DOSBox

The purpose of this setup is to install and configure DOSBox for running DOS games.

1

Install DOSBox

$ sudo apt install dosbox

2

Generate DOSBox default configuration file

$ dosbox -printconf

This will generate a default configuration file and will print the path to the file. Copy the path to the configuration file for updating the configuration.

3

Update configuration file

$ nano <path-to-config-file>

Replace <path-to-config-file> with the path to the configuration file printed in Step 2. Update the following lines to configure screen resolution as per Mecha Comet :

fullscreen=true
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=480x480
windowresolution=480x480
output=opengl

4

Download DOS game

Download a DOS game from the internet and extract it to a folder

5

Start DOSBox

$ dosbox

6

Setup mount directory

Inside DOSBox, mount the game directory to a drive letter

$ mount c <path-to-game>

Replace <path-to-game> with the path to the game folder. Above command will mount the letter c to the game directory.

Example: If the game directory is /home/mecha/skyroads, then enter mount c /home/mecha/skyroads.

7

Run exe file

Run the game executable file by entering the name of file without exe followed by enter.

Example: If the game executable file is skyroads.exe, then enter skyroads and press enter.

$ skyroads

This completes the setup for running DOS games using DOSBox.