Dosbox now runs ss1 :)

Zeebok on 8/4/2005 at 01:07

So get cracking :thumb:

I'd love to be able to play all my old DOS games on my new PC. It would just be more convenient then switching between two computers if I want to go from say Splinter Cell to Bioforge :D

Luthien on 17/9/2009 at 08:38

I have the CD version of System Shock 1 and tried tried to run it in Dosbox. First, I tried to install it directly from CD running the script install.bat, but that hangs forever. Then I found this guide:

(http://personal.thezorklibrary.com/sshock1.htm)

But still, if I finally run

c:
cd sshock
cdshock

I get an error message: "Cannot run directly from CD. Run executable from hard drive." Any ideas what has gone wrong?

icemann on 17/9/2009 at 10:55

Whats that smell? I smell death

Luthien on 17/9/2009 at 15:55

So what? I see no reason to make a new thread for the same topic.

ZylonBane on 17/9/2009 at 17:14

Clearly, you've (http://www.strangebedfellows.de/index.php/topic,211.0.html) been away far too long.

Luthien on 17/9/2009 at 22:31

:shrug:

I never managed to run anything in Dos mode with sound on a Windoze system.

Nameless Voice on 17/9/2009 at 23:43

Then you've never heard of (http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/) VDMSound.

Luthien on 17/9/2009 at 23:49

Probably not. In how far does all of this help me running the game in a Linux Dosbox?

Nameless Voice on 18/9/2009 at 00:01

You never mentioned Linux before.

The easiest thing is probably to just download SS-P and run that through DOSBox manually.

Luthien on 18/9/2009 at 08:23

Quote Posted by Nameless Voice

You never mentioned Linux before.

Because I never saw a game that cares on which OS the dosbox runs.

Quote:

The easiest thing is probably to just download SS-P and run that through DOSBox manually.

Hm, I'll try that. Thank you.