It was so weird to me that DOSBOX is seen "intimidating" to *anyone* who wants to play old DOS games. Then I realised that some of those people are ones who are too young to have used DOS when it was current tech and who are just into retro.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
@@GodzillasaurusJr Exactly! I didn't make this video for the DOS warriors of old or people like myself who grew up using this stuff. I made it to help some new ones get into playing some games and using a few programs. DOS is a fun and underappreciated platform that I think younger ones should be able to enjoy as well.
@SixOThree
Ай бұрын
Thoughts of configuring mscdex and drivers just makes me nauseous.
@slaapliedje
Ай бұрын
@@SixOThreeI still recall having to make a special floppy disk for booting so that I could play Ultima VII, since it had a weird memory manager, you couldn’t just use a typical dos disk or the Win9x dos mode… good times!
@moskic153
Ай бұрын
i never used this craapy system called Dos except scholl thank good i have amiga
@gtPacheko
Ай бұрын
@@moskic153 Buddy, the 90s called. Rivalries are over.
@blackrock1961
Ай бұрын
Of course, if you originally played games on DOS, you probably won't be intimidated by the command line.
@SteveMacSticky
Ай бұрын
Take a sip of vodka every time he says Dosbox
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
That sounds like a hangover waiting to happen. 🤣
@HeathenDance
Ай бұрын
I thought about the same thing, but with whisky instead. Vodka is bad for your liver.
@SteveMacSticky
Ай бұрын
@@HeathenDance okay fine, but if you want to drink whiskey it has to be Scottish whiskey
@HeathenDance
Ай бұрын
@@SteveMacSticky Agreed. And aged.
@Zmitrok13
Ай бұрын
@@SteveMacSticky, whiskey is Irish, whisky's Scottish, or so I was said... ))
@ableite
Ай бұрын
Wow... Literally he just recommended forks of dosbox...
@BesideTheVoid
Ай бұрын
The only thing better than DOSBOX is forking DOSBOX.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
Fair enough. The forks do add some nice improvements though, which I was trying to share.
@blahdelablah
Ай бұрын
It would have been interesting if you had also explored alternatives to DOSBox alongside the DOSBox forks.
@IntegerOfDoom
Ай бұрын
@@blahdelablahAll the alternatives suck ass.
@antoniostrina82
Ай бұрын
The title is a bit clickbait but the young lad gave a good basic explanation of DOSBox forks. In my opinion, this video needs a boost with some explanation of the technical difference between the original one and its forks. It would be interesting.
@robertgaines-tulsa
Ай бұрын
I actually never got into DOS gaming. I didn't get into Windows gaming, either. My use of DOS was mainly at school in computer programming class back in the mid to late 90s. The teacher we had absolutely REFUSED to put Windows on the machines. He wouldn't even allow us to use mice. I guess he thought that Windows and GUI in general would just never take off. When I did get into modern computing in 2000, I hardly ever used DOS. Windows was just far more intuitive to use. When Windows 2000 reached EOL, I just switched to Linux. I mainly used DOS for running a Color Computer 2 emulator and to write and run some DOS based multimedia tools I created. I stopped creating software as I just wanted to work with multimedia.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
Interesting story. Makes you wonder how that teacher adapted over time when GUIs became the norm.
@SmallSpoonBrigade
Ай бұрын
@@DOSStorm Up until at least Windows 98 you could set the system to just give you a DOS prompt automatically. Of the top of my head, I can't recall if that was the case with XP or not.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
@@SmallSpoonBrigade XP doesn't really have DOS at all. You can run DOS programs but there really isn't a real DOS mode or sound support without VDMsound.
@kumbah2006
Ай бұрын
You jumped ship at the right time ! I had started toying with Linux, but couldn't fully leave due to some projects that I was working on. I was also in several beta tests for MS Windows. Had to stay, but I learned a lot, and sent them plenty of feedback ! :)
@FOIL_FRESH
Ай бұрын
the cgi on your beard is oscar worthy
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
Hehe its actually not CGI, its just a really horrible costume beard I found on ebay.
@rev0lu7ion
Ай бұрын
dosbox pure is another nice one that makes it easy to play dos games with only a controller. directories are interactive menus and you can just select the install or executable with no keyboard required. you can change options in the quick menu like the processor speed but most games are preconfigured to work great even with premade input layouts for a controller. perfect for a lot of games that don't need a lot of text input. it is a retroarch core which i know for some is a dealbreaker but it's been super nice to use in my experience. also you get access to the nice shaders like mega bezel that retroarch includes. the other nice aspect is retroarch can be easily loaded on phones and then you have an easy to use dosbox right on your phone that can even run windows 98.
