How to install and play DOS games under Windows

[xsiobhaanx]

Trying to do this with rayman gold but it says 'this program can't be run in dos mode' I guess there's nothing i can really do about that??

[gavezthebest]

I can't save my game. You know what's the problem?

[designxT]

@gavezthebest that's because some of the files are hidden.

check supaplex folder,select show hidden files, and unset flag "hidden"

[Lilithly]

i don´t have an .exe file...how come? i downloaded the discworld game and installed it...but there´s no .exe file when i type "Dir" in the dosbox... 

[theretrogamerno1]

My problem is that i the game works but it says can't run in full screen mode 16 bit i cancel it and it close's the game . if anyone now's how to resolve my problem i will sub as a thank you

[monkeymadness1011]

damn it i cant get lord of the rings vol.1 to work!

[arzoo82]

love it

[DrPitchnPutt]

thanks man

[TheEmppuz]

if i have that dos game on cd`

[IwannaKnowTech]

I will punch someone if valve dont make a portal 3, and it better be good. >=l

[TeamRocketReviews]

Cool video. So what's your favorite DOS game? Mine's probably Secret Of Monkey Island, King's Quest V, Doom, or Wasteland.

[bruce8h1a]

How come when I type the file's name to install the game using MOSbox, the MOSbox freeze although the Task Manager says it's still running? can you help me?

[MrGlue42]

im good till i get to typing supaplex......it says its an illegal command

[TheSatendranegi]

Hey its not working. Emulator has not been downloaded. Server Error!

[TortureBot]

Nice tutorial.

[TomBarkerandfriends]

I got this working but I have 1 problem:

1)No sound

How would I fix this?

[outdatedinvalidname]

dons name :o its beautiful :D



[saleh6911]

song name?

[hasards]

@saleh6911 It's the ending song to portal. it's called "Still Alive".

[millerboy321]

Ha glaDOS singing in DOS tutorial

[st33fie]

is it normal that whem i shut off dosbox

the game is deleated

i have to reinstall the game every time i start up dosbox

and do a audio install every single time

could some 1 help me out here

[beybladerfury]

song is awesommmmmmeeeee,wat is it called!

[Valkodu]

@beybladerfury *facepalm*

[beybladerfury]

@Valkodu can u send me a download link

[legoman3342]

@beybladerfury its the ending theme of portal *facepalm*

[beybladerfury]

what is the song name!

[slappytheclown312]

says supaplex cannot be run in dos mode?

[FailWorld1]

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dosmania.tk --> FREE DOS GAMES!!!

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[mrbalazs1995]

google chrome for ever



[UZI9MMAUTO]

Thanks for the Invite.. I see your running Windows XP VistaVG Black and Blue Edition? :) WHere'd you get your copy? I have near 12,000 DL of that Version. Curious if It came through me! :)

[AERORacingLeague]

FUCK ILLEGAL COMMANDS

[TheMikon]

I'm having a problem running Ultima 7 and Serpent Isle on Exult and I can't find any videos for it.

[DasQuark]

It isn't working for me - I'm doing exactly what you do after you type 'dir' and it says illegal operation.

[X2ENDZERO]

Whos heart melted when the song played?

[MagiKidy]

@X2ENDZERO ending song from portal

[raytaypaytay]

@X2ENDZERO i was like awww man. haha

[deathpiglet1511]

@X2ENDZERO my ears did

[Sentinelord]

please can u help me? when i write down "supaplex", it starts and then it end and says "File not found" can u tell me solution to this problem please i really appreciate this

[tazer489]

im stuck on 2:12 when you type in c: when i do it it won't go to supaplex maybe because i got the updated version of supaplex :l

[Bell99kill]

i was stuck on 3:23 :(

[Bell99kill]

omg dis song again that i love so much :D

[tanyaa20nicolee]

I enjoy the music ^^ lol

[HeresYourSign1]

this music is epic rofl

[Dragonesa41083]

Thanks for the tips, just like KyraWolf, I too had to watch this twice, I like this song alot it's so moving! What's this song called? I love it alot! :)

[jbchild788]

@Dragonesa41083 "Still Alive," was written by Jonathan Coulton. It was the ending credits to the original Portal game

[haniballecter1]

@designxT i tried to run dungeon keeper through DosBox but im not sure what to do i know it works because people do run it through DosBox. Please help

[624gamer]

love the song

[187SicknesS]

youre full of shit and so is this video.

