descent 2
The tools I use to make discs are all freeware:
- Free Audio Converter to turn MP3 and OGG files into CD compatible WAV files
- DAEMON Tools to mount images for extracting / accessing files
- InfraRecorder to burn mixed mode (Data + Audio tracks) CDs