Running LBA 2 under Dosbox

In order to run LBA 2, the PIF requires the following command C:\DOSe\dosbox\DOSBox-0.72\dosbox.exe -c “mount d: d:\ -t cdrom -lable lba2 -ioctl -usedcd 1 -fullscreen” -c “mount c c:\DOSe\lba2” -c “C:” -c “lba2” -c “exit” I have tried to get this to run in a .bat, but this works. Obviously the directory path will vary…

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Dosbox

They say “DOSBox is an emulator that recreates a MS-DOS compatible environment (complete with Sound, Input, Graphics and even basic networking).” Their home page is at http://www.dosbox.com/. I have now used it to run Twinsen’s Little Big Adventure 2 (aka LBA2) on my Alienware Aurora. Here’s how! Download the Installer Install DosBox Read the documentation…

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Games, a blog ominbus

I originally referred to this as Nicopolis. Some games I thought I might play in 2009. Capitalism II See Wikipedia, Google and this fan site, called Capitalism Agglomerate. Its suggested to be the hardest game ever published, but is a serious business simulation. Republic, the Revolution Overthrow the communist state, I wrote about it on…

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