Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: DOSBox Wii 0.72.01 - Dos Emulator for Nintendo Wii

                  
   
  1. #1
    Won Hung Lo wraggster's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    Nottingham, England
    Age
    52
    Posts
    139,874
    Blog Entries
    3209
    Rep Power
    50

    Rev DOSBox Wii 0.72.01 - Dos Emulator for Nintendo Wii

    Tantric and Carl Kenner have released DOSBox Wii 0.72.01 which means that eventually you should be able to play great games like Warcraft, Theme Park and others on Nintendo Wii, this could be a killer emulator for the Wii, heres the release details:

    A port of DOSBox to the Wii using SDL Wii

    Features
    USB Keyboard and mouse support.
    Wiimote pointer support.
    SD/USB mounting.
    Most DOS games are playable.
    Instructions
    You need a Wii Remote and a USB keyboard.

    The C: drive will automatically be mounted to sd:/DOSBox/ if loaded from apps/dosbox-wii/. Otherwise, the directory the dol is loaded from will be mounted as C, and sd:/DOSBox as D (if present). The Z: driver is a virtual drive that is part of DOSBox.

    Other drives can be mounted using the MOUNT command. Prefix sd: for an SD card, and usb: for a USB drive. The Wii's DVD drive and network folders can't be mounted at this time.

    The configuration file is loaded from the directory the dol is located in (if present) and sd:/DOSBox/dosbox.conf otherwise. This file will be created automatically after you start DOSBox. Please edit it with a text editor to choose settings appropriate for each game.

    Press the Home button, type "exit", press Ctrl+F9, or press Reset (on the console) to exit.

    Compatability
    Most games work properly now; however, many games will require some sort of adjustment to the dosbox.conf file. It is recommended to try the game you want to play on the PC version of DOSBox first to discover the optimum settings.

    For a list, look at the DOSBox Wii Compatibility List.

    If you can add new or updated info to the list, do it.

    Known Issues
    The joystick works, but only with the classic controller/nunchuk analog sticks
    Sound isn't working properly.
    Network/CDROM support is missing.
    Troubleshooting
    A certain game closes DOSBox, crashes with some message or hangs:
    Delete the dosbox.conf file to restore the default settings.
    Disable the sound (use the sound configuration program that comes with the game, additionally you can set sbtype=none and gus=false in the DOSBox configuration file)
    Change some configuration entries in dosbox.conf, especially try:
    fixed cycles (for example cycles=10000)
    memsize
    ems=false
    xms=false
    umb=false
    or combinations of the above settings.

    Use loadfix before starting the game
    A certain game runs slowly:
    Change the CPU cycles. By default DOSBox tries to detect whether a game needs to be run with as many instructions emulated per time interval as possible. You can force this behaviour by setting cycles=max in the DOSBox configuration file. In this mode you can reduce the amount of cycles on a percentage-basis (hit CTRL-F11) or raise it again (CTRL-F12). Sometimes manually setting the number of cycles achieves better results, in the DOSBox configuration file specify for example cycles=30000.
    Increase the number of frames skipped. Pressing CTRL-F8 to increase the frameskip by 1. Repeat this until the game runs fast enough for you. You can also set this value permanently in the configuration file.
    Disable the sound. You can try to disable the sound through the setup utility of the game to reduce load on your CPU further. Setting nosound=true does NOT disable the emulation of sound devices - just the sound output will be disabled.

    Download and Give Feedback VIa Comments

    news via wiibrew

  2. #2
    DCEmu Pro XDelusion's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Age
    49
    Posts
    676
    Rep Power
    70

    Default

    First Amiga, now this! Great great great, FPS's here I come!!!

  3. #3
    DCEmu Regular goshogun1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Posts
    311
    Rep Power
    0

    Default

    Hell yes! Now I am going to play Kings Quest V and VI on my Wii...so cool.

  4. #4

    Default

    Wanna see something even wakier?


  5. #5
    DCEmu Rookie
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Posts
    173
    Rep Power
    0

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by KristenBaldousor View Post
    Wanna see something even wakier?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6jg2WEWZsY
    I'd take Linux over Windows 3.1 any day.

    As to the topic at hand, I'd love try this out when they've got sound working. It would be great to play some Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and Judgment Rites on there. Maybe some Space Quest IV

  6. #6

    Default

    Hey, I noticed the Warcraft is supposedly working. Could anyone post instructions on how to get it working? I've tried everything I can. Please help

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Weird Dosbox behaviour (Burntime)
    By KBB in forum DCEmu Gaming & General Discussion Forum
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: November 5th, 2008, 04:29
  2. PSP Dosbox (early beta) Released
    By wraggster in forum Sony Consoles News Forum
    Replies: 20
    Last Post: June 30th, 2006, 22:22
  3. Dosbox to Dreamcast?
    By wraggster in forum DCEmu Homebrew, Emulation, Hacking and Development Forum
    Replies: 90
    Last Post: August 9th, 2004, 17:19

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •