DOSBox

DOSBox
Download(s)	File Archive
License	{{{license}}}
Developer(s)
Porting developer(s)	Pickle
Version	0.74svn
Status	Available
Webpage	dosbox.com
Non-Pandora-specific compatibility list Forum Discussion About Compatibility

DOSBox is an emulator for older x86 systems. Latest update: Nov. 9, 2010.

The Pandora can emulate "about 5000 cycles in DosBox, which is roughly a 386/33Mhz x86 PC.

Note: In order to use the colon symbol, you have to press shift (left shoulder button) + Fn + ";". This also goes for the underscore symbol.

Simple way to get DOSBox working

1. Put your DOS game directories in /media/[your SD card]/pandora/appdata/dosbox/games

2. Open up dboxfe, the DOSBox GUI that comes with the download.

3. Click on the default profile, click "start". (before doing that, you can click on the "systems" tab, and set "cycles" to "max", for better speed)

4. Type in cd [directory where your game is located]. For example, if you want to play Keen 4 and it's in the directory "Keen4", you would type in cd keen4

5. Type in the name of the executable file for your game, with or without the extension (it's usually the one ending in .exe or .bat). So for "keen4.exe", you would type in keen4.

6. The game should now start. By the way, at any time in steps 4 or 5, you can type in dir to see a list of the files and directories in that folder

7. To quit DOSBox, close your game (in most games, you press the "Esc" key), then type in exit.

Assigning action keys to A/B/X/Y

By default, DOSBox on the Pandora just assigns keys to their regular keyboard positions. This makes playing games very awkward unless you remap them to the action buttons.

1. Open dboxfe, select your profile, press "start".

2. As it says on the blue box at the top, press Ctrl+F1 to active the keymapper (by the way: R is also Ctrl on the Pandora)

3. A screen will pop up. Use the touchscreen to select keys. The bottom part of the screen is below the taskbar on the Pandora, so you'll need to press Shift+leftclick to move the window around.

4. to be continued...

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