Dosbox pure problem with original floppy image

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#42

Regarding disk space issues, I managed to test the latest patch from GitHub and now the games install correctly (I’m referring to MK3, Pinball Fantasies, and Simon the Sorcerer). The disk space issue is strange, but the most important thing is that it’s fine now. I also tested Syndicat, and it installs without any problems.

I managed to learn from the Vogon forum that protected floppy disks would need an extension to emulate floppy drives. An extension similar to capsimg.dll, which is used by Winuae standalone, or the PUAE core in Retroarch. Although one user mentioned that DOSBox will never use such extensions. Although this is a rather old post, I don’t think anything has changed regarding emulating protected floppy disks. Sometimes a CP game will install but won’t launch, other times the copied files will be 0 kb, and still other times, installer.exe won’t respond at all.

Instructions aren’t a problem, although many games use this protection. The problem is when the instructions can’t be found anywhere online :slight_smile:

#43

Do you have the names?
I want to make a list of which ones work and which ones don’t.

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#44

That’s a very good idea, although it will probably require a lot of time and patience :slight_smile: To start, you can add the Sierra games to the list, which have already been mentioned many times in this thread:

King’s Quest 1-3

Leisure Suit Larry (1987)

Space Quest (1986)

Space Quest II

Black Cauldron, The (1987) (v2.00, Int. 2.439) (360K) <- first version, later ones don’t have CP.

Other:

Terminator Rampage installer doesn’t respond (I checked in DOSBox Pure)

Prehistoric 1

Prehistoric 2 - must have some kind of protection. The game installs, but won’t launch.

That’s a quick rundown from what I remember :slight_smile:

#45

Trying to install them can be fairly quick, but some games require additional files (such as a driver) or special configuration in DOSBox.

What I have in mind is to create a package with the necessary batch files and patches for each game to facilitate installation and ensure compatibility with any DOS system, emulated or not. Something similar to eXoDOS but completely free. This may take a little longer. (lol)

As soon as I can, I will review those games and notify you.

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#46

Regarding the “special configuration,” I’m wondering if there’s one that would automatically launch Duke Nukem 3D with Gravis Ultrasound drivers.

Because the sound works fine, but only if we run the ultrasound/ultramind file before launching the game, or launch the game through the setup.exe. Otherwise, DOS will crash.

But maybe that’s how it was supposed to be, after all, DOS is ancient history :slight_smile: