DOSBOX

[spencecb]

Hi all,

I am sure this topic has been covered, and I have searched around the internet, but I can't seem to figure out how to successfully use DOSBOX to run an old game in macOS.

Specifically, I am trying to run Star Trek: A Final Unity. I don't understand how to actually launch the application, because if I try to launch it through the Finder and tell it to open using DOSBOX, I get a prompt telling me that the app can't be identified and I'm not allowed to open it, even when I go into System Preferences - Security and tell it to open anyway. When I do this, it just simply does nothing.

I think what I am supposed to be doing is launching through the DOSBOX app itself, but I have no idea what to type in to the command line prompts.

I really feel like this is entirely too complicated, but wanted to see if someone had simple instructions to follow that will work.

Thanks!

 

[nebojsak]

Did you try right click > open?

 

[spencecb]

Did you try right click > open?

Yes...

 

[Nermal]

You might need to create a virtual C drive. You'll need to know the folder your game is in. For example, if it's in ~/Desktop/StarTrek then you'll want to type this in DOSBox:

mount c ~/Desktop/StarTrek
c:
startrek (or whatever the game's .exe file is called).

 

[spencecb]

You might need to create a virtual C drive. You'll need to know the folder your game is in. For example, if it's in ~/Desktop/StarTrek then you'll want to type this in DOSBox:

mount c ~/Desktop/StarTrek
c:
startrek (or whatever the game's .exe file is called).

Thanks for the suggestion. Was hopeful this would work. When I do the last step it says "This program can not be run in DOS mode."

This is such a process!

 

[Nermal]

Is it actually a DOS game? That sounds like the error you get when you try to run a Windows app under DOS.

 

[spencecb]

Is it actually a DOS game? That sounds like the error you get when you try to run a Windows app under DOS.

Yes, most certainly it is a DOS game. I had it as a kid when I had a PC and you had to launch it from DOS. I'm talking back to Windows 3.2 era. Not to mention every place online talks about using DOSBOX to play it on modern Macs or PCs.

 

[haralds]

Might I recommend Boxer (now 64-bit,) which is a wrapper for DosBox. It handles setting up the DOS apps in a bundle that then can be double-clicked. Check it out! Even runs on M1 under Rosetta2,

--> updated link. Go to the Release Notes page and download from there.It appears to have a later version without any version change indicated.

 

[allan.nyholm]

Or use the 64bit version of Boxer on 64-bit Boxer app

 

[spencecb]

Might I recommend Boxer (now 64-bit,) which is a wrapper for DosBox. It handles setting up the DOS apps in a bundle that then can be double-clicked. Check it out! Even runs on M1 under Rosetta2,

--> updated link. Go to the Release Notes page and download from there.It appears to have a later version without any version change indicated.

Thank you! This worked, with no effort whatsoever! This is just what I needed!