@CodeMage
Ай бұрын
I loved hearing the music from Descent briefings in the intro!
@Carcinogenic2
Ай бұрын
Me too. It promptly brought fond memories of when I played Descent for the first time ever, on a borrowed Compaq already running Win95. Descent - Destination Saturn ❤
@jeffyp2483
Ай бұрын
i use d-fend reloaded. it comes with dosbox and allows for using a seperately available dosbox version
@KJ7JHN
Ай бұрын
You found a solution to the Commander Keen video stutter! Last time the game ran smoothly was 6.22. ❤
@anon_y_mousse
21 күн бұрын
For me, I used DOS in middle school and high school and we were just starting to get Windows when I was in high school. Our school was slightly behind the times and there was one teacher that had 3.1 and later upgraded to 95 before the school got computers running NT3.51. It was my experience with Windows at that point in time why I moved to Linux. Although, I still play a lot of games that only run for me if I use WINE or DOSBox. The first computer class I took in middle school taught us how to do low-level formatting of your hard drive, something which you can't even do now. However, learning how to bypass that DOS menu program to get at QBasic and play Nibbles and Gorilla certainly inspired my career path.
@danfay6201
Ай бұрын
I'm not sure which beard was supposed to be the joke, so I laughed at both of them.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
@@danfay6201 Fair enough. XD
@Rai2M
Ай бұрын
Descent 1 briefing music in the background? ))) Nice touch, bc intro is like briefing itself )
@lordplenty
23 күн бұрын
Tried DosBox-X, and I don't like the IDE (using batch files is faster, and I'm old enough to know what I'm doing :P). I found that it has issues with PIT timer in all versions I've tried, rendering sound in many older games choppy, including a hobby retro-project of mine. Thanks for the shout-out on DosBox Staging - I've never heard of it before. So far no issues, and I'm testing it with unusual code.
@DOSStorm
22 күн бұрын
Yeah I've found Staging to be optimized really well for most games. I think it is my goto solution for emulation at the moment.
@gerhardyoung7132
18 күн бұрын
I started using DosBox-X awhile ago on my old Dual Core Acer laptop, loaded Quikmenu software on then added shortcuts of my collection for easier access... totally happy so far with no probs 😁👍
@ruediix
Күн бұрын
DosBox-X also ships with TONS of enhancement systems you would have to strap on with a loader or install into your dos image, along with menu commands to execute them. However, there are two common options you are failing to mention: MAME/MESS PC-Emulation: This is substantially more accurate, and lets you configure a nice virtual retro machine with your choice of retro hardware. However, it is full-on software emulation and unless you use a default system config, you need to edit a lot of config files by hand. That last one is sometimes a plus for us Penguins. QEmu or other Virtualization option: Much faster, highly efficient, can emulate a standard system widely supported by DOS, and adjust both memory space and processing speed to the appropriate era. However, speed scaling is simple scheduler based and doesn't consider how some instructions used to have longer cycles on older systems.
@CZpersi
Ай бұрын
Outside of Dosbox and its forks, try to have a look, whether a proper source port exists for the game you want to play. You would be surprised by how many old games can be played natively on modern hardware with lots of QoL improvements thanks to the source ports created by the dedicated community - almost all the major game engines from 1990s have received some kind of modern source port. Many games that you know from DOS also had competent Windows versions (Wine is your friend...) or even console ports - this can be especially helpful when looking for ways how to play them on a mobile device.
@kumbah2006
Ай бұрын
Oh, ya mean by "source ports", perhaps LZ-Doom, etc? I've seen a source port for System Shock, but I didn't find any setup instructions, and couldn't get it working. On the other hand: LZ-Doom is quite a different story - Doom is just plain awesome being played using that !
@zirkoni42
Ай бұрын
0:54 That is not true. Lots of commits have been made to the DOSBox SVN but they just have not made any official release.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
You're correct, most of the official releases have been security updates as of late but the project is still active.
@edsanville
Ай бұрын
The fact that "SVN" is even being mentioned is testament to the fact that the project must be pretty dead in 2024.
