DOS gaming Options

[mirocu]

DOS games are great so here's a topic about it!

I admit; I made this topic mainly to get some help getting them to work on more modern computers like Windows XP and 7. I'm a bit tech savvy in general but not so much with DOSBox. The only reason I've played Arena is that the game came with the DOSBox already configured so I didn't need to do anything manually. Just plug and play.


Any and all help with this would be greatly appreciated! I don't know if there's a generic configuration that works with most DOS games or there's a site that has a load of games with pre-configured DOSBoxes (like Arena and Daggerfall) but it would be awesome if that was the case. My own searches have come up short.


To end this OP I'll list my favourite DOS games from the good ole days. Feel free to add your own!


CyClones
Duke Nukem 3D
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Mortal Kombat 3
Wolfenstein 3D
Red Baron

[Decrepit]

Boy do I have a lot of ancient long-neglected DOS games sitting on shelves in a closet! Prolly never play any of those again. I too tend to get those few DOS titles actually installed on my PC from GOG. The exception is of course Daggerfall, where I use DaggerInstall.exe...best way to acquire and install the game in my opinion, even considering Unity (which is finally approaching viable status). The measly few other DOS titles currently installed on my PC are:

1) Wizardry 7 - Crusaders of the Dark Savant. One of 'the' great first-person old-style party RPGs, again in my opinion.

2) King of Dragon Pass. A rather unique title. Alas, I find it requires windows fonts set to 'normal.' My tired old eyes require larger Windows fonts. Ergo, no KoDP for decrepit me.

3) Solitile. This remove-matching-tiles title has a special place in my PC gaming history. It was first acquired on a floppy disk housed with a computer magazine bought within in conjunction with my very first IBM compatible PC (or IBM clone as we often called them). Of its various layout options I like only one, 'the bridge,' but boy is that one layout addictive!!!!! Don't know how many thousand games I've placed over the decades. The copy on that old disk was shareware. Years later I upgraded to a Windows version, which looks and behaves identical to its DOS ancestor except for slightly improved graphics. Hmmm...I suppose I can't really count it as a DOS title any more. Not gonna delete all this writing...so it stays.

For good or ill, that's all folks.