[creep718]

thank you so much, your instructions were really useful and easy to follow!!

[zombie22able2]

Portal was a DOS game today's version was a remake!

[TallAceTheJuggalo]

Whenever I type \ in the dosbox I just automatically end up on a new row and it doesnt work...

[moulanaaaa]

its realy help to me thanks man

[kvj1989]

To complicated for me.

The onyl game i can play on my dos is Catacomb

Mainly because i didn't had to instal that game.

[CKchaz]

sweet.. thanks man

[footieboy50]

where do i find dos games to install were can i dll them

[footieboy50]

where could i find other games like sam and max hit the road or something were could i find those games is there a site or something

[footieboy50]

it freezes when it shows the credits and stuff!!!

what do i do!

[footieboy50]

WHEN I TYPE c: nothing happens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[footieboy50]

i cannot type the slash key like this \ in my dos it just does [ HELP!!!

[DTRawDog]

i cannot type the :

How do i type it there? Do i have to use the keymapper? How do i use it? T.T

[misscarly12]

hi, may i ask what's the title of the song. :) tnx

[pokefreak001]

@misscarly12 STILL ALIVE

[Spectic]

My dosbox won't let my type a backslash. the ] key does [, the \ key does ] and the [ key does nothing. What's up with that?

[TheAusieBloke]

Thanks man, by rights you should be getting 40k comments of appreciation.

[Fantasiaanzu1]

I assume that you're very busy, what with all the people asking you to help, but I think I'll ask about my problem with you anyway; whenever I try to play Privateer 2 on DOSBox, it says that it will only run under "Win 32". What does this mean? If you have the time, I'd appreciate an answer, but don't worry if you're busy. I'm sure Google can solve my problem, but I like to send out many roots of inquiry. Thanks!

[designxT]

@Fantasiaanzu1 this message means that the game is for Windows and can not be run in MS-DOS, so it can not be emulated with dosbox

[Fantasiaanzu1]

@designxT Oh, thank you! Though I've tried a patch, and that doesn't work either :(. Oh well, I guess I can figure out something. Thanks for your help ^^

[Emporio1996]

thank

[Bloe007]

i can enter a back slach in this program ??!!!!

[zirkoni88]

@Bloe007 You can change the keyboardlayout in DOSBox. Goto dosboxwiki and take a look at the keyb command. Type

"keyb be" in DOSBox for Belgian layout....

[homsarshat]

Nice, Isn't that last song from Penumbra?

[97273998]

PORTAL MUSIC FTW!!!!!

[killingrick320]

PORTAL SONG!!!!

[31sherwin]

thank you so much, instead of supaplex, i wanted to play prince of persia 2 the shadow and the flame, and your idea worked. thanks :D

[koymoynos71]

insted of \ you can use /

[koymoynos71]

insted of \ on dosbox you can use the /

[codybloodbath]

ok supaplex works...but i cant seem to get blood or redneck rampage to work....keeps saying playback failed

[codybloodbath]

ok supaplex works...but i cant seem to get blood or redneck rampage to work....

[TheKataKombs]

awesome song!

[Zestypanda]

@novicegaming101 Or you could be a total troll... End'o conversation! *rimshot*

[Zestypanda]

@novicegaming101

You know, instead of having a nervous breakdown you could look at the wiki, but obviously your to retarded to do that..