@Makeshift_Mulder
Ай бұрын
It is still an intensely lazy, crap team working on it for how many DECADES now? And we're still in version .74? I guess everyone needed to get their cats married first :P
@zirkoni42
Ай бұрын
@@Makeshift_Mulder Wow, what a rude thing to say about the hard work of some open source developers. You do realize those people have been developing DOSBox on their free time without any compensation?
@edsanville
Ай бұрын
@@Makeshift_Mulder Time to fork the project and not be lazy then?
@tek_lynx4225
27 күн бұрын
86box is the way to go anymore, especially if you want FM sound support that isn't just yamaha emulation. They recently added ESS support, and i'm glad we finally have another FM alternative. ESS FM can sound drastically different in some games or playing midi under dos with midier.
@stigkenobi7525
Ай бұрын
How does Dosbox X work with getting the "speed" for individual games correct? Do you have to do trial and error to get it right for each game?
@JimLeonard
Ай бұрын
No differently than other flavors of dosbox. It's just a better dosbox.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
It defaults to "auto" just like the original DOSbox which works fine 90% of the time. The cycles can be adjusted on the fly with F11+= and F11+- or there is a menu that gives you the option to adjust the cycles to match specific CPUs like the 286, 386, Pentium etc.
@stigkenobi7525
Ай бұрын
@@DOSStormthank you. I will give it a try.
@Elektribe
27 күн бұрын
in my experience it doesn't really do it at all for speed sensitive software anyway - but dosbox-x does have ui options for specific processors/speeds that makes it easier to quickly get to a speed you need rather than fudging with cycles until you ballpark it. (best used before loading the process).
@JimLeonard
25 күн бұрын
@@Elektribe The only cycle-accurate emulator for 4.77 MHz games today is MartyPC. I use dosbox-x for anything from the 386+ era.
@theblinky_
Ай бұрын
keen 4 does the same to me in dosbox-x, there is some ega setting you have to change in the config. tyrian also causes me issues in dosbox-x but runs perfectly under staging. i've pretty much switched over to staging completely now!
@CoreDreamStudios
Ай бұрын
I usually spin up a pcEm, seems more realistic, loading times included but I will check out the other forks. :)
@Vanessaira-Retro
Ай бұрын
Another great how to video. Thank you for doing these.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
My pleasure. As long as there is an audience I will continue to do my thing. 🙂
@kumbah2006
Ай бұрын
@@DOSStorm You might want to post on at least one other platform, just in case. KZitem managed to block many people's computers, since so many of us use an ad-blocker that's no longer supported (on our browsers). I've got the more advanced machine than my GF, but I bought it 4 years ago, when I actually had a bit more "green". Am not swimming in as much money now, so am looking for an upgrade to her Chromebook - that preferably runs Linux, and I think I've found an i5 based HP (on eBay) that might just do the trick. Got 2 keep her in the game as best I can, with limited resources! :) Edit: Vimeo might be one of them. :)
@EnjoySynthSounds
13 күн бұрын
You can capture game footage in DOSBOX- X. I've used it for retro emulators such as Speccy and C64, less joypad support. You can tweak the cpu cycles as well for problematic games and files in Speccy that require 60 htz.
@bloodykenshiro8218
Ай бұрын
Staging soldme on the scaling, to be honest. It just looks tasteful, like you said. How I actually do it is having a shortcut for each game so it loads the relevant .conf file. Takes a bit more time to set up but keeps things organized, and I don't have to worry about running out of save-state slots as I would with the Dosbox-X method. I also tried Dosbox ECE in the past, but it didn't really grab me.
@Peremptor
Ай бұрын
Staging with CRT filters seems like the way to go.
