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First post, by Genda

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Hi, I'll try to keep this short.

I recently decided to try out DOSBox so I could play a game I haven't seen in ages, so after reading tutorials and getting it set up properly, I think that I'm ready to launch the game. And then this comes up:

C:\>[line I tried to type in to run my game]
unable to open config.dat

I have searched Google quite a bit, but believe it or not, nothing I can find matches word-for-word what I'm seeing. I suspect it's a minor problem, but I'm not sure...

Any fixes?

Reply 1 of 3, by Dominus

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Install the game from the original disk/floppy IN dosbox

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper

Reply 2 of 3, by Genda

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Sadly, I don't have the physical disk anymore; I lost it a long time ago. I actually downloaded it on an abandonware site.

It's odd, because I know a few people who have tried using downloaded games and they worked fine...

Reply 3 of 3, by Dominus

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Yep, but we don't support that because it is not legal and people run into the problem you ran into...

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper