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    • quicksilverQ
      quicksilver @escc1986
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      @escc1986 btw you can't install the game to drive C: because you already mounted your iso there. In other words you should imgmount to D: if you are going to install to C:

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        escc1986
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        Hi quicksilver

        Nice to hear back from you

        It should run fine , Thank you letting me know , I was having doubts

        Yes , I would love to hear if you got it working , I would appreciate that a lot , thanks for for going to test it out

        I having had luck

        And ok I will follow your direction with installing it to the D drive instead of C

        If you get it to work , hope you can make me a step by step guide

        Thank you once again

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        • quicksilverQ
          quicksilver @escc1986
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          @escc1986 so try installing the game by following the commands you used above but instead of

          imgmount c "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/willy /willy.iso" -t iso -fs iso
          

          do:

          imgmount d "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/willy /willy.iso" -t iso -fs iso
          

          Then when it asks for the install location, choose C:

          once the game is installed the easiest way of running the game will be to make a .conf file for the game. Create a blank file named nameofgame.conf (name Willy or willy beamish or whatever as long as it is .conf extension). In the .conf file create a section that looks like this:

          [autoexec]
          # Lines in this section will be run at startup.
          mount c "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/"
          imgmount d "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/willy/willy.iso" -t iso
          c:
          cd willy
          willy.exe
          

          Obviously make sure that the file paths I listed above actually are the same as what is on your pi, if they arent the same then change what I wrote above so that they point to the right file correctly. Also make sure that you use upper/lower case exactly too.

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            escc1986
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            Wow you got it to work !!!! , that's amazing

            I'm going to try to give it a go

            Thanks for the simple instructions

            If I get stuck I will inform you

            Thank you once again for the instructions, means a lot

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              escc1986 @quicksilver
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              @quicksilver

              Hi quicksilver

              Did you get the game working ?

              I tried and I tried to follow your directions exactly how you instructed me

              I'm not sure what I did wrong

              The last try I attempted ,Froze my system

              I would try to boot my Pi back up and it wouldn't get to the main retropie menu it hanged and froze at command

              It made a dynamix folder in the Willy folder

              Had to delete that folder with every other thing thing that had to do with Willy to get the main menu on boot

              This games seems actually seems so weird to get running compared to other games

              Any more advice you may share with me ?

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              • quicksilverQ
                quicksilver @escc1986
                last edited by

                @escc1986 are you using the stock pi image?

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                  escc1986
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                  Yes using the stock image

                  I guess I must be doIng something wrong

                  I must try again later today

                  Well let me ask you ...

                  When you start dosbox

                  Do you first

                  mount C

                  Then

                  Do the Imgmount

                  Because when I first did the imgmount , and tried to install it said that there was no C drive to install to

                  But when I did mount C first , then the imgmount it allowed me to install it on C

                  Please verfy what I should be doing first

                  I have the right steps but maby in doing them in a different order ?

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                    escc1986
                    last edited by

                    Wheni mentioned imgmount

                    You know I'm referring to

                    Imgmount D

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                    • quicksilverQ
                      quicksilver @escc1986
                      last edited by

                      @escc1986 yes sorry you should

                      mount c "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/"
                      

                      First, then imgmount the iso to the d drive

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                        escc1986 @quicksilver
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                        @quicksilver

                        Hi Quick Silver

                        It's been a long time and I must ask for your help once more ... I tried to follow your steps again but let's try to do it step by step

                        I have been out of the loop for a very long time and forgot everything

                        Please help me

                        So this time I'm trying to install Mad Dog

                        I have a Pi 3 B

                        Running a New Stock image

                        You can say I have been trying to follow your directions all day on this theard and haven't had luck with my game " Mad Dog "

                        Lets start at the beginning ....

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                          escc1986 @escc1986
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                          @quicksilver

                          First I downloaded the dos

                          PC folder pops up in my roms

                          I put a folder named "maddog"
                          ( with Mad Dog McCree.iso) in there

                          I Start Dosbox from the menue +Dosbox+

                          First thing I notice it says

                          Drive C is mounted "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/"

                          So the first thing I write is

                          imgmount d "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/maddog /Mad Dog McCree.iso" -t iso -fs iso

                          C:

                          Install Mad Dog McCree.iso

                          I get to the install page and it's says it's going to install is as

                          C:\maddog

                          So it completes

                          Note says to run press MADDOG

                          I'm back at dosbox

                          C:\MADDOG:

                          I type in MADDOG as show here

                          C:\MADDOG:MADDOG

                          The game runs

                          I followed your advice here as shown

                          About creating a .conf file with what you provided

                          So I restart emulation

                          I see 2 MADDOG files

                          I click them both

                          They both bring me to the command

                          I don't know what to do to run my game from here

                          The game only ran once , how come it won't start again , I thought I instlled it

                          Please help me , don't know what to do

                          Hope you could help

                          Thank you

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