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Dogbreath
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| Prolly read it and forgot you wrote it. (I've seen similar posts on other forums, and they're all jumbled - I normally don't read in a linear fashion like most people, I glance at a post and get the gist of it in a second or two, and then move on. It has it's downsides) When I saw the new one I thought of this discussion. |
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the123zach
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Sure Dosbox is cool but since its an emulator and not the real thing it doesn't have 100% compatibility and it is anything but n00b friendly.
So Retroplay will be a great alternative to DosBox and will even be able to be used by people who get scared off by Dosbox's complexity and even by people who don't know a whole lot about computers in general
Of course it will also be great for those who are power users since it includes features DosBox does not and the fact it doesn't require a compatible OS like how Dosbox does.
So all in all both are great but Retroplay is all around easier and a good choice.
Just a quick update this project is still kicking and very much alive its just behind the scenes alive.
What will hopefully be the last public preview will be coming out by the end of November and the promised release date has been delayed as I am now a little short when it comes to beta testers.
I'm not going to be revealing too much about this upcomming preview but I will say this it will contain alot of features and more compatibility then the first preview in September and it will also be much more user friendly too.
I have come up with a pretty good idea and would like to know what others think
This idea is to include some Game creation programs so users can easily create their own games without any programming required. |
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Dogbreath
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| dosbox? Complex? It's about as easy to use as a toaster. I can't really think of too many ways to make it *more* N00b friendly. |
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the123zach
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| Dogbreath wrote: | | dosbox? Complex? It's about as easy to use as a toaster. I can't really think of too many ways to make it *more* N00b friendly. |
Maybe for someone who knows what they are doing, great.
But for those that dont know anything when it comes to Dos and old computers than they will have a hard time with DosBox, even with a frontend you still gotta set the proper options and thats something a newb wont be able to do cause they dont know the proper options.
Also Dosbox is an emulator and like any emulator it has its pitfalls.
Retroplay and Dosbox are both good to use products to use with each having their own pros and cons.
Retroplay is native as opposed to emulated so its more accurate and more compatible with PCs. Sound isnt much of a problem for Retroplay either.
Emulated requires much more CPU than what native non emulated Dos needs so again dont need a good computer to play dos games where as in Dosbox the cycles has to be turned way up in essance eating up CPU so again retroplay is more compatible for older computers and newer computers alike.
People that dont know dos or old computers dont want to mess with all kinds of options where as in Retroplay everything is menu driven and installation of Retroplay and games are as easy as can be and much easier than Dosbox.
All in all both are good products Dosbox is more for people that know dos and know comouters and what options to use and have good computers (Emulation rule of thumb generally is at least 10x/100x more CPU than the real thing when it comes to emulation) and emulation is not 100% accurate either so all in all both are equally good but one is for advanced users and one is for non advanced users although their are things in the newest behind the scenes Retroplay that is also attractive to the advanced power users too. |
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