For our test, we made a 500MB image with this command: The guide suggests you to create a 2Gig image, but you can make it smaller if you prefer. Remember, this command must be inserted in the DOSBox console, not the Mac terminal. dosbox-x.app/Contents/MacOS/DosBox -conf nfĤ) Create a disk image as described in the guide. Since you are on a mac, you will have to launch the executable file like this: It's also better to add output=opengl in the section, if you have Big Sur.Īlso, the official guide will tell you to use nf, but I think it's easier if you use 2 different files: one called nf and one called nf.Ĥ) Launch DOSBox-X from inside the folder OldGames, using the command line. If this is the case, you can change it into core=auto later. The wiki page will tell you to use core=normal for stability reasons, but the games may be slow. cdr file, but you can rename it Win95.iso.ģ) Create a file called "nf" and save it in OldGames you can copy the text here. Just use File -> New Image and select Encryption=none and Image Format=CD/DVD Master.
If you have an old Win95 CD, you can create an ISO with the Disk Utility on Mac.
The starting screen of DOSBox-XĢ) Find an ISO of Windows95 CD and a serial key. After you are sure that DOSBox-X starts, close it, you will launch it again later. If you receive an error because the file was downloaded from the internet, right-click the icon and select "Open". Unzip it into a folder, such as "OldGames".
Below you will find a recap, with some suggestions and tips, specifically for mac.ġ) Download DOSBox-X for macOS from the DOSBox-X home page.
How to configure DOSBox-X on macOS with Windows 95įirst, open this wiki page about how to install Windows 95 on DOSBox-X. Just consider that it will take some time. If you have minimal knowledge of using the Mac terminal and a command-line interface, it will be easy. We will probably configure other ready-to-play wrappers, but it would be better if you create your own wrapper, because you can create just one Windows 95 installation with all the games that you want.
If you launch the game, you play, and at the end, you shut down Windows 95, it should work smoothly.
In particular, switching to full screen and back can crash the computer. Hercules running in a Windows 95 emulated environmentĬonsider that the wrapper might be unstable.
If you want to see it in action, get the new Mac wrapper for Hercules. In theory, it's not different from what we have already done for some Windows 3.1 games such as Castle of The Winds.īut in this case, configuring everything was a bit longer. You can take DOSBox-X, you can install Windows 95 on a disk image, then the game you want to play (plus Direct-X and the required drivers), and that's it. Today, finally, we got one that is working! The new wrapper uses DOSBox-X, an enhanced version of DOSBox that can emulate the environment required to run not just DOS programs but also Windows 95 and 98. Since Wine is no longer a solution, we started experimenting with other wrappers/emulators some time ago. The problem is, Apple removed support for 32-bit apps starting from macOS Catalina, so these wrappers don't work anymore if your OS is up-to-date. Many users have appreciated our wrappers for Hercules, Civilization II, Blood Omen, and several other games. While there is no real advantage to either feature, installing it does bring some new and updated libraries such as MSVCRT.DLL and COMCT元2.DLL that some programs need.As you know, we were using Wine to make old Windows 95 games playable on macOS. On the CD, simply run \WIN95\IE4SETUP.EXE to install it. This is because this is an optional install. In case you installed Windows 95 OSR2.5 you may have noticed that you did not get IE4 and the Active Desktop features.
Your DOSBox-X CD-ROM and Sound Card will be detected regardless if you check its box or not. If you have NE2000 enabled in your DOSBox-X config file, you may want to check the Network adapter check box. If you get a prompt stating that C:\WINDOWS already exists, ignore it, and continue the installation.ĭuring the installation it may ask you if you have a CD-ROM, Network card or sound card that you want it to scan for. The pre-defined HDD templates can be seen by running IMGMAKE without arguments. When creating your HDD image with IMGMAKE, instead of specifying a custom size, you can choose a pre-defined template. It can also cause problems with double click with the mouse not working and audio will also not sound properly, so be sure to disable it when using Windows in DOSBox-X. But if you decide to use this, be sure to disable Turbo mode whenever you need to enter data or make choices, as it can cause spurious keypresses to be registered causing undesirable effects. From the drop-down menu select "CPU" followed by "Turbo (Fast Forward)". You can speed this up somewhat by using the DOSBox-X Turbo mode. Some parts of the installation can take a considerable amount of time.