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Lazarus Sinn

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DOS Emulators
« on: 23 June 2024, 21:24:57 »
Hi All,

I now have a real gaming computer and I want to play games on it. I would really love to play old school games like the Crescent Hawk's Inception. But I know my machine is simply to advanced for it. But I have read about software that allows you to play old DOS based games. Is that a real thing and does it really work or is this a pipe dream? Any recommendations?

Note: I am not a programmer or software engineer by any stretch of the imagination so it must be simple and idiot proof.
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Re: DOS Emulators
« Reply #1 on: 23 June 2024, 22:24:13 »
dosbox
youtube has manuals
easy to use easy to set up
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Re: DOS Emulators
« Reply #2 on: 25 June 2024, 14:42:10 »
yep, it's dosbox

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Re: DOS Emulators
« Reply #3 on: 25 June 2024, 14:50:29 »
Like above, DosBox is good to go, although I prefer DosBox-X, for 3dfx Glide and some obscure DOS software emulation.
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Re: DOS Emulators
« Reply #4 on: 25 June 2024, 14:59:22 »
ah, neat! wasn't aware that one was out there
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