How to tell if gog.com games will work with Dosbox
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I read that Games from gog.com could run on Dosbox, and as a massive Warhammer fan, i was wondering if a Raspberry Pi 4 could handle running some of the much older Warhammer games like the OG 1998 Chaos Gate (I'm especially hoping this one would work). I'm guessing I'd need to overclock my Pi's CPU, but i was wondering if there was anything else that needs to be factored in. I have the 8GB version, so RAM shouldn't be a problem.
any help would be appreciated.the system requirements for Chaos Gate from gog.com
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The game you mentioned was originally a Windows 95/98 game, it won't run in Dosbox, which emulates a DOS machine.
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@RPi-Techmarine Genarally you can run any GOG game on Dosbox when there is this small text beneath the requirements on the product page:
This game is powered by DOSBox.
If you want to rund Windows games you have to install BOX86 and wine (Look here and here), but it's a small gamble if the game will run bugfree or at all. Usually anything released maybe up to 2002 or 2003 is ok on an overclocked Pi4 but there are exceptions and a lot of tinkering involved.
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