That's true hotdoge3; however I think those games will have either DOSBox or some other emulation application programmed into the game. I've noticed several DOS games that I have ready for posting (for the weekday game project)didn't require DOSBox when I tested them, but if you look inside the games folders, you'll probably find DOSBox or a similar program.
I'd love to know how to incorporate DOSBox into each game so that you don't have to go through the rigmarole of mounting the drive each time you want to play one of the DOS games. As mentioned in the other thread that Chip started about this subject, there are many emulation programs for just about any console imaginable. I've got a game to post this week (or next) that uses an emulation package called ScummVM, and later, others that use the old Sega Genesis emulation. (I’ve already posted a couple of games using Sega emulation)
I was unaware of any of these emulation programs prior to the giveaway project starting. Someone happened to mention DOSBox in the comments section soon after the project started; though it is only since starting this project that I actually bothered to search out any games. I was astounded at what there was (is) available. Only the other week I found a particular game that I bought (and played exclusively for many months) in the early 90's, but lost due to a corrupted floppy. The game was just over 11Mb; which in 1992 was amazingly large. The boxed set came with 12 floppies that took ages to install. I'll be posting that game soon because despite its age it's still got a lot of playability left in it. (I'm quite excited about posting it, but am holding off because it's a RPG, which I've already posted a couple of recently).
I have had problems running virtually all of the games I’ve downloaded for DOSBox, but they all do work if you persevere. You do need to use the correct syntax when typing in the mount command etc; otherwise you just get an error message. It’s one of the reasons windows was developed.
Once you’re used to having to open DOSBox and mounting each game before you can play it, it’s as simple as just using a shortcut in windows. For those not familiar with the term mount; it means that the drive has been made accessible to the computer, so that data can be transferred (read or written) to your disc. This is usually done automatically by the operating system. You can see a better explanation of mount via the following link:
http://www.sharpened.net/glossary/definition.php?mount
