lost_soul on 13/10/2010 at 19:41
I want to play some demanding DOS games on my EEE PC, like Redneck Rampage. RR runs well on a Core 2 Duo laptop, but I'm sure the Atom cannot run DOSBox fast enough to do that. What are my options? I could install a "real" version of FreeDOS onto the system. This would require sound card drivers though, which I don't know whether they exist.
There used to be a program called VDMSound for Windows XP, which solved audio issues with DOS games. I think that is dead now, but it is a better solution than DOSBox IMO. Why do we need to emulate an entire machine whose arch is the same as the one we're running? :)
I could also use DOSEmu under Linux because it provides native speed.
Have I missed anything? Got any suggestions?
Renzatic on 13/10/2010 at 20:46
Quote Posted by lost_soul
. Why do we need to emulate an entire machine whose arch is the same as the one we're running? :)
Convenience. You can set up a tailor made install for all your old games under a modern OS environment, then launch them almost like native applications. Dosbox works about perfectly for everything I've thrown at it, which makes it a helluva lot better than setting up VDMSound and compatibility modes, then hoping for the a best case scenario you probably won't get.
The only issues I've had with Dosbox are with late dos/early Win95 era 3D games running in 640x480+ resolutions. They still run, I just have to play at low res to get decent framerates.
But if you really want as close to native as you can get on your netbook, you could try tracking down some generic sound and videocard drivers that'll work with your hardware, and making a bootable USB dos image. It's a long shot, but I'm sure someone out there has tried something like this. Hit up google and see what you find.
