Windows 98 Resurrection Project (5): Executing Windows 98 Games through DOSBox Pure | T Kebang

Finally got the Windows 98 operating system installed in DOSBox Pure, the next job is to package and execute the game.

Run the game without installation

If the player wants to run the mini-game without installation or the green version of the game, just compress the file into a Zip format compressed file and change the file extension to .dosz, then load the file in the file browser of RetroArch, and finally open it in DOSBox Select “Run Installed Operating System” in the Pure startup menu, and specify the previously installed Windows 98 operating system image file to enter the simulated Windows 98 environment.

Suppose the loaded file is.dosz, at this time the file content will be mounted on the D slot of the simulated operating system, and changes to the D slot such as game saves will be written to the “RetroArch/save” folder.save file.

The author takes “Children Going Down the Stairs” as an example. We first download the file from the official website of the game. Since the game uses lzh compression format, we need to decompress it first and recompress it into ZIP format, and finally change the file extension to .dosz , and load the file according to the following graphic flow, you can start playing.

Remind again, if the player wants to use the keyboard to operate the Windows operating system or games, he needs to press the “Scroll Lock” button to switch to the Game Focus mode. Emulates the system’s keyboard.

“Kids Down the Stairs” official website
https://www.nagi-p.com/v1/nssh.html

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▲ Let’s take “Children Going Down the Stairs” as an example of packaging, first go to the official website to download the game.

▲ Decompress the downloaded lzh compressed file and recompress it into ZIP format, and finally change the file extension to .dosz.

▲ Then load the file in RetroArch’s file browser.

▲ DOSBox Pure will prompt that the executable file is not in Dos format, press any key to continue.

▲ Then select “Run Installed Operating System” in the startup menu.

▲ and select the operating system image file to use.

▲ After entering the Windows environment, go to the D slot to find the game execution file.

▲ Then you can start playing games.

CD game installed to D slot

If the player wants to execute the CD game, he can first convert the CD to an image file in the format of ISO (generally pure data CD) or Bin + Cue (disc with audio track) through burning software such as AnyBurn, and then load the When selecting a file, select the image file, and the rest of the operations are the same as above. If you want to save storage space, you can also compress the image file into Zip format and change the file extension to .dosz.

It should be noted that during the operation, it is recommended to install the game in the D slot, so as not to occupy the limited space of the C slot. In addition, it is also necessary to temporarily set the “Discard OS Disk Modifications” function to OFF, so that the installation program can be written in the C slot. necessary files. After the installation is complete, it is recommended to enable this function again.

▲ DOSBox Pure supports image files in ISO and Bin + Cue formats. Players can also compress image files into Zip format and change the file extension to .dosz to save storage space.

▲ to loadThe content of the .ISO file will be mounted on the E-slot CD-ROM drive of the simulated operating system, and changes to the D-slot will be written to the “RetroArch/save” folder..save file.

▲ The operation example here reads dai_un.iso, and the way to enter the Windows operating system can refer to the first half of this article.

▲ After entering the Windows operating system, double-click the E-slot CD drive to start installing the game.

▲ It is recommended to install the game in the D slot, so as not to occupy the limited space of the C slot.

▲ After the installation is complete, you can see the game file in the D slot, then double-click the E slot CD-ROM to execute the game from the menu.

▲ The game progresses normally.

▲ Even if the “Discard OS Disk Modifications” function is turned on, the game saves written to the D slot will be preserved, and the progress will not be lost.

Don’t stop after the game starts, follow the author to understand the advanced settings in the next article, so as to improve the game experience.

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