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DOS Games and Apps included in Dapplegrey

From the left bar, if you select , you'll see a list of games included in Dapplegrey:

  • "Airlift Rescue" is a Choplifter remake for DOS which uses a joystick as input device. This game offers a good opportunity to test whether your joystick will be recognized by DOSBox.
  • "Mah Jongg V-G-A" or, for short, MJVGA, is a chinese Mah Jongg type of a game that uses the hi-res graphics of the VGA graphics card.
  • "Invaders 1978" is a Space Invaders clone
  • "Paratrooper" is a "Missile Command" clone.
  • "Turbo" is a racing game, where you are driving along a two-lane highway. To reach your destination, you must pass slow-moving traffic while avoiding oncoming vehicles.

These applications are included in the section
of Dapplegrey:

  • "Asciitab" lists ASCII characters used by DOS
  • The "DB-INFO.BAT" file, developed by DOSBox Forum's very own MiniMax, lists all internal settings of the DOSBox application page by page. This will be helpful if you ask for help the official DOSBox forum.
    You can reach this application by using Dapplegrey's 'DOSBox' menu.
  • SoundBlaster 16 drivers for DOS and Windows 3.1:
    If you‘ve installed a Windows 3.1x version before, Install the SoundBlaster16 drivers stored in the directory ‚sb16inst‘ and the windy OS will give you sound.
    See
    http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=9600
    for details). Windows 3.1 itself isn‘t included either in DOSBox nor in the Dapplegrey toolbox.
  • The SVGA Patch will update the SVGA256.drv file included in Windows 3.1 to make it VESA compliant. If this patch has been applied, you could also install graphic drivers for S3. For using S3 video card drivers, see also http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=7528

To get further informations about the SVGA Patch, you could also read this one: http://www.japheth.de/ -> Windows Tools