@lroby74
Ай бұрын
It's a lot better 86Box (fork of PCem), where you can build up your PC or take a branded one, and then try Aladdin on both and see difference
@nilz91
Ай бұрын
stop using Dosbox, use Dosbox intead..... what a clickbait
@StevenCusic
Ай бұрын
DOSBOX X is great as it simplifies a lot, 86box with good RESHADE CRT filters like Mdapt (checkerboard DE-dithering for real translucency ) 95% of the time is my choice as the accuracy almost perfect making PCemu broken feeling. it also taught me how hard some of those older IBM DOS systems were to use like getting a the IBM PS/1 which is the only system to run Silpheed 3.2 correctly was a pain in the buutah but the victory so great feeling. also I'm a VGM remix artist and have tons of modules like a Yamaha MU2000ex and i can tell the sound in DOSBox/X is off less so in PCemu but unnoticeable in 86box especially sound emulation like a OPL3 card
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
I've been hearing a lot about 86box and I would like to give it a go sometime. I've used PCemu a bit in the past. Have you tried any of the other OPL3 emu options in DOSBOX-X? I find the NUKED mode to sound pretty accurate
@StevenCusic
Ай бұрын
@@DOSStorm yea the nuked settings are almost identical in all those emulators most likely i noticed it because i do VGM remixes that contain FM layers (OPL3,OPn2,OPNA and my DX7IIFD) and mix my instruments down to the decimal including layering work so my hearings on steroids but 98% of people wouldn't notice. (my apologies as this is gonna be messy) i did an experiment once sending midi sequences to the DX7IIFD and recording, then i sent the same sequences through those emulators and the OPL3, OPNA and OPN2 VST's ADLplug and OPNplug which all use the same cores including nuked 3 times, the results were all the emulators always desynced at some point in the tune with 86box the least and DOSBox-x the most every time but with ADLplug and OPNplug desyncing 1 out of 3 or 4 times - layering perfectly with each other and the DX7IIFD when things went right. so my guess is it's not the OPL3 emulation itself but how the the virtual machine handles it
@puffthecatpuff8931
Ай бұрын
Have you ever done a tutorial on how to open a CMD and only use one core?
@Elektribe
27 күн бұрын
I predominantly use dosbox-x but to say it's better in every way is false. There are graphical problems with dosbox-x that aren't present in dosbox which have existed for quite some time and there's a handful of other things like dosbox-x's inability to stay maximized when focus lost that doesn't happen in dosbox itself - useful for running old desktop on multi-monitor. But there are improved filter usage and various fixes that are also good on dosbox-x as well as some good built in things like ethernet, voodoo support, and some nice mouse copy/paste options. But it's imperfect in many ways even with improved features. Also, sometimes mounting isos is kinda buggy in dosbox, I've had some crash the application outright when using it - but mounting the iso externally using another program as a drive then mounting a drive and letting the other softwarw emulate the drive worked on the same iso for me - so that's also useful. Also, no the commander keen jitter issue can be issue in dosbox-x depending on the settings for the machine, I had that as wel. I believe it had to do with setting the basic S3 machine settings instead of utilizing the improved options. You can always try testing what option it is when you have it if your config is actually saved by backing up the config first then deleting half the config file and seeing if it works and continuing to cut in half until your left with the problem setting letting it default to minimum. Also, depending on hardware running PCem might be a better options too.
@alexanderfreeman
Ай бұрын
If only someone would combine DosBox-X and Staging.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
A menu in Staging would be awesome especially for trying different shaders and scaling modes.
@judewestburner
Ай бұрын
Years ago I used to administer a bunch of pbx's. The software ran on DOS which meant remote control was impossible. I tried running it on windows xp with dosbox and it worked perfectly. Suddenly I had remote ability on all of my phone systems. Just awesome
@kumbah2006
Ай бұрын
Didn't Lap-Link and various other software exist by about the last few years of DOS? Lap-Link was possible to run copying/backup software - and there are probably others I've already forgotten. Thought I'd mention it. :) Edited: typos
@maxmuster7003
Ай бұрын
I wish to have a DOS emulator app with an intel x64 bit CPU on android that starts in 16 bit mode with a Geforce 4 VBE 3 graphic bios. The svga-S3 emulation have only a few resolutions and a mixture of VBE 1 / VBE 2 bios. In my last DOS programm on a PC with a Radeon 9750 PCIe on 28" LCD monitor i used 1920x1200x32 wide screen 16: 10 aspect ration in MS DOS.
@Teh_Zig
Ай бұрын
Stop using dos box, instead try dos box, or dos box. breh.
@classicpctinker5070
28 күн бұрын
Pretty much. I feel trolled.
@maxmuster7003
Ай бұрын
I am on an Android tablet with a DosBox app installed, but i am not a DOS gamer. I use DosBox only for programming tiny executable files for DOS just for fun using batch files as open source container and debug (download&extract into the mouned folder). I never try to use a browser to run x86 executable files, but i used the official DosBox version on Windows til my PC died. Now i am on ARM CPU(no FPU) and the emulation of 80386/80387 CPU/FPU works great. I am familar with x86 CPU, but not with the ARM CPU. I made some videos(no speech) to show how it works and to share my projects. Have Fun.😊
@robloxian1585
Ай бұрын
0:58 I have that same spiral plasma lamp
@questionsfrog1918
Ай бұрын
Any plans to write a x64 OS lately? Are you trying to be the next Terry Davis?
