Pandora DosBox ?

[Cas]

Being a bit of a numpty when it comes to setting things up and getting them going can I ask a couple of questions.

Is there a real basic guide for setting up and getting going DosBox EX anywhere ?

This was asked before but time has moved on and maybe more is known now.

Could a program like Boxer for the Mac be put together for the Pandora ?

http://boxerapp.com/

 

[klapse]

DOS games were installed, run and managed from the command-line. Dosbox gives you a command line.


Dosbox EX sets up a system of batch files and screenshots, one for each game, that allows you to click on the game to start it. More info is here: http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=dosbox-ex-app


Maybe someone who uses Dosbox EX can give you a step-by-step guide.

 

[atari_afternoon]

So complicated?

Sure, for other handheld devices you need to write bat.-files to start them...

But the Pandora, with its keyboard:

I have all DOS games in the correct subfolder of DosBox; only this is a must.

And by commandline he means do it like earlier in the nineties:

cd [name of game folder]

dir *.exe (if you don´t know the name of the exe file)

(type the name of the exe file. sometimes com.file)

Voila

Example (Biomenace shareware episode 1):

1. type "cd bmenace"

2. type "dir *.exe"  [result will show "bmenace1.exe"; I can ommit this step since I know its name already]

3. type "bmenace1"

Action!

 

[commander-beef]

It cant be easier:

drop game directory [with game files] into:

[sdcard]/pandora/appdata/dosbox-ex-ura/

and run dosbox ex. 

dosbox will create there a 01.bat file. The only thing you need to do is to modify 01.bat that match a game executable.

for example:

If you start [by default] a 01.bat from dosbox by choosing a game from EX Launcher and you know that game executable to start a game is "superman.exe"

just choose from menu "5" [EXTRAS] and then "E" [Edit 01.bat] and type in section 'GAME:' your executable "superman.exe" and save the file [Alt + S]

then press escape. re-run 01.bat from dos box and choose "1" to start game. 

Easy.. 

Btw just take a look how it is made with 3 games included. 

btw v2. After first try it should be more than easy with other games.  

 

[Cas]

Thanks people, it is just that I get in a muddle sometimes with all the this goes here that goes there stuff.

Will give it go following the above assistance, thanks

 

[commander-beef]

Just take a look how editing 01.bat is done in dosbox ex v10 [now in repo]

 

[anntao]

Hi,

Been using Dosbox EX for a while now and I think it's great... Just gave a try to the touchscreen mode and I can't seem to do a right click : is it left shoulder button + W?