hey @quicksilver perhaps you could give dosbox-staging a try? SDL2 as well as MP3/OGG are supported features. Devs are nice and eager to add more features like autotype or bundling DOS/32A directly - like Dosbox-X iirc. As of typing there's no support for MT-32 or Fluidsynth but it's being discussed. I've created a (too long) thread to discuss this. Dosbox-staging is the version I'm now using as default along with dos32a extender, it provides nice compatibility, decent performance, no/less tearing (eg. Rayman, Raptor especially) and joypad support out-of-the-box on my Pi3B+.

@RealNC Thank you for the update. I seem to be able to compile it now, but had some weird issues with configuring the fluidsynth lib. Anyways, I'll update you all on this when I have tested it.

I had time yesterday to play a bit further with Dosbox-staging. It's a fine version running very well and smooth with same compatibility as the current Dosbox "SDL1" (I need to push testing though to confirm that statement in full). I could go further with Tomb Raider! Now game main menu and demo work ok even if I still can't start a game (crash right after the level1 video). This "staging" version supports SDL2 hence no tearing and overall good performance - similar to "SDL1". I consider moving to this version instead of "SDL2". @psyke83 apologize to reach out like this hope you'd don't mind as I found your name in this PR. I'd like to have second opinion about "staging" and other Dosbox versions if possible. My objective is to have the best possible version (stable/best compatibility/ease of use) for RPI and to share as much knowledge about it. Thanks!

@quicksilver Thank you so much!! I'm gonna give this a try now. Looks like alot but I'll try my best and let you know if I got it working

@StigNasty Do you still have that image file? Have you tried to copy it over to a pi 4 and see if performance is better?

@escc1986 yes sorry you should mount c "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/" First, then imgmount the iso to the d drive

@BuZz okidoki

I don't have any issues with Dosbox using the dev branch on a PI4 - did you set any special resolution for it through the Runcommand launch menu ? I just installed it from scratch and it's using the default configuration file installed by the scriptmodule. Same thing with dosbox-sdl2 - it's working just after installed with the default configuration.

@neilclayt RetroPie doesn't support running in a desktop (pixel) session on the Pi. Most likely this is the cause of your dosbox issue. You have to exit the desktop session and start EmulationStation from the console - or just have EmulationStation start up by default and install Pixel separately as a port - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#where-did-the-desktop-go.

Please don't post links to rom/copyrighted material sites - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2/forum-rules.

@VictimRLSH I tried: EMS=true XMS=true Still didn't work :(

I too am experiencing the same issue. The game works perfectly in DOSbox on my PC and I'm using the exact same files and, from what I can see, the same DOSbox config options but through Retropie it crashes as described above. My Raspberry Pi is a 3B+ as well.

Hi When I was messing round with lr-dosbox about a year ago you could control the mouse using the gamepad analog stick. I think this is exactly what you are looking for. Hope this helps, good luck. Andy

@ibonihs You could try increasing the cycles to 20000, 25000 etc. If this doesn't work then could you post the contents of your config file dosbox-SVN.conf at a site like pastebin.com?

I did not find the files but i was able to access the mapper and figure it out and get it working thanks. It was on retropie i installed the optional package and didnt see the files. Thanks though

@RetroNerdman You're welcome. I only have experience with the Neo Geo GOG installers, so my advice is just fishing in muddy waters. 😉

@SpudsMcToole I've been using ChampGames' arcade clones to test this, so as a small token of gratitude here are the mockup game boxes I've made for them :)