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Dosbox - How to install DOS games in Windows

ex. Doom Shareware and Quake Shareware

Create a folder on your computer drive

c:\dosgames

Create three subfolders

c:\dosgames\dosbox

c:\dosgames\play

c:\dosgames\source

In the folder c:\dosgames\dosbox, unzip the version of Dosbox that you want to use (e. g. dosbox, dosbox-x, dosbox-staging)

In the folder c:\dosgames\dosbox, make a backup of the configuration file (dosbox-x.conf / dosbox-staging.conf). For the original dosbox and for dosbox-staging, you must first start dosbox.exe, so it creates a file "dosbox-0.74-3.conf" or "dosbox-staging.conf" in folder "[username]\AppData\Local\DOSBox". dosbox-x has already a dosbox-x.conf in its own folder.

Those conf-files are text files and can be opened with any editor, e. g. Windows notepad.

Change "fullscreen = false" to "true"

Change "aspect = false" to "true"

At the end, under section [autoexec], add:

mount d c:\dosgames\source

mount c c:\dosgames\play

If you have a physical CD ROM drive D:\ and want to use your CDs in Dosbox, add

mount e d:\

Save the conf-file.

There are two possible scenarios: You have either the files or a CD image.

Variation 1 with files: Download a DOS game which is distributed as files (e. g. Doom shareware) and unzip it as a new subfolder (e. g. doom) into the "source" folder.

Start dosbox. For a list of DOS commands, type help. To see the content of any directory, type "dir" (or use the Windows Explorer). Start a file like "install.bat" or "setup.exe". For Doom:

d:

cd doom

install

In the installation program, choose drive C:

Use the sound settings according to your dosbox config

Exit the installation program

Doom starts

If you use a physical CD ROM, the procedure would be essentially the same:

e:

install

Variation 2 with CD image: Download a DOS game which is distributed as image (e. g. Quake shareware) and unzip it as a new subfolder (e. g. quake) into the "play" folder. Type

d:

cd quake

imgmount f quake.bin

f:

install

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