DOS lives on! Not just in our hearts but thanks to DOSBox [Official Site] you can continue playing some serious classics and a new update is available with some fixes.
Here's what's changed:
- Fixed that a very long line inside a bat file would overflow the parsing buffer. (CVE-2019-7165 by Alexandre Bartel)
- Added a basic permission system so that a program running inside DOSBox can't access the contents of /proc (e.g. /proc/self/mem) when / or /proc were (to be) mounted. (CVE-2019-12594 by Alexandre Bartel)
- Several other fixes for out of bounds access and buffer overflows.
- Some fixes to the OpenGL rendering.
Compatibility for this release should be no different to 0.74 and 0.74-2, so you should be able to upgrade without seeing any issues appear. They're also still working on the next major release with DOSBox 0.75, but some bugs are currently holding back a release.
I love DOSBox, before OpenXcom became fully playable for the classic X-COM experience I used it quite regularly. Cannon Fodder is also a rather guilty pleasure of mine, a true classic. What are some of your favourites you still play thanks to DOSBox?
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I also wasn't aware there was a dosemu 2.
Is there any guide on how to actually run a game with it?
Is there any guide on how to actually run a game with it?
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I never had a DOS machine (we Amiga users laughed at your text-mode single-tasking OS... although we stopped when Doom came out), but I occasionally use DOSBox, rather than UAE, to play the original Settlers because it can run in a higher SVGA resolution. It's only - off the top of my head - 640x480, but it seemed huge back in the day compared with 320x200 (or 256 on PAL Amigas), and it's definitely more comfortable to play.
It doesn't have the two-player split-screen mode though, so ner. :P
{Edit: Actually, now I think about it, that's not true. It does. But Player 2 has to use a joystick rather than a second mouse. Eurgh.
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It doesn't have the two-player split-screen mode though, so ner. :P
{Edit: Actually, now I think about it, that's not true. It does. But Player 2 has to use a joystick rather than a second mouse. Eurgh.
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When are they going to start supporting XDG base directory spec? $HOME/.dosbox really should retire already.
And they should switch from Sourceforge to something more fitting the times.
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And they should switch from Sourceforge to something more fitting the times.
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Quoting: ShmerlWhen are they going to start supporting XDG base directory spec? $HOME/.dosbox really should retire already.
And they should switch from Sourceforge to something more fitting the times.
It's a pain indeed.
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no_information_here Jun 27, 2019
Amazingly, I still have a business software package that needs DOS. I have been happily running it in Dosbox for a decade. DosEmu just didn't work properly when I first set it up.
There are a few things that might make Dosbox more pleasant, but I am hugely appreciative to the devs for making it.
Is Dosbox pure 64-bit software? I would hate to lose it to Ubuntu's 32-bit purge.
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There are a few things that might make Dosbox more pleasant, but I am hugely appreciative to the devs for making it.
Is Dosbox pure 64-bit software? I would hate to lose it to Ubuntu's 32-bit purge.
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I play MOO 1 & 2 with DOSBox. Mostly 2, but sometimes 1. Master of Orion 2 is still one of the best space 4x games. But Master of Orion 1 is interesting to go back to, just to see how differently people thought about planet/city and technology development before Civilization came out.
So for instance, where in MOO 2 you have all these different production and other buildings unlocked with different technologies like in a Civilization city, MOO 1 has an abstract industrial capacity, where you're building like 10 factories per turn on this planet up to the maximum it can have, and new technologies increase the amount of production a given population can control with improved robotics. And like, your planet's production has sliders--rather than building either one thing or another thing, you can devote x much to shipbuilding and y much to improving industry and such. And again, rather than researching one single tech in a tree, you split research up between tech areas with sliders. But after Civilization II came out, everyone did stuff Civ-style for years and years after, and that influence is still fairly strong. Once in a while I like to go back to original MOO just to do things different.
So for instance, where in MOO 2 you have all these different production and other buildings unlocked with different technologies like in a Civilization city, MOO 1 has an abstract industrial capacity, where you're building like 10 factories per turn on this planet up to the maximum it can have, and new technologies increase the amount of production a given population can control with improved robotics. And like, your planet's production has sliders--rather than building either one thing or another thing, you can devote x much to shipbuilding and y much to improving industry and such. And again, rather than researching one single tech in a tree, you split research up between tech areas with sliders. But after Civilization II came out, everyone did stuff Civ-style for years and years after, and that influence is still fairly strong. Once in a while I like to go back to original MOO just to do things different.
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I've been playing some old edutainment games on DOSBox that my partner insisted I try out.
Super Solvers is a fun series (so far), the two games I tried are reading-comprehension based and math based. The math one you zap robots with a remote control at a TV station to find clues to where the "Master of Mischief" is hiding. The reading one you use a magnifying glass to zap the robots, but the same general idea: zap the robots, do puzzles, get clues, and find the Master of Mischief before midnight, or it's Game Over!
It sounds completely ridiculous, but it's actually fun. :)
My favourites on DOSBox (so far) are probably Duke Nukem 2 (that soundtrack!), Dune, EcoQuest 1, and The Island of Dr. Brain.
Last edited by namiko on 27 June 2019 at 5:51 pm UTC
Super Solvers is a fun series (so far), the two games I tried are reading-comprehension based and math based. The math one you zap robots with a remote control at a TV station to find clues to where the "Master of Mischief" is hiding. The reading one you use a magnifying glass to zap the robots, but the same general idea: zap the robots, do puzzles, get clues, and find the Master of Mischief before midnight, or it's Game Over!
It sounds completely ridiculous, but it's actually fun. :)
My favourites on DOSBox (so far) are probably Duke Nukem 2 (that soundtrack!), Dune, EcoQuest 1, and The Island of Dr. Brain.
Last edited by namiko on 27 June 2019 at 5:51 pm UTC
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Quoting: no_information_hereIs Dosbox pure 64-bit software?Yes.
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Dune (CD) version ,Centurion defender of Rome,Command and conquer (Dos) version and rise of the triad still games that oh and desert strike cannon fodder and lemmings.
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Quoting: namikoI've been playing some old edutainment games on DOSBox that my partner insisted I try out.
Super Solvers is a fun series (so far), the two games I tried are reading-comprehension based and math based. The math one you zap robots with a remote control at a TV station to find clues to where the "Master of Mischief" is hiding. The reading one you use a magnifying glass to zap the robots, but the same general idea: zap the robots, do puzzles, get clues, and find the Master of Mischief before midnight, or it's Game Over!
It sounds completely ridiculous, but it's actually fun. :)
My favourites on DOSBox (so far) are probably Duke Nukem 2 (that soundtrack!), Dune, EcoQuest 1, and The Island of Dr. Brain.
Outnumbered was one of my first games as a child on our green screen 8086. I still remember the music of the TV station. Treasure Mountain and Gizmos and Gadgets were also a blast. My parent recently found our old floppies and copied them over (along with Lemmings!).
Ps, if your using the num pad, you can "hover" over Telly by jumping over him and just going back and forth with the 7 and 9 key. It made 5yoa me very happy. You couldn't do that in Treasure Mountain (the elves could steal you gold) or Gizmos and Gadgets (I think you'd get hit).
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