Tutorials-Games-DOS Emulator

 

Do you miss those old DOS games? Well you can still enjoy them on your computer. 
Afraid emulators are far too advanced for you? They are quite easy, check out our tutorial to learn how to use them.

Step One: Open up your emulator. Make sure your emulator is unzipped.   

For this example I am going to use DOS BOX. It helps to have some basic knowledge of DOS to work this program for some advanced settings, but this tutorial will be able to get you playing your games in no time. 

Step Two: The program will open. In the front screen you will need to type in some stuff. Ok you will need to have your games unzipped and in a folder. The game I am using will be in the folder "mario" in the C drive. So if your game is on the D drive will need to type in D instead of C and the folder you are using instead of "mario". For the example I am using the folder C:\mario

Type In: MOUNT C C:\mario 

Step Three: Press Enter. If the file you chose existed the screen will look the screen this screen shot. 

Step Four: Now you will need to change that Z to whatever drive you are using. Again I am using the C Drive for this example if you are using the D drive you would type D (unless you named the mount something other than the drive you are using, then you would type the letter you named the mount).

Type in: C: 

Step Five: If this worked the letter in the left corner will turn from Z:\> to C:\> or whatever letter your drive is. Now that you are mounted to the specific folder where your executable game file is type in the name of the file. In this example I am using Mario.exe 

Type In: mario.exe

Step Six: Press Enter. If the game comes up you are successful. If the game has an error you may need to download a patchand  should consult the website you downloaded the game from.  

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Last Edited: 08/04/2009 12:01