Please post about your experiences with old cRPGs here; how to get them running on modern machines.
Best Emulator settings, windows compatibility settings, best in-game settings,…
Here is an example:
Albion:
System: Win7 64 Bit
Game-Version: 1.3.8 (Dos game)
Emulator: Dosbox: 0.74
Game path: c:\games\Albion
CD path: c:\games\Albion\CD
Source: http://abandonia.com
Instructions:
Best Emulator settings, windows compatibility settings, best in-game settings,…
Here is an example:
Albion:
System: Win7 64 Bit
Game-Version: 1.3.8 (Dos game)
Emulator: Dosbox: 0.74
Game path: c:\games\Albion
CD path: c:\games\Albion\CD
Source: http://abandonia.com
Instructions:
- start dosbox
- Save a Dosbox .cfg-file: enter "config -writeconf dosbox.conf" at the dosbox command prompt
- press enter
- exit dosbox with "exit" + enter
- edit the [autoexec] section of the dosbox.conf file
- enter:
mount c c:\games\albion
c:
cd albion
- start Dosbox
- enter "setup"
- Select SB16 for Sound and General Midi (Roland 400) for music
- Select "Done" to save and exit the setup-program
- enter "albion" for starting the game -> you can add "albion" to the [autoexec] section, if you want:
mount c c:\games\albion
c:
cd albion
albion