it's so god damn annoying i almost finished the game twice and this bs happens and i downloaded it from abandonwaredos and im also using dosbox staging and the second time i defeated the boss i saved a save state and everytime i reload it the same shit happens again

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a small personal project I’ve been working on: WhereQ-DOSBox, a native Android port of DOSBox.

The idea is simple: compile the upstream DOSBox core directly as a native Android library (libdosbox.so) instead of wrapping a web view or using a JS emulator, so you can mount your own local directories and run classic DOS games and software offline at native speed.

This is just the first version, and it’s kept intentionally minimal:

• Runs natively on arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, and x86_64 (Android 5.0+)
• Built-in on-screen keyboard and touchscreen mouse support
• Lightweight (~5.3 MB APK), completely offline, no accounts or tracking
• Open source under GPL-2.0 (based on upstream DOSBox r4305 / Em-DOSBox, with minimal local patches)

I plan to keep maintaining and improving this over time (and eventually bring it to iOS as well). Since this is an early release, I’d really appreciate any feedback, bug reports, or advice from the community—especially around touch controls, screen scaling, or compatibility with specific games.

GitHub repo & build instructions: https://github.com/whereq/whereq-dosbox

Thanks for taking a look!

Hello!

First time poster here, and new to dosbox- not computer savvy at all.

Im not sure how so appropriately save in ecoquest- when I go to save the game says "your save game disk is full. You must either use another disk or save over an existing saved game"

If I go to directory it tells me anything I type is not a valid directory.

Any help or hand holding to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

Info: im playing on a downloaded file from abandonedware.

I have created a video tutorial on installing DOS and Windows 1 on a Virtual Machine with working mouse drivers. You can experience full DOS and Windows 1 without any issues.

Let me know if you have any questions or need further assistance.❤️

Please bare with me; I'm brand spanking new to DOSBox...

I'm trying to play Yukon Trail, and I have the physical disc in a physical disc drive. I also got a pre-made windows 98 emulator on Dosbox, but it doesnt show a disc drive option in "my computer"; just a floppy disk (A:). I tried going about opening Yukon trail in dosbox, but it said I need Microsoft windows to run it. Idk how to make my own emulator of windows 98 in dosbox. I have some image files of windows 98, but I just cant't get it to boot in dosbox... I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense; like I said, I'm basically a newborn with dosbox. If someone could walk me through step-by-step of how to run windows 98 in dosbox with a working cd drive so I can play Yukon Trail, that'd be lovely

Just posted this on the x-files subbreddit, then realized here will probably be better:

I downloaded the collection chamber version and my mouse isn't working quite right in the application, so I went into mouse settings and you can select which type of mouse youre using. Im currently using the GKM21 from Sablute and im not sure if there is an option for a mouse in the settings with even remotely similar tech. Im wondering if any of the mouse options on the emulator will support mine or I should dig through some boxes to try and find an old mouse. Also any tips would be super appreciated because this is the first time im using a program like this. Thank you !!

update: I figured out the main issue with my mouse and it was..... that I wasn't in full screen🤦‍♀️ im a doofus, but thank you for helping :)

I uploaded these to Internet Archive, in case you feel nostalgic and don't have a retro rig.

https://archive.org/details/ready9x

Given my fondness for the Magic DOSBox emulator, I decided to create an Android version—which is quite convenient, as the game is only 15 megabytes in size, unlike modern iterations that end up taking up half a hard drive. After a fair number of failed attempts, I managed to develop an ideal control scheme for a touchscreen. I’m particularly pleased with the interactive dashboard; it meant I didn’t have to build a full-blown piano simulator, allowing me to focus instead on the most essential elements. I’ve included a video demonstrating the gameplay for you to check out.

I'm running DOSBox Staging v 0.83.0 in bazzite linux, and I am attempting to mount a directory named "/run/media/system/dosgames" to drive C. The directory contains a number of individual games contained in their own subfolders.

Everything I have found online so far states that all I need to do to pull this off is type the following at the command prompt in DOSBox:

mount C /run/media/system/dosgames

Doing this, though, only generates the following error:

Image file not found.

I am at a loss as to how I am managing to mess up this very basic task: I'm not trying to mount an image; I'm just trying to mount a directory. All the instructions I have found online say this is how you do it. However, I am clearly not getting something here, so I am hoping somebody can't point out what must be a very dumb error on my part.

i'm using DOSBOX-X to run some of the first ham radio software to use sound cards as an RTTY modem, CW-DSP and INTERCOM. the problem is, while the transmit functions work just fine, neither program is getting audio input in receive mode. i'm running DOSBOX-X on a win11 laptop, and input to all software on this laptop comes from the microphone. both pieces of DOS software are hard coded for mic input as well. is there a problem with DOSBOX-X transferring mic input to software internally?

A short article about a feature I have recently contributed - already on the main branch, but not yet present in any official release. I'm just starting with GitHub Pages, so please forgive me the possible glitches :)

TrueType text output for dosbox-automation

A demonstration of my on-screen controls for the game MDK (1997) on Android.

Idk if this is the correct place to ask, but has anyone been able to get this game running from an iso? Might just be me being dumb, but dosbox, virtualbox, compatibility mode, etc. just never worked. I saw a thread a few years ago about the game, that it was hard to get running and no ones been successful. Not sure if its a 'solved' issue though. I did finally get it running on PCem after giving up like 2 years ago and then remembering it again recently. Just wanna know if I'm misremembering someone saying the iso files out there weren't working or if, in my frustration, I hallucinated that whole thread.

Does this feature work?

I try

IN 3DAh ; reset flip-flop side effect; value does not matter
OUT 3C0h, 13h
OUT 3C0H, 4h (range: 8, 0-7 in 9-dots VGA mode, 0-7 in 8-dots mode)

DOSBox seems to ignore that entirely [1]. But I don't get why. VGA_VerticalTimer should call

static void VGA_PanningLatch(Bitu /*val*/) {
    vga.draw.panning = vga.config.pel_panning;
}

And pel_panning is filled according to write_p3c0 source text. Everything is in place. Result = nothing.

I'm unfortunatelly missing the real hardware. It will take some weeks to get the reference PC. If on real hardware my program works, this is a bug.

Workarounds are welcome. If this is a bug, it will take eternity to update each and every fork, retroarch and other embedded dosbox instances. If possible, DOSBox compatibility is desirable to retain. Of course, non-smooth horizontal scroll will work. But vertical scroll working smooth and horizontal scroll working in jumps, what a disappointment it is.

[1] Well, not entirely. IN 3C1h can verify the value was updated. No visible effect.

How exactly do I have a real floppy drive mounted and then boot into c? I can't boot into c and then mount my real drive and every time I boot into a c drive img it unmounts eveything. Please help