Slot games were also available in DOS and some of the top games from the 1990s included Caesars Palace, Arcade Fruit Machines, Hot Slots, and Vegas Bandit. These games provided access to simple three-reel slots and while the graphics were extremely basic, the games did mimic slots found at land casinos. Casino Games Today. Abandonware DOS is an ever growing database of old PC computer games released for MS-DOS and Windows systems. Some of the games are available for download, some are not. Find here on Abandonware DOS those favourite games from the 80s and the 90s that you remember so fondly by searching by genre, keyword or year of release. Gaming is the primary focus of DOSBox, and the needs of games tend to receive a higher degree of attention by the developers over the needs of an application. If you want a quick list of what works and what does not go to the Compatibility List. Welcome to the Wiki page of the DOSBox project. DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running many old MS-DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux and FreeBSD.

ATTENTION: This whole page applies only to the DOSBox-SVN and DOSBox-core cores.

If you're using the newer DOSBox-Pure core, you can ignore everything in this page and just add your .zip files as usual.

DOSBox-PURE:

• They must not be extracted. Keep just the .zip file for each game.
• This is not required, but renaming the extension from .zip to .dosz will make scanning them faster.
• You don't need to add .evrdos files like the other cores below.
• Nothing special for labels either, just match the .zip file as explained here, same as any other system.

Again, anything below this line applies only to the [DOSBox-SVN] and [DOSBox-core] cores.

DOSBox Games are a special case for the Game Scanner.

Read further below to learn how to properly add them.

Note: DOSBox games always need to be extracted. Each game should be in their own separate subfolder, inside your DOS games folder.

• 2Adding folders
• 3Dosbox.conf (Advanced)
  • 3.1[autoexec]

Adding executables

Previously, the scanner would add every single .exe file in your game folder, and some games have lots of executable files that don't need to be clogging your playlist.

Now, since version 1.0.4, you just need to create an empty file (like a new text file or anything really) and name it like 'your_executable_filename.extension.evrdos', and it will work like a link to it for the Game Scanner.

For example, if you want to add Duke3D.exe, you need to create an empty file in the same folder, named Duke3D.exe.evrdos

If you want a STUNTS.COM file, create a STUNTS.COM.evrdos file in the same folder.

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If you're creating this from an empty text file or similar, don't forget to enable file extensions to be sure you don't end up with something like: STUNTS.COM.evrdos.TXT

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Adding folders

You might not want your game to run automatically, but instead you want to just start with the DOS prompt at your desired game folder, so you can browse folders and run anything you want, like SETUP.EXE to install or set up your game before playing it.

To do that, just create an empty file named folder.evrdos inside the folder you want to start in.

For example, you want to start the prompt inside your Duke Nukem 3D folder, but while being free to run SETUP.EXE or anything else you need to, instead of running the actual game as soon as you turn the console on.

If your Duke Nukem 3D folder, which contains files such as duke3d.exe and setup.exe, is located like this:

...GamesDOSDuke 3D

Just create this empty file:

...GamesDOSDuke 3Dfolder.evrdos

It will show up as an extra cartridge in your inventory menu, and playing it will make you start the DOSBox prompt in that folder.

Folder Labels

If you want to add a label to a DOS folder, you have two ways, using the example above:

Match the 'folder.evrdos' file with a folder.png label like this:

...CustomLabelsDOSDuke 3Dfolder.png (Notice it's inside the 'Duke 3D' folder)

Or just match the actual folder, 'Duke 3D', like this:

...CustomLabelsDOSDuke 3D.png (Notice it's not inside the 'Duke 3D' folder)

Dosbox.conf (Advanced)

dosbox.conf is a configuration file that DOSBox uses to store various system settings and initialization values that define your emulated environment. Some games do need specific settings in this file to work.

Learn more about it here: https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Dosbox.conf

To load it, you need to create an empty dosbox.conf.evrdos, following the example above, instead of pointing to your executable.

[autoexec]

When loading an executable directly, its current directory will be automatically mounted to C:, then the executable will run. This does not happen when loading dosbox.conf, you'll need to manually mount your patch and run your executable with commands in the [autoexec] section of the file. Think of it as a .bat file that will run your commands as soon as it loads.

Relative Paths

You can use relative paths when using the mount or any other command in the [autoexec] section. But some cores interpret them differently:

• DOSBox-Core core: paths are relative to your loaded dosbox.conf file
• DOSBox-SVN core: paths are relative to retroarch.exe

Examples:

• DOSBox-Core

(Here, '.' means we're mounting the current folder, where dosbox.conf is)

• DOXBox SVN

(Here, '..' means we go up to the parent folder relative to retroarch.exe, then into the Games folder)

If you don't want to automatically start the game, but instead want to start at the prompt as when you load a folder, just remove the 'duke3d.exe' lines above.

