Comment on Setting up a DOS/Win98 system for gaming
Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 days ago
Personally, I think VMs would be more portable, but by a very small distance. At most how the machine is started and some compatibilities change.
And about the games listed, some of those have source ports for newer systems, so I ask, does your friend want to run through an old system, or simply play those older games? If the latter, then maybe a VM or emulator wouldn't be needed.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Im not totally sure. I think they may have some disks they want to play on as well, thats why I was looking at dos box. I realize almost every game from then is on the archive now so there’s not much point in a disk.
I think maybe they were just trying to put a disk in a newer machine, it didn’t work, so they were looking for an older machine.
Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 days ago
I see. If using either options then, emulator or VM, also maybe look at ways of auto-mounting optical media's ISO images. Saves some of the trouble, as games from that time often require the media to be mounted while playing.
And if the disks you talk about are diskettes, you'll probably need an adapter to back up the files or disk image. Else, if it's an optical media, have yet to see a reader not capable of dumping the disc.