I'm trying to create a small batch launcher for a game. I want it to hold for 2 seconds and wait for user input (any key) to enter the game setup otherwise it simply launches the game. If the user does press a key, it will enter the game setup and then go back to the root "menu" with the 2 second timer again. I've looked at utilizing TIMEOUT but I don't like that the only way to handle aborting the countdown is CTRL+C. I've tried CHOICE but it seems like it doesn't support the modern convention of the TIMEOUT and default action command parameters. Is there another way I can do this?

EDIT: I guess the TIMEOUT command isn't even supported by DOSBox, never mind about that.