IBM-PC GAMING GUIDE
This document was created on 3/11/03, and last updated on Thursday 26/6/08, by James Jacobs of Amigan Software. It deals with 25 selected CGA games for the original IBM-PC. Please email us with any corrections to this document.
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Alley Cat
IBM 1984 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Bouncing Babies
Dave Baskin 1984 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Bricks
Vincent Bly 198? DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 99% |
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Bushido: The Way of the Warrior
Ebener 1983 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Castle Adventure
Kevin Bales 198? DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Chomp
? 198? DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Congo Bongo
Sega 1984 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Cosmic Crusader
Funtastic 1982 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Decathlon
IBM 1982 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Dig Dug
Atari 1983 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Floppy Frenzy
Windmill Software 1982 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Frogger
? 198? DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Hard Hat Mack
Electronic Arts 1984 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Monopoly
Don Gibson 1985 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Montzeuma's Revenge
? 198? DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Moonbugs
Windmill Software 1983 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Novatron
Veri-Soft Works 1982 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Pango
Sheng-Chung Liu 1983 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Paratrooper
Orion Software 1982 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Pitstop ][
Epyx 198? DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Round 42
Elven Software 1986 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Shamus
Atari 198? DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 99% |
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Space Strike
Michael Abrash 1982 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Spacewar
Bill Seiler 1985 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
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Zaxxon
Sega 1984 DOSBox 0.72 Compatibility: 100% |
Game Help
| Bricks |
The Caps Lock key (used to go left in Bricks) is not emulated correctly by (the SDL subsystem of) DOSBox. Here is a workaround to use the ` (backtick/grave) key instead. This only has to be done once ever. You can use a different key instead if you wish. 1. Start DOSBox.
Now you can run and play Bricks, using ` (backticks/grave) for left and Ins (the dedicated Ins key, not the numeric keypad 0/Ins key) for right. | |||||||||
| Bushido: The Way of the Warrior |
The numeric keypad is used, as follows:
Tu: Turn around
Top row: jump/high punch/high kick
F1/F3: walk mode
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| Floppy Frenzy |
Traps are always laid in the direction you are currently facing, left or
right (you cannot lay them at intersections), and are impassable.
A weakened enemy which hits a trap is healed. All controls are press-and-release. You cannot stop moving, except by leaning against something. | |||||||||
| Frogger |
The default keys are A, Z, ' and ` (backtick/grave) for up, down, left and
right, respectively. All controls are press-and-release.
If you have implemented the Bricks fix (see above) using the ` key, you will need to redefine the keys for Frogger (press F10 after loading Frogger) (which you should generally do anyway as the keys used are unintuitive) or you will not be able to go right. If you press F6 thrice you will not have to be concerned with the background colour problems. | |||||||||
| Hard Hat Mack |
The Alt key will bring up the key redefinition screen.
The spacebar will start the game. F2 to quit to DOS. F9 to calibrate joystick. All controls are press-and-release. | |||||||||
| Pango | All controls are press-and-release. You cannot stop moving, except by leaning against something or using the stop key. | |||||||||
| Shamus | Cursor keys to move. Cursor key and Alt to fire. | |||||||||
| Space Strike |
The default keys are Z for left, C for right, X to stop, and spacebar to
fire. All controls are press-and-release. You cannot stop moving, except by
leaning against the level edges or using the stop key.
Space Strike is an .IMG file; therefore it is run like this: BOOT SPACESTR.IMG |
Emulator Usage
Edit the following entries in DOSBOX.CONF:
machine=cga
cycles=500
And add the following lines to DOSBOX.CONF, in the [autoexec] section (assuming that your games are in C:\GAMES):
MOUNT C C:\
C:
CD GAMES
DIR
Emulator Compatibility Issues
Known DOSBox 0.72 compatibility problems:
Bricks:
(1) The Caps Lock key is not handled correctly. The bat should move left
whilst the Caps Lock key is held down, rather than moving left whilst Caps
Lock is on. (See above for a workaround for this problem.)
(2) The screen adjustment feature in the main menu does not work
(unimportant).
(3) Due to NumLock problems, the numeric keypad 0/Ins cannot be used to
move the bat right; the dedicated Ins key must be used instead.
Shamus: Keyboard problems when holding
movement keys for long periods.