DOS Games Discussion

How can you tell what number of cpu cycles a game needs?

I noticed increasing cpu cycles tend to do that, until I changed the part that says timed=no to timed=false. For some reason I was able to get cpu cycles to max with that. It didn't change game speed, just game "smoothness," I don't really know what other word to describe having low cpu cy...

What's a TSR?

That's terrible, thank you for your input. But if by any slim chance anybody knows how to skip this please share. It gets really frustrating.

They were able to help me. I am having specific game problems however and I didn't know if that was their issue. Now the issue I am having is the calibration screen does recognize my joystick (good) but if I go through the screen too fast it can get miscalibrated (bad). Is there a way to skip joysti...

Ok, I will try that. Thank you.

I am using dosbox on windows 10. I got my joystick to work for Earthsiege using a program called "Antimicro" but other games request joystick calibration at the beginning of the game. If I set my joystick to keys or mouse it will not automatically center once I stop moving the joystick. I ...

I've tried asking them, they don't respond. I have been on a few emulator forums trying to get answers to getting a joystick to work. There is a post on Vogon's where somebody mentions each game having a specific joystick driver but the person making the post doesn't have the same problem as me.

How do I get new joysticks to work in old dos games? I have been trying to play several games with my joystick but they don't work, the games don't recognize the device. These games include Metaltech: Earthsiege, Star Wars: Rebal Assault, and Star Wars: X-Wing. I have a Thrustmaster T. Flight Stick ...