@reikooters
21 күн бұрын
That took me back seeing Commander Keen, Jazz Jackrabbit and Descent
@ADreamPC
8 күн бұрын
In 1995 it took litrally all night to install and play a game. Hexen and Doom were already on from floppy disc, but Firestorm Thunderhawk 2 dam!!! Most games were still using dos aswell, but managed to master it in the end lol
@SergioLeRoux
23 күн бұрын
You haven't experienced true DOS music until you've tried Darklands in Roland mode using one of the newer forks such as Staging...
@elmariachi5133
25 күн бұрын
DOSBox-X is just perfect. Very accurat emulation of anything you would want (like using the genuine MT-32 partials) and very easy to use. Can't get much better.
@juliawolf156
Ай бұрын
Does DOSBOX-X or DOSBOX Staging have festures to creates images? I‘ve been meaning to put Sims 1 in a DOSBOX container for better compatibility. And i believe this could help get Daria‘s Sick Sad World Planner to run on modern hardware as well as Visual Basic 6.
@KILRtv
Ай бұрын
Sims 1 isn't a DOS game.
@SxGaming3390
Ай бұрын
@@KILRtv She's been meaning to do it for better compatibility, let her try XD
@KILRtv
Ай бұрын
@@SxGaming3390 , plot twist... it works.
@robertomaximilianosilveira8768
Ай бұрын
The best part of DOS are the commands in command line that the Beauty of the tripp Back to the pass
@adam-xt8te
Ай бұрын
Hello. Can you make video about 86box? I heard it can emulate any old machine "486dx2/66, 4mb ram, 400mb hdd" etc. which sounds awesome
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
@@adam-xt8te Definitely a possibility in the future! I still need to actually try it out myself.
@Nza420
14 күн бұрын
A few years ago, I bought an old Pentium 90 machine from a computer store... they tried to sell me a 633mhz machine, but I was like "way too fast for what I want to do"... so he rooted around and found this old machine. It was 20 bucks. Got a sound card for another 10. Went on ebay and bought an MT-32 for $55 bucks.. it was a great experience. I gave the MT-32 away to someone who I thought was a friend and the douchebag turned right around and sold it on ebay for $300. Needless to say, we are not friends any more.
@kevinhanley6462
14 күн бұрын
It was interesting to learn of the newer features.
@austinblack7991
29 күн бұрын
Dude we need a video on how to make dosbox play games straight off the disc
@DOSStorm
29 күн бұрын
You can. Just select "mount folder as CD-ROM" and select the drive.
@Cyberbrickmaster1986
23 күн бұрын
I have one problem: I want to set this up on Steam Deck, but on Linux it only exists as a flatpak application. I've tried to add it to Emu Deck, but it requires a config file. But I can't find any config files, because I can't find where the emulator is installed into, because I can't find any info on where the files are installed, including inside the emulator itself. I tried to search for a walkthrough on how to set up Dosbox-X on Steam Deck, but surprisingly I found nothing! Why won't anyone tell me how to setup Dosbox-X on Linux? I'm not a Linux guru, you know!
@Agret
Ай бұрын
I thought for sure you would be showing the new king of playing old games called PCem, you can go all the way up to a Pentium2 with Voodoo3 in it! Can you please produce a video about trying it yourself and show others how to use it would be a great fit on your channel.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
It has been requested A LOT. It's on my list of video projects for sure.
@suucat
Ай бұрын
Well, im 55, i used those early PC 286-386 computers, im not too good at DOS commands but i remember some, using DOSBOX was kinda a pain at first but you get by, i was glad DOSBOX-X came out, it made easier to run old DOS games.
@Farinhir
22 күн бұрын
"To most, unless you are a penguin" Nope. Not terrifying in the least. I grew up on dos. Hell, I didn't even own a PC that could run windows until 1999 ( my parents had a 286 until I got an AMD k6/2 in 1999). And no, I am not a penguin, but I can use Linux just fine because I am not scared of CLIs
@DOSStorm
22 күн бұрын
I agree, I said that in jest. The command line is nothing to be afraid of, but it does have a certain stigma surrounding it. Linux still does too, even though it has become a much easier to use OS over the years. I've been tinkering with it more and more myself. Most advanced Linux users I talk to still like the flexibility/freedom of a CLI. This video obviously wouldn't really apply to them which was my point.
