Yes. I think we have different reissues. But mine installed the game in a weird folder called Mpsdisc.002
That's not a file, it's a folder.

C:\Romzon\Mpsdisc.002\Menu.exe

It also created another weird folder called Mpswhere in my C: drive with a single file in it called Mpsdisc.002 Very convoluted.

And I have to start the game by running the Menu file again and clicking the option to start the game. Weird, huh? I'm quite sure the original Return of the Phantom would have used an Install.bat file to install, like most DOS games do.

Yeah, it's really odd. Probably someone thought they would do something new and innovative and it ended up just being weird and difficult to handle.

Bryansmom, hi,

Sorry for the delay in replying, but I was away from all computers for a merciful few weeks Thanks for minding this thread in the meantime, Jenny

There is an example of this usage in the README.txt file supplied with DOSBox.

Hope that clears up the confusion,
metzomagic

I understand it now. Thanks so much for explaining!!
Happy gaming,
Beth

I think this is the right forum for my question. I just downloaded DOSBox and used it for "Down in the Dumps." The game video played fine on XP, but there was no sound. I got the game to play using DOS Box, but the sound is stuttery and the picture is too small. Is there anything I can do to help these two problems?

Thank you very much for any help.

Laurette, hi,

You may just be running with:

cycles=?

set too low. If not, there are several proposed remedies for the stuttering problem in the DOSBox FAQs .

(that link is at the top of this forum)

If the picture is too small, you probably need to set:

fullscreen=true

in the 'dosbox.conf' file.

Good luck,
metzomagic

Flying Dutchman,
Would you Please tell me how you installed Riddle Of MasterLu using DosBox? I had a hard time with the installation on W95 and with DosBox I could not even get an install.

Hi Lexxy,

Check out my Dosbox setup for Master Lu on Inferno's site (install the game through Dosbox. Have to make that change in the setup). Will get you up and running
http://home.earthlink.net/~infernofilecabinet4/XpSetupsP_T/Guest/RiddleOfMasterLu.htm

Bill

lexxy, hi,

You're probably best off first reading the GameBoomers DOSBox FAQs

This shows you how to properly set up your CD-ROM drives, etc. Also, set cycles=9000 in 'dosbox.conf'.

Then just install Riddle of Master Lu *while running DOSBox*. That should do it for you

Cheers,
metzomagic

I Have all the Dosbox setup info in my Dosbox Walkthrough Steve including the cdrom config.
As a side note I just got a new motherboard and CPU (2 gig)so what would be the cycle count for the CPU now. Thanks
Bill

Llewton, hi,

[start rant]
I realise that you have the DOSBox setup in your walkthrough, but that is superfluous. The fact is that the DOSBox setup is the *same for every game* (with the exception of the cycles= parameter, which is both game and machine dependent).

We don't want to encourage people posting questions every time they want to get game 'X' working in DOSBox; rather, we want them to learn how to use DOSBox as a generic tool! That's why we're trying to get everyone to read the GameBoomers DOSBox FAQs (link at the top of this forum). Sorry, but answering the same questions over and over again is both annoying and time consuming
[end rant]

For the record, there are only 5 lines you need to change/add in 'dosbox.conf' to get any DOS game working:

fullscreen=true (set to false by default)
cycles=3000 (this is the default. Once running, use Ctrl-F12 to increase by 500, Ctrl-F11 to decrease by 20)

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount D D:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl
mount C C:\
C:

(you may have to change the 'D:\' to 'F:\' or whatever if your *physical* CD-ROM drive is other than D:)

Then some games have to be installed with DOSBox running, others may not. End of story

Regarding your original question as to which cycles= setting to use for your new PC... who knows? Just make a best guess then use Ctrl-F12/F11 to tweak it.

Regards,
metzomagic

I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Metzomagic and Gameboomers for the dosbox instructions.
I have tried other instructions I have found on the internet on gettting the Tex Murphy games to work in XP with no success. I had given up completely on Under A Killing Moon and Riddle of Master Lu which didn't even work on my old computer and everyone I asked said it was impossible to get them to run. I now have a pile of old games I can't wait to play and I can't believe it was so easy to get them all to run.

I echo the thanks to Steve for this excellent help to us non-computer literate folks. I am in the middle of Under A Killing Moon and enjoying it once again.

There are a couple of minor problems but nothing that I can't live with. It wouldn't recognize my disk when I had to swap disks but I went to Tex's Office and saved then exited to DOS put in the new Disk and went to the new place from the Office and it worked fine. The movement seems rather difficult, especially in the GRS, but as I recall I think it was when I originally played it as well.

Again my heart felt thanks for this excellent instruction in the use of DOSBox. I'll be playing more of the older games in the future.


Now where did I put my old copy of Riddle of Master Lu????

I have used DOSBox for the first time and I am truly awed.

