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How to Use DOSBox in Linux

DOSbox is an open-source DOS environment emulator for Windows, Mac OS and Linux operating systems. It emulates the way older, pre-GUI PC-compatible systems functions so that pre-Windows games run smoothly and accurately. It is increasingly becoming accepted by the gaming industry, as many companies that are releasing older games package them with DOSbox configuration files so that they launch automatically without the user needing to configure them to work properly.

Instructions

- 1
  Download, install and launch the DOSbox application. In Ubuntu, open "Terminal" and type:
  
  sudo apt-get install dosbox
  
  dosbox
  
  This downloads, installs and launches DOSbox.
- 2
  Locate an older game from an abandonware or reputable old computer games site, such as GOG.com. In Terminal, navigate to "~\games$" then type "unzip game.zip," where "game.zip" is the name of the game archive file.
- 3
  Open the DOSbox window again. Type "mount c /home/username/games." Hit enter. This mounts your games folder as "C:" driver in DOSbox. Type "C:," "dir" to see the contents of this mounted directory. Open the folder your game is in. Run the game executable to begin playing.

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