The Ultimate GOG.com DOSBox Video Tutorial

[Mau1wurf1977]

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL20C65EBEFE6CB109

Just finished uploading 13 videos (many contain several short videos) and I put them all in a playlist.

I'm a big fan of GOG.com and DOSBox. However many games come pre-set with non-optimal settings and this is what this tutorial is for. Sierra games are missing the Installer to change sound card. But this can be easily overcome!

It explains the ins-and outs of DOSBox, explaining all the main settings and comes with plenty of video and sound footage as examples.

The main topics:

- How to install a Game from GOG.com
- How to run a Game that you have installed
- Where to look for help and support if a game doesn't run
- (Not) using the Graphics Mode Setup Utility
- Finding the DOSBox config file for each game
- Tweaking the graphics settings so that the game fills the max. area of the screen AND has the correct aspect ratio
- Detailed explanation of the opengl, openglnb and ddraw output modes
- Tweaking the sample rates for optimal audio
- Accessing the SETUP or INSTALL programs of many games in order to change the default Sound Card
- Running games in Tandy or PCJr mode for 3 Voice sound
- Tweaking the speed settings of DOSBox to slow-down or speed-up games
- An overview of Roland MIDI Sound Modules
- Connecting a MT-32 or Sound Canvas using a USB MIDI cable
- Configuring DOSBox to use the USB MIDI cable
- Workaround for missing INSTALL.EXE for Sierra games
- Configuring the Windows mixer in order to use Roland MIDI modules
- Installing BASSMIDI driver and loading sountfonts for better General MIDI music

The videos are quite raw / on-the-fly but I hope the information comes across. I hope it is helpful and avoids someone getting frustrated or giving up on GOG.com or DOSBox.

I know GOG.com games aren't perfect but I am just happy that we are able to purchase these classics legally and with minimal fuss.

Let me know what you think and post some comments!

[jharris01]

Good job man. It's not easy to do an instructional video, let alone fourteen. The aspect ratio tutorial was my favorite. I like that you explained it from a modern user's point of view. You should let the GoG people know about your videos (or maybe a few retro-gaming Internet blogs). Who knows? Maybe they'll mention it somewhere on their website or maybe you get lucky and GoG gives you a freebie for all that hard work.

[Mau1wurf1977]

Good job man. It's not easy to do an instructional video, let alone fourteen. The aspect ratio tutorial was my favorite. I like that you explained it from a modern user's point of view. You should let the GoG people know about your videos (or maybe a few retro-gaming Internet blogs). Who knows? Maybe they'll mention it somewhere on their website or maybe you get lucky and GoG gives you a freebie for all that hard work.

Thank you for the positive feedback

They have added my playlist to the GOG.com sticky thread so hopefully it will help out more people out there..

The whole tutorial is approaching the 2 hour mark

Part 1b - Installing your GOG.com games in another directory and avoiding the Vista/Windows 7 security issues in regards to editing config files

Part 9b - Further information about Sample Rates

Part 14 - Taking Screenshots

Part 14b - Recording Audio

Part 14c - Video Recording and Codec installation Windows 7 64

Link to the playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL20C65EBEFE6CB109