@system64_MC
Ай бұрын
Quite interesting! However, you forgot the fact you can run PC-98 programs on DOSBOX-X, so you can play the old Touhou games for exemple.
@thepirategamerboy12
7 күн бұрын
Technically PC-98 could also be considered "DOS gaming" as well imo.
@pulkkakelkka
12 күн бұрын
Well, I actually like using configuration files. It's easy way of controlling and to have a backup.
@mariusz76a
Ай бұрын
I need a new version of DOS-Box for Windows 98!
@kumbah2006
Ай бұрын
Maybe you can use the F8 key menu, and boot into 98's DOS itself? Play the game, and then boot back into Win 98 when done.
@briankelly1240
14 күн бұрын
But *how* do you setup dosbox-x for windows? It redirects me to a github page and then I don't know what to do.
@DOSStorm
14 күн бұрын
Use the link on the DOSbox-X page for ReactOS/XP+.
@teddynitro2733
Ай бұрын
Does anyone know what's the game running at the beginning? Looks sick, thanks!
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
That is Stargunner! It was Apogee's last game before they switched thier name to 3D Realms. It's free on GoG these days.
@teddynitro2733
Ай бұрын
Thanks! I've claimed it on GoG but never played it, shame on me.
@gwgux
Ай бұрын
I'll never understand why people are afraid of the command line. I don't care what OS you're on. If you want to have any street cred of being 'tech savvy' then you must learn and embrace the command line. Running retro games like DOS games requires tech savvy. It wasn't easy for us back then to get these games working on our systems that were built in that time period either. The games and software were very picky about having specific hardware and specific system configurations back then.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
I agree, everyone should learn commands but you have to start somewhere. I made this video as an introduction to using them. The mount commands in DOSBOX aren't really akin to using a real machine anyway, but after you get that out of the way you can pretty much use it like real DOS.
@markdillon5494
26 күн бұрын
Using EXODOS is my choice for playing DOS games these days. All games pre-configured for your playing pleasure.
@tediustimmy
Ай бұрын
The thing that I hate about DOSBOX is that the key combination to release the mouse is right next to the combo to kill the program. I can't count how many times I've killed everything because I wanted to use the mouse in the host again.
@kumbah2006
Ай бұрын
I think you can change it to right ALT, but I might not remember that clearly enough. Check your "manual" and see what it says about that, perhaps?
@Pythagoras1plus
Ай бұрын
the flatpak versions are a pain. they freeze whenever they should access the file system. not ok for a DISK operating system
@_T_R_N_
Ай бұрын
you've never heard of norton commander-volkov commander-dos navigator? who need comand line??? do you like it when you hurt? :)
@gex581990
Ай бұрын
It’s insane how easy Dosbox-x is but the Staging guys make things needlessly convoluted. I mean it’s not hard but it’s wasting so much time for no reason, the frustrating thing is how stubborn they are. I mean even the context menu for Staging is gimped and barely works.
@eitantal726
Ай бұрын
command-line is kind of the point. I'd argue this is part of the experience
@tolstukha
Ай бұрын
Switched to DosBoxX way back in 2016 or so
@summerlaverdure
Ай бұрын
og dosbox doesnt really bother me, but these are still some cool alternatives i suppose, thank you for making this video!
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
You're welcome! Yeah the original DOSBOX is fine and its still the foundation of these projects. However, I'm really liking Staging the more I mess with it, the scaling and the filters it chooses in auto mode look great most of the time.
@SeeJayPlayGames
Ай бұрын
7:25 I think that's a 70Hz/60Hz sync issue. It's designed for 70Hz and has to throw away one frame every 7 to get down to 60fps. Or something like that.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
Yeah most DOS games run at 70hz. You're probably right.
@kumbah2006
Ай бұрын
I thought it was 75 hz ? 70 is kind of an odd number. :)
@SeeJayPlayGames
Ай бұрын
@@kumbah2006 PC video modes are full of odd numbers. The standard VGA 400 line modes are 70Hz. 480 line modes are 60Hz. 75Hz isn't until you get into VESA modes. But 70Hz is the rate for 320x200 as well; and it's the reason that DOOM, for example has a 35Hz system timer.
