Dosbox & Dosbox Game Launcher (gui)

(32-bit layer)
Tested: Ubuntu 10.04 64bit


DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, modem, etc., necessary for running many old DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux and FreeBSD. However, it is not restricted to running only games. In theory, any DOS application should run in DOSBox, but the emphasis has been on getting DOS games to run smoothly, which means that communication, networking and printer support are still in early developement.

DOSBox also comes with its own DOS-like command prompt. It is still quite rudimentary and lacks many of the features found in MS-DOS, but it is sufficient for installing and running most DOS games.

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Make sure that the driver to your 3D graphic card is proper installed and working.

To make Dosbox work on 64bit the 32bit layer libs needs to be installed. Open the terminal and type;

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install libsdl-sound1.2 libsdl-net1.2 libsdl-image1.2
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs ia32-sun-java6-bin sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-bin

Open the terminal and type;

Code:

mkdir -p ~/.dosbox/Launcher
cd ~/Desktop
wget http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/download/dbgl069_64bit.tar.gz
tar zxfv dbgl069_64bit.tar.gz -C ~/.dosbox/Launcher

Done.

Download the Dosboxgui.png to your Desktop.


Code:

cd ~/Desktop
mv dosboxgui.png ~/.dosbox/Launcher
alacarte

Go to Games and make a new entry;

Enjoy!

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