Run Games off CDs in DOS Box

This tutorial will show you how to run. Old dos games on your newer computers, when they come on a CD.

You can get DosBox 86x Emulator here:
http://www.dosbox.com/

The commands you use are:

mount f f:/ -t CDROM *Mounts CDROM Drive

mount c c:/ *Mounts Hard Drive

dir *shows contents of a directory

cd *changes directory

cd.. *Changes to higher directory.


NOTE:

Yes I realize the quality isn't uber good, but youtube does that sometimes, and it's still legible, and I'm walking you through it, so it's no big deal.

Category:

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Tags:

• Dosbox
• 86x
• emulator
• play
• games
• off
• cd
• C&C
• Red
• alert
• command
• and
• conquer

[rara2690]

after i press enter for setup it says please run this installation on windows 3.1 or higher...please help. I have windows 7

[dmanbiker]

@rara2690 That means the program isn't compatible with DOS and shouldn't be run under DOSBox.

[maxenderiveable]

one question though.. on one of my games i get to install etc and just about to play it when i get as far as c:\games\war> type in war and it says its an illegal command! but it clearly knows its there..

[dmanbiker]

@maxenderiveable is "war" shows up in the address bar, then that's another directory level in the address. So you need to type "dir" and find the right application to launch. It must be called something else.

[MrAnimalBear]

It's me again :D AnimalBear.

[Remeday]

Dude you're awesome, thanks for the tutorial!

[dmanbiker]

@botiplay If it's a disk image, try using the IMGMOUNT command to mount the image directly. I'll send you a PM with a link to the syntax of that command.

[botiplay]

@dmanbiker its on an image file and i done whit aitd2 the same and it worked but aitd 1 still dont work. i burned it into G: and i do the mount G: D idk what could be wrong :(

[maxenderiveable]

nice one, much clearer than the other vids ;)

[botiplay]

@dmanbiker an image file mounten on d in dosbox so "mount D G:/ cdrom"

cause whit daemon tools i mounted it on G: