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    DOSBox Pure aims to be as simple as a console emulator

    Among many charms it works with RetroArch and can run games / load CDs from zip files.
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    Re: DOSBox Pure aims to be as simple as a console emulator

    Ahhh Descent, I remember that from the old old days...

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    Re: DOSBox Pure aims to be as simple as a console emulator

    Looks Interesting !

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    Re: DOSBox Pure aims to be as simple as a console emulator

    Having just spent the time with an Emulation Station frontend on a Pi 3 it's a great idea.

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    Re: DOSBox Pure aims to be as simple as a console emulator

    Ah endless hours spent modifying the rules.ini file on C&C Red Alert to make the tanks fire missile attack dogs.

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    Re: DOSBox Pure aims to be as simple as a console emulator

    This looks cool, definitely going to check this out.

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    Re: DOSBox Pure aims to be as simple as a console emulator

    Quote Originally Posted by philehidiot View Post
    Ah endless hours spent modifying the rules.ini file on C&C Red Alert to make the tanks fire missile attack dogs.
    LMAO! brilliant, wish I would have gotten in to that stuff in them days, only played, no modding, thinking about it now it would be quite easy.

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    Re: DOSBox Pure aims to be as simple as a console emulator

    Interesting. Haven't tried DOSBox in a while. I'll have to give it another look.

    I'm lucky enough to own retro hardware (including CRTs), so I tend to overlook emulators like this. Always useful though

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    Re: DOSBox Pure aims to be as simple as a console emulator

    Quote Originally Posted by Duckboy79 View Post
    LMAO! brilliant, wish I would have gotten in to that stuff in them days, only played, no modding, thinking about it now it would be quite easy.
    It was barely modding. You just copied a section of a large file into a new one called rules.ini (I think) and it specified how long weapons took to build (nukes in <1 second = instawin), what prerequisites were required for tech, what things fired, etc. It was more a complex cheat than serious modding.

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    Re: DOSBox Pure aims to be as simple as a console emulator

    There are lots of different versions of DOSBOX, all have their pros and cons. Personally, I mainly use DOSBOX CRT with the DBGL frontend. The only thing it doesn't appear to support is VSYNC, so you can end up with awful screen tearing in some games, and screen tearing is one thing I truly hate about retro gaming. I do however love the CRT monitor overlay and the shader that DOSBOX CRT uses, as it makes DOS games look a lot less pixelated.

    MS-DOS games have never looked so good on modern monitors.


    https://mattiasgustavsson.itch.io/dosbox-crt

    http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/

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