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  1. Rincewind

    Incline eXoDOS v6 — It's coming!

    If you have even the slightest interest in DOS games and you're not familiar with the eXoDOS project yet, you owe it to yourself to watch this video. Apart from introducing the eXoDOS project and explaining why it's significant, eXo (the founder/project leader) talks about his general...
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  3. Rincewind

    DOSBox Staging — a modern continuation of DOSBox

    Hey guys, dungeoneering in those classic DOS games has just become a little bit more comfortable! As I haven't seen DOSBox Staging mentioned too frequently on the Codex, I thought I'd take the opportunity to raise awareness on this modern continuation of DOSBox, given that we've unleashed a...
  4. Narushima

    Launch Windows 3.1 with a double-click (+ games!)

    I've packaged a DOSBox folder with Windows 3.1 pre-installed. All you have to do is download the archive, unzip it and double-click the dosbox file. You will be greeted with this: A fully functionnal Windows 3.1 install, with sound and graphics drivers already in place. As you can see, I have...
  5. Eirinjas

    DOSBOXenstein's monster

    I started working on this menu system for DOSBOX in 2014 cuz I felt like all the DOSBOX frontends sucked, and I wanted an efficient, easy to use, and portable DOSBOX that could be put on a USB and plugged into either my Windows or Linux system without hassle. I worked on it sporadically over...
  6. Leechmonger

    320x200 DOS games emulation: staying true to the artist's vision

    As many of you already know, many (most?) 320x200 resolution DOS games were programmed with 4:3 CRT monitors in mind. That is to say, when the developer wished to display a circle they would draw it such that it would look circular on a 4:3 CRT monitor, which used rectangular pixels instead of...
  7. Tomatohead

    Dosbox setup with CRT emulation

    Not sure if this is the right place for this thread or if there is any need for this. If not, please transfer or nuke the thread. I'd like to share info on how to setup Dosbox with CRT emulation to make all those old DOS games look nice and crisp. The default branch of Dosbox doesn't support...
  8. SCO

    Something useful if you use dosbox on linux

    https://gist.github.com/i30817/12a91a7e79a94ebadc3da1839bfc0e6d This script: creates a overlay filesystem that joins a dosbox games 'read only directory' (which can totally be read+write, the point is that the writes will be redirected elsewhere) with a write dir on $USER/.cache/dosbox and...

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