[TheBlitz1]

i have no idea how to make games work in dosbox

everytime i do what is in a turtorial or video dosbox just acts like it can't run or find shit

[Random1598]

fucking dos window doesn't let me use \ . No idea why, it works when I program in Turbo pascal but not here.

[AaronM9552]

I am confused

[nagozualdean]

i cant seem to get my curser on the dosbox.

everytime i have to alt-x-esc to et out how do i get the curser online to click on the game?

[Pokegod100]

I luv Portal.

[bigdady2700]

I have windows 7 and i wont to play wolf dos but i cant get it to work what do i do!?!

[MegaXakep1]

украинец штоль? капец а чё у тебя тогда всё на англицком?

[chugdog]

oh man... fuck auto-tune.. anyway, thanks for the dosbox though. =) i can now play god of thunder once again. haha

[CanOfSpam]

@chugdog Eh, it's the end song from Portal....

[53010440]

the supaplex download is gone:S

[designxT]

updated, check out video description for link :)

[nEiL09ish]

wow.. men whats the title of the music

[igigothic]

cant do init c:\

[XxariethxXsam]

holy shit that music scary :'(

[leauxbert]

@XxariethxXsam That's Portal for ya.

[sisi0cat0chan]

ok seriously, all i want to play this game and nothing and i mean NOTHING has worked for me. i get as far as the c:\ but then whatever i type after it is an illegal action. i'm not tech savy at all, help anyone?

[paleknight1]

Its doesn't work

[LibertyInProgress]

Wow... thanks so much! This video was a great help!

[TheRetroZombie]

I think the classic games are way better than the modern.

[gavrokk]

when i drag the exe file which is 'HOSPITAL' (as in theme hospital) it says:

Stub exec failed:

dos4gw.exe

No such file or directory

someone help me please

[nargarothfreak]

Cool supaplexXD

but you can pley it on xp with a speed test version for supaplex

Cheers!

[blackandwhitepro34]

best song eva still alive by glados hell fuck yeah!

[KillingBillthe1]

SUCH AN ANNOYING SONG

[PequenoWiltord]

@KillingBillthe1 LOL , You Call This Music Annoying ? Are You Drunk Or Something ? Omg.

[NotSoSmoothFilms]

@KillingBillthe1 If you played Portal, you would love it.

[cChampen]

HELP plz to get the supaplex go to that destuff site but that site dosent work. so i found an other place. but it was some other files in the folder. so i tryed to extract the .exe to the dosbox and it starts but when its freeze and the text CODE 410 and ENTRY ??? showed up. plzz help me to play the game and sorry my bad english

[cChampen]

@Zulu32z when i do your way my dos program dosent work?

[EVILROBOTNIKMASTER4]

mines shut down

[Greenhelm64]

OMG THE PORTAL SONG : )

[hardrock3r1648]

good vid, but music is annoying as fuck O:

[Zerost]

How do you install alien virus?

[KyraWolf]

I had to watch this twice. I sang along the first time. :|

[DUDELOVE5551SBRO]

@KyraWolf me too :)

[crazy12345670]

can you show me how to turn off dos on my mac

[nadenessnick]

OMFG I PAUSED AT 0:04 BEACAUSE I KNOW THIS SONG OMFG!!!

[redwolffire]

I can't type : on dosbox it always comes out as ; no matter what

[Jimonique84]

I download everything, and when I'm going to type supaplex in DOS, it says that illegal command.. Before that, when I type dir, it says that 0 Files, 3 dir. What should I have to do? Thanks ...

[xsonek]

wot music???

[Harmonychick420]

LoL this song is from Portals, good game. (The cake is a lie) =)

PS.thanx for video!

[ZuLu32z]

much easier way...

extract the dos game + all its files into a new folder onto your desktop.

drag the .exe onto the dosbox icon on the desktop.

your done. much easier.

[Sally1can]

thanks lol thats alot easier

[lancedabomb]

@ZuLu32z I do the same thing too

[youwhatnicola]

@ZuLu32z

... you've no idea how much i love you right now. lmao. you just made life so much easier for me. thanks a lot!