I used DOSBox to play Case of the Serrated Scalpel. The game had a known problem with the first page/screen of the game. You could not control the cursor with you mouse, but had to use the arrow keys. The cursor lock feature of DOSBox completely cured this problem, and you could control the cursor with your mouse on the first page.

And last but not least. I used it to play Dark Seed. I had crash after crash when I tried to play Dark Seed on my other DOS machines. You can see my tale of woe under Glitches posting. Imagine my surprise when Dark Seed ran flawlessly.

I can't understand why these DOS games ran better on DOSbox than in their native DOS environment. All I can say is a Giant to Steve and the DOSBox team for bringing this great game playing tool into this game players life.

EDIT: Add: Are You Afraid Of the Dark to the list of games that run on DOSBox.

I found a setup from Inferno's site for Simon The Sorcerer 1 and I plan to use it IF I ever get the game. My question is this....can this game be played using DosBox?

I tried DOSbox for the 1st time this weekend! I followed the FAQ, and got it to work with Tex Murphy - Pandora Directive. (I havn't played this since it was first released).

I did have to fool with the cycles, and I'm still not sure I have it at the best setting, but the game is running. (in some conversations the voice stutters).
I have a 1.7 Ghz processor, which I guess is a bit too slow. I'm not sure I understand why you need a more powerful processor to run the game in DOSbox that you needed when the game was new , and it ran in an earlier version of Windows. (or DOS actulay).

Louis

lexxy, hi,

Yup

Cheers,
metzomagic


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update


nolalou, hi,

From the GameBoomers DOSBox FAQ :

"What DOSBox does is emulate (he's boring me now with this word, you say) a certain amount of 286/386 processor instructions per millisecond. Because this is done in software, you need a much more powerful machine to get the same kind of performance you got with that old 386 PC."

So the answer is, in simple terms, that you are doing in software what is normally done with hardware.

Cheers,
metzomagic

Metzomagic,
Just got my copy of Simon 1 today. I went directly to DosBox and installed and it plays like I remember a few years ago on my old W95. This DosBox is great.

hi all
i have just down loaded dosbox .63 with the windows32installer - i have read most of the post on here about it - if possible could some kind person if they have got it email me a fool proof way of using it i have read the faq's on it but i have very wary of installing it as i am very unsure on how to use it

many thanks safc

folks, hi,

Am reproducing the guts of a reply to safc in another thread, so it will be preserved here. This distills most of the useful information contained in the DOSBox FAQ into a few paragraphs:

For the record, there are only 5 lines you need to change/add in 'dosbox.conf' to get any DOS game working:

fullscreen=true (set to false by default)
cycles=3000 (this is the default. Once running, use Ctrl-F12 to increase by 500 cycles, Ctrl-F11 to decrease by 20%)

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount D D:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl
mount C C:\
C:

(you may have to change the 'D:\' to 'F:\' or whatever if your *physical* CD-ROM drive is other than D:)

To start up DOSBox, bring up a Command Prompt via:

Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt

Then change to the directory where you installed DOSBox, like:

cd \program files\dosbox-0.63

Then enter:

dosbox

Once DOSBox has started, switch to your CD-ROM drive by entering:

d:

By the way, that 'mount D D:\ ...' command in dosbox.conf is mapping *virtual* drive D to *physical* drive D:\. If your physical CD-ROM drive is other than D: (like E:), you may feel more comfortable altering that mount command to:

mount E E:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl

Then you would enter:

e:

to switch to it.

Then some games have to be installed with DOSBox running, others may not. End of story

Regards,
metzomagic

I have DoBox -.63 installed and have been able to play a lot of older games save Pandora Directive It installed w/o a problem until I attempt to play the game and them I got a error reading in which it does not recognize the CDRom. Has anyone else experinced this problem and if so how did you correct it?

lexxy, hi,

Did you read my post directly above yours? Your CD-ROM mount command should look like this, given that your drive letter is D:

mount D D:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl

unless you physical CD-ROM drive is not D:. That could be your problem.

metzomagic

I sought help to play Discworld 1 on XP.Jenny 100 put me on to dosbox etc.
I have read some of your instructions on this.
Most of these are way over my head (I am an old,old pensioner),
Tried to download as you suggest, but get a pay pal response -in dollars!
As I am U.K., is there a dead simple way(even for me) to get this game up & running?
I bet you wish you hadn't started all this with the response you've had?

You must have clicked on the wrong thing.
Try going ***here*** and click on one of the mirrors in the DOWNLOAD column. The download box should appear after a few seconds.

Hi, I've seem to lost the ability to play my other games since I downloaded that Service Pack 2 on my windows XP. I have even tried to download from Packard Bell the DOS Application Patch for Windows XP Service Pack 2 to no avail. Does anybody know of another patch that with fix the problem to restore file(s) needed for running DOS-based programs and processes in windows XP? Oh, when I tried to download the one from Packard Bell, a message said Protocal: hyper text transfer protocal. Type: Not available. Connection: Not encrypted.