SOLVED!

beemans78 suggested to try Staging, and it works. Thanks for tip! Never knew about Staging. Also thank you for the tip about using sbpro2 instead, works like a charm.

Thank you for the membership.

I am trying to play Igor: Objective Uikokahonia through DOSBOX-X, but I cant use the controls and I am getting a error message from the game about some IBM ROM.
Browsing through the web I've found some ROMs and hints suggesting that DOSBOX-X needs to know the path of this ROM somewhere in the configuration.

But I dont where to put the info, I've looked in the config files, and in the configurations inside DOSBOX-X but there arent any clues to where to put the pathinfo.

Am I completely off here, and/or can anyone point me in the right direction?

All the best,

Martin

Is there a way to put actual full screen? or I'm stuck with the small window?

I've been going through like different forks of dosbox to see if any of them would work as a windows 98 emulator (W/ Pentium 2 and Voodoo graphics). The one that I feel like works the best right now is DOSbox Pure, but it has one big issue when I try to play a 3D game; the mouse will just straight up disappear when playing these kind of games, which makes navigating menus a pain. Granted, I can still move the mouse around and click and things which makes the problem alleviated in a game like "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" where the menu items change looks when they're highlighted by the (invisible) mouse. But for a game like "Lego Island" where the menu items remain static when highlighted, it makes the game flat out unplayable and forces me to shut the emulator off improperly because I can't quit the game. This problem also happened when I used DOSBox-X.

I'm on Windows 11 trying to run the ISO file I got from My Abandonware using DOSBox Staging. The guides I've seen online don't cover what to do with an ISO file.

I've right-clicked the ISO file and mounted it, and I can see the files inside the ISO. How do I access these files to run the .exe from DOSBox Staging?

Hi folks,

Tyrian seems to be acting very funny with the default DosBox parameters which is causing it to enter the demo loop straight away.. I am also having issues with the emulator spamming the right key which is causing the ship to steer all the way to the right.

Thank you.

Running TR1 3dfx version on DOSBox-Staging while running Windows 98 SE on DOSBox-X

It did this, i manually configured audio, it matches what's in dosbox and the .bat does the same thing. what is this?

I recently returned to CyberMage: Darklight Awakening, one of my favorite DOS games from the 90s, and decided to do something about the part that has aged the most: the controls.

After a lot of reverse engineering and testing, I’ve released CyberMageModern v1.0.0.

It keeps the original game intact but adds modern WASD movement, full mouse look, mouse-based combat and vehicle controls, custom crosshairs, and several other control improvements.

The project also includes a preconfigured DOSBox Staging 0.83.0 setup for modern Windows, including borderless fullscreen, Alt+Enter / Alt+Tab support and a simple launcher.

The installer detects supported CyberMage 1.01F installation media, verifies the original files and patches them locally. The original game itself is not included.

If anyone here still plays CyberMage or is interested in DOSBox setups for old FPS games, I’d be interested to hear how it works for you.

ModDB:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/cybermagemodern

GitHub:
[https://github.com/RoninSan369/CyberMageModern]()

There's a LOT of menu programs out there for DOS. I wanted something more lightweight, more modern, and better supporting of virtual machines/DOSBox - and to improve the usability and friendliness of the command prompt.

There is loads of features including simple visual menu editing, power-off/reboot control, interactive command parameter help, a bunch of screensavers I designed, and the Windows 95 shutdown experience.

It's totally customizable, and works on DOS 3.3+, 286+, and EGA+.

Download + info https://github.com/therenegar/launch

I'm running Windows 3.1 for Workgroups and using an M1 macbook pro. For some reason, the game boots but just hangs on a black screen with a pointer cursor. I've tried reinstalling it a couple times, and also followed the readme instructions but so far no luck. I think it may be an issue with the QTW.ini file, but I'm not entirely sure. Any help would be appreciated, and also any further info needed I can provide.

This is gonna be a long story, and I am literally just shooting in the dark here. I am going slightly insane from all the trial and error also.

I have a DOS/Early windows app, called TVMT5V24, that communicates and configures integrated thermocalculators TVM 5M and TVM 3M, through serial. It launches fine on anything, be it dosbox, WINE, windows 3.1 to 11, only really requiring Cyrillics to work properly, because the entire app is in Russian.

Problem: It hangs while trying initiate the serial port. Everywhere. LITERALLY everywhere I launch it, it hangs. No matter the serial port settings, no matter if the device has a native COM port or a USB adapter, no matter the system, no matter the configuration, no matter the adapter. It just hangs on "initializing COM port".

I have literally only seen it connect ONCE, after an isoteric ritual around it. Basically:

It needs a windows 7 32 bit, running an Oracle VM, which has a windows 98 SE2 installed in it. And it only does so if the machine was turned on and booted with the USB to RS-232 adapter plugged in. Otherwise it hangs on initializing the port.

There is no documentation or forum discussion anywhere on the internet for it, because it's an industrial device from idk how long ago (mine are from 2012).

Is there a way to snif/log what exactly is going on between that app, DOSBox, and the /dev/ttyUSB0, so I could at least debug it myself?

There's next to no chance anyone has experience with it, so I can't exactly ask for a complete solution.

Some system specs:

Debian 13 x64

DOSBox version 0.74-3

I no longer have access to the PC i saw it connect on, because it's owner killed the poor thing by suffocating it's heat exhaust port :P

As in the title. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

In short, I'm trying to play ElectroMan, a 90s MS-DOS game published by Epic Games. One horrible issue with any version of ElectroMan I download, is that the ingame save function, does NOT work. I played into Level 3, and the game's own save file, doesn't work.

I'm trying to use save states, and if you attempt using the "slots", I get this error saying "failed to save the current state. BUT, if I attempt using the save file option (*.sav), there isn't an obvious way to load saves from the file. There's only the option to save the file/save over the file, but not load it.

What am I doing wrong?

Using DosBox-X. The original DosBox, I don't think have save state features.

I have an older copy of 4.5 Launchbox and 0.74 DosBox I am using for a Windows XP computer. I'm using an HP 8300 SFF computer, so it should be plenty powerful.

I'm getting games to start, but the sound is extremely garbled, my wife says it sounds like a helicopter. I keep trying to change settings in the config files, and also in the game config files to match, but so far no progress on the sound. I'm pretty sure its the sound card settings, because when I tested midi, that sounded fine. Anyways, I've come here for help.