@jeromeprin5668
15 күн бұрын
Hello DOS Storm!!! Please, what would you recommend for emulating dos games under Android please?
@Nikulas228
Ай бұрын
one problem is if you have over 200 dos games and you don't know what to play at any given time. thus you would need a gui to make all this work. now you could use a front end but where is the fun in that lol. good vid.
@SeeJayPlayGames
Ай бұрын
D-Fend Reloaded is nice. I used that on Windows. Now that I've switched to Linux I use Lutris, but only have a handful of games set up with it.
@thomasschuler5351
17 күн бұрын
You start a DOS emulator and get a DOS prompt! how intimidating! 😂
@lorenzocabrini
Ай бұрын
Man, dosbox-x seems a lot more complicated than dosbox. All that pointing and clicking with the mouse and searching through menu after menu for something you'd type in less than 2 seconds, just seems counter-productive.
@Daimo83
Ай бұрын
Thing about the penguin is if you're using dosbox flatpack its sandboxed and you can't access your drives. Doh!
@gregf3021
21 күн бұрын
Feels strange that people who would use DOS can't handle a config file.
@GenialHarryGrout
23 күн бұрын
I use DBGL on my Linux system. Easy to set up games and easy to start any game that you have previously setup
@DOSStorm
22 күн бұрын
Great solution!
@SebastianS72
Ай бұрын
Yes, I knew most of these features. There was a time that computer owners got used to read manuals if they had to get something up and running.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
A little due diligence never hurt anyone. 👍
@maxmuster7003
22 күн бұрын
I tried to start a DOS game with Android on an internet page that emulates DOS with javascript, but i have problems to open the virtual keyboard using a touch screen. Without keyboard nobody can play it. The android triangle button just close the page.😂😂😂 Help, let me in.
@JeanJacquesSaintMarc
Ай бұрын
I'm 100% Exodos now. Just Awsome
@RGG-fp4dt
Ай бұрын
What's the shoot 'em up 1 minute into the video? Looks cool...
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
@@RGG-fp4dt Stargunner by Apogee
@suoquainen
12 күн бұрын
And i thought it's the spirit which DOSBox wanted to transport, so people who used DOS don't feel it's too different... :)
@Bloowashere
Ай бұрын
upon joining the discord for dosbox-x, I found that the community is a mixture of inactive and somewhat hostile.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
Never been on there....Good to know I guess.
@kumbah2006
Ай бұрын
Agreed - I've seen people on YT making vids about it, but haven't watched any of them yet. Been busy watching retro vids, and stuff about "tiny homes". :)
@Bloowashere
Ай бұрын
@@DOSStorm yeah when I arrived, some dude had asked some questions and although they had been talking (it appeared that this one dude gave really vague answers to his questions) and that dude got kind of fed up and said "just f-ing install windows yourself like I told you to, it's not hard." 🤦♂
@mariobeck3798
Ай бұрын
Does D-fend still exist?
@fwingebritson
Ай бұрын
D-fend reloaded.
@dotnetdevni
Ай бұрын
Say a prayer for us 48 years who didnt have google back then it was ask ur mate those days
@lordlorian81
24 күн бұрын
Can any of those run lords of realms 2 with sound ? Or chaos overlords without graphical glitches No .. Not useful For easy use i had another prog But solving easyer to use Does not solve not able to run
@DaxDare
Ай бұрын
You can use a visual configuration tool for DOSBox Staging which makes it much easier to use. You can find it on their official GitHub page: github.com/4nt1r14d/DOSBox-Staging-VCT And use the best DOSBox fork easily.
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
Good stuff! Thank you for sharing.
@captainoffuture4488
Ай бұрын
DOSBOX is old but gold!
@volo870
8 күн бұрын
I don't get it. "Dont use DOSBox - use DOSBox". This video does not resolve any "hardships" with DOS. If you are keyboard-challenged - use DOSBox frontends. There are dime a dozen!
@Good.Idea.Zlovakia
16 күн бұрын
I like to install DOS on 86Box and run DOS games on that.
@alxxz
Ай бұрын
What's that cool horizontal Shooter @0:57 ?!
@kumbah2006
Ай бұрын
Probably "Stargunner", by Apogee. :)
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
Yep, definitely Stargunner.
