Msdos games on raspberry pi 3 Retropi
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Hi i dont know if some one can help me im having problems to play some msdos games like Commander keen 1 , i search every where i caint find the solution of my problem i went on youtube i have follow the step from Eta Prime on how to play msdos games i did every thing he said click on Keen1 and the nothing i have Asscii Symbole then put me back on the Retropi menu i try an other game like Red alert same thing but Black screen and return to the menu i have try Dosbox and Rpix86 nothing is working i dont know wath step did i miss ? thanks if you can help me everthing else is working fine except Msdos and Amiga but the amiga games is an other story i would love to make msdos games work theres alot of game that i like in that time ...
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@zod041 I'd recommend cgenius for commander keen
as far as dos games go, follow the docs, not some random bloke on youtube.
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@herb_fargus said in Msdos games on raspberry pi 3 Retropi:
@zod041 I'd recommend cgenius for commander keen
as far as dos games go, follow the docs, not some random bloke on youtube.
Ok i willl try the Cgenius thanks for the info i will look more on the docs...
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That's odd. My commander keen 1 works on dosbox. What version of keen do you have? Is it an original copy or something that was resold like a "GOG"-ish version?
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@tyreal90 I just updated the docs with some more details on the versions of commander keen that run on commander genius:
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Commander-Keen/
It would be interesting to do a comparison of compatibility and performance between dosbox and cgenius
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I'd never even even heard of cgenius until I checked out your reply. You sir, have blown my mind : )
Excuse me... I have a newly discovered thing to go test out...
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@tyreal90 said in Msdos games on raspberry pi 3 Retropi:
That's odd. My commander keen 1 works on dosbox. What version of keen do you have? Is it an original copy or something that was resold like a "GOG"-ish version?
hi i have downloaded all my pc games on
read the forum rules!only the msdos games that dont work all other like ps1 , Neogeos work , Nes ect... im running all my roms from a Usb Hard drive... dont thing it mather but in case.... -
@herb_fargus said in Msdos games on raspberry pi 3 Retropi:
@tyreal90 I just updated the docs with some more details on the versions of commander keen that run on commander genius:
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Commander-Keen/
It would be interesting to do a comparison of compatibility and performance between dosbox and cgenius
thanks i have install the genuis on my pi i have not try it yet.... but would be great to make work the old need for speed , Red alert , Commando games i play alot with that game when i was young :P
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i have install the Genuis and there was some error message was unable to install some commander keen... that weird....i have restart the emulation station and theres nothing in the port.... ARGH...
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@zod041 do not post rom sites!
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Zod, I understand your frustration at something not working.
The pi at its very heart is for tinkerers. For the retropie team to make every game plug and play with different versions would be impossible and not a task they should be doing when their time is already spread thin.
below is general documentation on how you can change the settings for dosbox and what those changes do. you can edit this file from the filemanager which shows it in the folder ./dosbox when you open the filemanager. play around with the settings and see what you can get to work. i havent gotten all my games to work but many that didnt at first do with some tinkering.
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@zod041 you dont want to run dosbox games off of your hard drive. They are slow as hell if you do. They are far faster on the sd card. Everything else i do plays fine on the hard drive.
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