[clarkey5714]

@ZuLu32z thanx heaps. I've been searching forever how to install my dos game and the only one that has worked is yours :-D

[latinamericangascan]

@ZuLu32z I known this was the way but i forgot it.Thanks so much man subbed you both

[8empire]

@ZuLu32z

Thanks!!! is realy easy whith this mode!!!!

[jevus21]

@ZuLu32z  thank you

[DerResu]

@ZuLu32z

My DOSBox crushes down every time i start a game with it. dont know why

[Sh0ckmaster]

@ZuLu32z

Dude, you are a Legend. Got my game working in about 30 seconds.

[phycotic332]

@ZuLu32z thank you so much your the best

[Ildkuglen]

@ZuLu32z When I drag the .exe file onto the dosbox icon it doesn't open :S do you have any advice?

[DespaXify]

@ZuLu32z Dude you're my hero. Thanks for saving my day. ♥

[xgpuff216]

how do you mount a file?

[Windspirit]

how do you fucking type the \ in the dosbox ?

[zingmars]

same way you wrote it in comments.

[joegrimesofcourse]

Hahaha thats what I was thinking.

[vojta1996]

@Windspirit right alt + Q

[Kitten2810]

lol same problem

[TheArchetect1]

IVE SEEN ABOUT 20 SO CALLED GUIDES FOR USING THIS DREADFULL PROGRAM, WASTED MANY MAN HOURS, ALL FOR A COUPLE OF KILOBYTES! CANNOT GET THE DAMN THING TO WORK, & i CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE A PRO AT PLAYING RETRO!!! DAMN DOSBOX TO HELL!!!

[ikeano29]

@TheArchetect1 i will tell you an easier way than this. right click on your game and hit explore, find the main application file for the game and drag and drop it onto dosbox. 90% of the time that will work. alt+return gets you full screen. enjoy.

[Rocky54167]

@TheArchetect1 dude once you get the hand of useing DOSBox it is very easy. The thing that gets people is the mounting i had problems with if when first used it. Its not a dreadful program just one hard to get working.

[MrJoe915]

@TheArchetect1 dude maybe TRY VIRTUAL PC 2007 ITS FREE AND FROM MICROSOFT

[Slicerer]

Descent actually has an install.exe file but it wont run on Vista.  How do i use it with Dosbox?

[mr82769]

Help :(

I can mount the folder, I can see the game on the c drive but when I then try and start it up by pressing (in this case), TIM, I get the message "unable to initialize vm". Then what do I do?

[cjhydra08]

LINK IS BROKEN : >(

[cjhydra08]

dude, that google chrome is USELESS!!!

USE MOZILLA FIREFOX NEXT TIME, MAN.

[WXKFA]

lol. Just drag and drop the game .exe file into the dosbox executable icon.

[jakobs98]

Thanks alot!!

[tbseven]

it does work ur all just retarded

[xenocide8]

ok well is there a specific way to install each game

[magic666z]

hm file not found

or error

or something but it does not work 100%

[magic666z]

wow half life portal xDDDDD

[mintkendishin]

hmmm i think ill just stick with my sega emulator

[finalfantasy22ffx22]

it really worked...but my sound didnt

[fartknockerfartknock]

yea its partiallt due to since its so old ad some of the midi files arnt compatible or sumthin i dont really know why

[ikeano29]

@finalfantasy22ffx22 try setup.bat and configering your sound in dosbox.

[finalfantasy22ffx22]

@ikeano29 thanx i'll try

[finalfantasy22ffx22]

i cant write the ":"

[mushroomTHPS]

yeah n1 song :P

[fragolegirl2002]

cant see watcha doin :( too small

[sunburningstare]

i cant do a \

....the standard key for it doesnt work and i cant find the alternativa

[HoshiKagura]

I had this problem, too. Just use the /.