Dos & windows games advice please

[pubzombie]

Hi all,


I have been happy bangin away on my Panny with Vice & UAE4ALL since it arrived summertime.


I have got the old D&D classics like Baldur's running and now want to get some old windows/dos game going.


Just wondering what the difference is between the different dosBox's and Qemu?


One of the games I want to try running is Fallout and then Conquest of the New World. I think I should be using Qemu for these?


Thanks for your time - never used dosBox before.


Pz

 

[atari_afternoon]

Hi, I can´t tell about Qemu yet but DosBox, thanks to the Pandora keyboard, runs exactly like the DOS PC.


However, I have evaded games that need a mouse so far. You possibly have to load a mouse driver (like back then, when it was in autoexec.bat) but some people have reported mouse problems.


My old jump and runs from the mid 90ies run perfectly.

 

[apersonthinks]

Dosbox EX is the best form of dosbox, the only issue is that it uses EX launcher where it wants you to make config files for each game. I got around this by making a "game" that unmounts the default C drive and allows you to set your own.


Only use Qemu if you need windows9x

 

[WizardStan]

thanks to the Pandora keyboard, runs exactly like the DOS PC.

Literally. There's been a lot of confusion about this, but the keyboard mapping is directly to a full size keyboard. For example, on the Pandora you have : as fn> but on your desktop keyboard it is shift; right? So in DosBox in order to get a : you need to press shift-fn-<


A little confusing but works.

 

[pubzombie]

Ok thank you guys . Will prob be posting with questions again very soon.

 

[Stainy]

Just started playing this..


looks need..


SNIP ~ Abandonware not allowed here


mmm can`t seem to get the menu working in game.. can`t picking anything up or examine..


found the manual which says it uses mouse ( left click and right click )


Is the mouse in dosboxfe configured strangely?