@aquarius5719
Ай бұрын
If you use DBGL a UI for Dosbox you do not need to know how to use Dosbox.
@MrHBSoftware
Ай бұрын
Using command line and actually building and tweaking a pc is part of the gaming experience. All the emulators etc are garbage. Same as listening to a vinyl record playing on youtube. You can buy any obsolete pc and install dos on it...doesnt need to be a real 90s retro machine. Could be a pentium 4 or athlon xp..those are a dime a dozen...can have sata hard drives, dual boot with xp on separate partitions so you can download the games then reboot to dos and play them
@retropwned
27 күн бұрын
what game is that 0:56
@ruisantos4520
11 күн бұрын
Dear Dos Friend. I have a question. Is it a way that I can run a 32bit program in a 64bit Windows machine using DosBox ?
@DOSStorm
10 күн бұрын
Like a program with a 32/DOS extender? It should work in DOSbox if it is a DOS program.
@ruisantos4520
10 күн бұрын
@@DOSStorm Its a Cobol compiled ERP system.
@superviewer
Ай бұрын
What is that word processor with the supporters on the CRT screen at the end?
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
It's The Children's Writing & Publishing Center by the Learning Company.
@lordlorian81
24 күн бұрын
Easy to use .. I made a dir called dosb In there i put all dos games i play All long named i make short All long .exe i call 1.exe or 1.bat So running a game is not a problem Its easy (About shoet names i may forget what game it is There are empty directories with full game name -short version Also you can run norton comander from monted drive .. its dos file explorer About monting cd drive .. not met the need so far for games i played Some games dont run on dosbox So i have also virtual machine with win95 installed And still there are games that simply dont want to work No matter what you do (((
@TGAProMKM
Ай бұрын
interesting but according to me though Dos Box Pure(retroarch core) was even more easy to play dos games...
@hocuspocus1171
5 күн бұрын
i finally got nitemare 3d to work after seeing az:\ and blue background and no game however the game p[lays in a small box i have to work on making it look bigger well so much for oldskool games if you want to know how i did it get back to me asap on youtube
@callisoncaffrey
Ай бұрын
I see Windows, I leave.
@shadowrage2593
7 күн бұрын
Have you ever tried running Alien Trilogy in DosBox-X? Some say it's the buggiest PC port ever. The game is tied to the CPU speed and getting it to run smoothly is nigh impossible.
@DOSStorm
3 күн бұрын
I played it in the original DOSbox a long time ago. I don't remember it being that bad, but DOSBOX-X actually has presets for emulating the speed of different CPUs which might help. You can switch them on the fly too, so you can see which one works the best.
@shadowrage2593
3 күн бұрын
@@DOSStorm Where do I download Dosbox-X? The official links are confusing and lead to nowhere.
@rayceeya8659
5 күн бұрын
Considering most of my old games are on GOG, I just use GOG.
@DOSStorm
3 күн бұрын
Yeah, GoG is great for the games that it supports.
@spookyghost7524
Ай бұрын
86box + win95/98 pain in the ass to set up but its worth it
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
I've ran Windows 98 inside of Dosbox-X and it works pretty well. I need to give 86box a go sometime.
@kumbah2006
Ай бұрын
@@DOSStorm - yes, and when you've had some time to shake out the glitches, and get used to it, you should show us the results. :)
@MotownBatman
Ай бұрын
Well D0ne Brotha! I've recently started to figure out 86box myself,
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
Thank you. I've been meaning to give 86box a spin as well!
@MotownBatman
Ай бұрын
@@DOSStorm Quite confusing at first, but once you realizes Its just as confusing as it was 30 years ago it starts to click lol
@DOSStorm
Ай бұрын
@@MotownBatman I know that feeling all too well. Using OSs like DOS, Windows 3.1 or even 98 makes you realize how much more convenient computing as become in the modern age.
@MotownBatman
Ай бұрын
@@DOSStorm I'm Weird, I have 2 systems I'm working on, Windows 3.95: Win3x Updated & Feat rich as Possible, on Ms-Dos 7.01cdu. THEN... Windows 94: This is Windows 98 downgraded with 98 lite to use the Win95 Shell. Then it runs PROGMAN.EXE as the Desktop Shell to downgrade it Even Further: Win94 Allows me to use DirectX as well as the DirPadPro Driver I have used for Decades to Hardwire Up-To 5 NES or SNES controllers to your Parallel Port!!!
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