If your DOS game already comes bundled with a dosbox.conf file (e.g. buying from GOG), be sure to fix your relative paths as explained above. On standalone DOSBox (i.e. not the core versions for Retroarch), paths are always relative to DOSBox.exe. Again, you need to change them to be relative to dosbox.conf or retroarch.exe instead, depending on the core as explained above.

You can also use absolute paths if you want, but you'll need to edit them again every time you move your EmuVR installation folder to another place, losing the convenience of portability.

Note: If you're already familiar with standalone DOSBox, you might know that when you load an executable file directly (.exe, .bat, .com, etc), if there is a dosbox.conf file in the same folder it will be automatically loaded for you before running the executable. This does not happen in the core versions for Retroarch currently. If your game relies on a dosbox.conf file, it needs to be loaded manually instead of the executable.

Play DOS Games on Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 with DOSBox

The ultimate solution to play DOS games on your PC with Windows 10, Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista or XP is DOSBox. DOSBox emulates DOS and the environment in which DOS ran in the past (like an old pc), including memory management and sound configuration, but with the power of your computer today. On this page we'll show you how to make the classic DOS game Prince of Persia or any other DOS game work. You can also play Prince of Persia directly on Windows 10. If you want to install a DOS game from an original CD-rom, you can find instructions here.

Download and install DOSBox

• Go to the download section on www.dosbox.com
• Download the desired package (in this example that will be the Windows (win32) installer)
• Install DOSBox

Download and extract Prince of Persia (or any other DOS game)

• Go to one of the many websites that offer shareware and freeware downloads of classic DOS games, for example www.dosgames.com
• Search for and download the desired game, in our example Prince of Persia
• Create a new folder on your computer, for example C:gamesdosprince
• Extract the downloaded zip file into that folder

Get the game working in DOSBox

Start DOSBox from Windows by double clicking the desktop icon. Once in DOSBox:

• Type in mount c c:gamesdos and press enter (this creates a virtual drive C: within DOSBox, which points to the GamesDOS folder on your local C: drive)
• If your games folder contains spaces, you have to put quotes around the folder path, for example: mount c 'c:gamesdos games'
• Type in c: and press enter to go the virtual C: drive
• Type in dir and press enter to look at the contents of the virtual C: drive
• Type in cd PRINCE and press enter to open the Prince folder
• Type in PRINCE and press enter to start the game

Automatic mounting

As you always will need the virtual drive in DOSBox to play your game, it is recommended to put the mount command in your DOSBox configuration file. This way the games folder will be mounted automatically when you start DOSBox:

• Open the configuration file:
  • Windows 7: Press CTRL + ESC (or click the start button), type in dosbox and the options file should appear in the search results, click it
  • Windows 8: Press the Windows key + Q, type in dosbox and the options file should appear in the search results, click it
• Scroll down to the autoexec section (at the bottom of the file)
• Copy the mount commands below the comments (indicated by a hash). The lines below apply to this example:
  [autoexec]
  # Lines in this section will be run at startup.
  # You can put your MOUNT lines here.
  mount c c:gamesdos
  c:
  # to start Prince of Persia automatically when installed:
  cd prince
  prince
  
• Save the configuration file and restart DOSBox.

Play a game from CD with DOSBox

So you have found the original installation CD of a DOS game. But you can't install the game, because you need to do that in DOS! No worries! We have a guide which explains how to install and play a game from CD, all in DOSBox. Click here for more information!

Some DOS facts to keep in mind

In the DOS environment there are just 3 types of files that you can start/execute. These are .BAT, .COM and .EXE files. In this example (and in general when starting a DOS game), we'll look for files with .BAT (batch) and .EXE (executable) extensions. A batch file contains one or more lines of DOS commands and usually ends with the execution of a .EXE file. If you want to execute a .BAT or .EXE file in DOSBox, you can type in the file name without the extension. If there's a filename.bat and a filename.exe file in a folder, DOS will execute the filename.bat file first. If you don't want that, type in the entire filename including the extension.

DOSBox emulates the DOS environment, but doesn't support all DOS commands. It doesn't have to either. A list of supported DOS commands can be found on the DOSBox wiki section.

Supported games

With the method mentioned above, you can play a lot of classic DOS games. Here's an overview of some games, cherished by the DOSGamers crew, that you can play with DOSBox:

On the DOSBox website you can find an extensive list of supported DOS games.

Other stuff

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DOSBox in full screen or high resolution window.
Mount CD-rom, images or other stuff.
How to set the (default) DOSBox speed.
Problems with keyboard layout.
Graphical user interfaces for DOSBox.

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How to install and use DOSBox on Youtube

Have a look at our video in which we explain how to play any DOS game with DOSBox.