Posted January 05, 2015
Produced 3 videos showing you how to burn installation / play CDs from GOG.com DOSBox games. There are three main types of situations you encounter:
- Plain ISO image
- Plain BIN / CUE image
- DOSBox supported BIN / CUE image with compressed audio CD tracks as WAV or OGG files
The first two are really easy to deal with, it's the last one that's a bit more work :)
Note that not all games give you a full installation CD. Many require you to burn the CD but also copy the game folder onto your DOS Retro Gaming PC. Screamer is an example. One game stands out, Battle Isle 2, which does give you a full installation CD but in the game you will encounter a copy protection (unbeatable computer opponent). The files in the game folder have some patch / hack applied so you need to copy them over. Others need editing of config files to set the correct folders.
But these are really game specific situations, the main steps are as above and still apply to all of these games.
Create Installation CD from GOG.com DOSBox Games with ISO image
Create Installation CD from GOG.com DOSBox Games with Bin / CUE image
Create Installation CD from GOG.com DOSBox Games with Bin / CUE image and MP3 or OGG
But yea, so far not run into a game I couldn't get going on my DOS Retro Gaming PC :)
- Plain ISO image
- Plain BIN / CUE image
- DOSBox supported BIN / CUE image with compressed audio CD tracks as WAV or OGG files
The first two are really easy to deal with, it's the last one that's a bit more work :)
Note that not all games give you a full installation CD. Many require you to burn the CD but also copy the game folder onto your DOS Retro Gaming PC. Screamer is an example. One game stands out, Battle Isle 2, which does give you a full installation CD but in the game you will encounter a copy protection (unbeatable computer opponent). The files in the game folder have some patch / hack applied so you need to copy them over. Others need editing of config files to set the correct folders.
But these are really game specific situations, the main steps are as above and still apply to all of these games.
Create Installation CD from GOG.com DOSBox Games with ISO image
Create Installation CD from GOG.com DOSBox Games with Bin / CUE image
Create Installation CD from GOG.com DOSBox Games with Bin / CUE image and MP3 or OGG
But yea, so far not run into a game I couldn't get going on my DOS Retro Gaming PC :)