DOS Games Discussion

[chris m]

more good news lol i have the image from the link u sent and attempted to post but got asked to register so that i could post links containing media i assume and then was told i have exceeded my limit of registration attempts for this session....w/e that means

[dosraider]

http://www.imageshack.us/
or
http://tinypic.com/
or
http://imagehost.org/
No need to register.

[Guest]

have an general spam email i can send it to?

[dosraider]

[chris m]

http://imgur.com/KZuNH.jpg

that good?

Edited link to make it clickable ~dosraider

[dosraider]

Yes, and it shows where you get things wrong.
It's NOT mount c"/users/<christopher>/dos/" but

mount c "/users/christopher/dos/"
Mind the correct spaces and the " "
I presume you will use /users/christopher/dos/ as virtual C ?

[chris m]

dont know what virtual c means? i suppose i'll try that link again and change that info in the preferences of the dosbox. where exactly are the space?

[dosraider]

mount space c space "/users/christopher/dos/"

Dosbox needs a folder that you mount as HardDisk C:, it uses a 'virtual C: ', everything you do IN dosbox is restricted to that virtual C folder.

The folder that you see as /users/christopher/dos/ in OS X will be seen as C: in dosbox.
That's your root in dosbox.
Everything will start from there.

[chris m]

ok so now i opened dosbox and it did recognize it as c drive...but now what do i do from there? how do i play games? and will the old ones still work? i can send more screen shots after what you tell me

[dosraider]

One game at the time, one by one, or it will gow completely wrong here ......

As I said before, I need some details from you, you really must be more talkative or we won't get where you want, to play games.

Let's begin with Quake, shall we?
Did you downed it from dosgames.com?
If yes you got a zip file, quake106.zip, in that zip file there are 4 files, you'll need to extract them 4 files in
/users/christopher/dos/temp/
run dosbox and then input:

cd temp
install

follow the screens to install the game.
Remember: when asked where to install the game in dosbox it's c:\quake_sw\ you must have in dosbox.

quake_sw because it's the shareware version you can get here on dosgames.com.

[chris m]

yes i did all of them except hugo and 1 other are from that website..how do i extract them exactly (not sure of the process and where i'm extracting them from) Might help if you used laymans terms. And when you mention that c:/quake/ is that a file i create myself as a reference....please go step by step with me thanks

[dosraider]

A *.zip file is a compressed archive.
You will need to extract (unzip) the files that are in it.
So you'll need a soft that can handle zip files for Mac.
Or ask someone with a PC to do it for you and copy the extracted files on an USB key or such ....

The 4 files you need are:
deice.exe
install.bat
resource.1
resource.dat

Once you have the 4 files from the quake106.zip in your
/users/christopher/dos/temp/
run dosbox and then input:

cd temp
install
You will be asked on what drive to install, simply input
C
Next what dir, there is allready c:\quake_sw filled in, simply hit ENTER.
The installer will create the quake_sw directory (folder), you don't need to create it.

Let the thing run (takes some time ...) the game will be installed in c:\quake_sw\ (dosbox path ! ) and will start once all is done.

[cm]

now i already have them on my computer unzipped as you said. the four item i can see plain as day in a file labelled quake under a folder named games. but when you mention /users/christopher/dos/temp...is that a file i need to create, see this is where i'm lost.

[dosraider]

yes, that /temp/ is something you must create yourself.
/temp/ is NOT a file but a folder.
Then put those 4 files in /temp/
the run dosbox and follow the instructions I posted.

BTW, you're or very young or very new to this stuff it seems...?

[Guest]

i figured out quake how about descent saturn?