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Get started with DSx86

My first tutorial
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Version of DSx86 at the moment: 0.36

So you love DOS and DOS games, but you dont have access to a computer at all the time, but you have a DS. This DS is the solution of your life.


What you need

  • A flashcard or sudoku hax (I think is not supported atm)
  • A DS/i (if you have a DSi or 3DS you can use iEvo flashcard so you can access the extra RAM and CPU)
  • A PC
  • and finnaly the files http://dsx86.patrickaalto.com/DSdown.html


So let's start?



First download the following files from: http://dsx86.patrickaalto.com/DSdown.html
Second create a folder (if you dont have it already) on the root of your SD card named "DATA", inside create another folder called "DSX86",
Inside that folder copy the 4dos.com and the dsx86.ini, now copy the dsx86.nds file to somewhere into you SD card.

Third place your SD into your flashcard again.


The test run!!!



So boot the dsx86.nds in your flashcard and you should get something like this:




Great a command line!!! Now what?



Now you can download some dos games (see here http://dsx86compatib....atibility-List

Or you can install windows 3.0a, witch is better than type to get to a folder

So let's install windows in your DS


OHHH Windows on my DS...



What you need:
windows 3.0a iso (link in the compatibility list http://dsx86compatibility.pbworks.com/w/pa...atibility-List

Installing:
  • extract the iso using winrar or winzip or 7zip or whatever,
  • Copy the extracted files to a folder and name it for example "win3" and then copy it to the "ROOT" of your SD card.
  • boot in to "dsx86.nds" and type cd win3 'enter'
  • type setup.exe 'enter'
  • now you should get this:

  • press enter, press enter (or change the folder name and press enter),
  • now you may get an error like this:


    just press the B button until you see the keyboard again,
  • press the A button and wait till something appears in the top screen,
  • uncheck all the boxes (press mouse in the touch screen until it shows D-Pad , move the mouse with the D-pad and uncheck the boxes (A button = left mouse click)) and press enter.
  • wait for the setup to finish....

  • at the end you may get a win asking for something about config.sys just press enter, and enter,
  • you get another error, press B button twice,
  • and you get another window, center the screen by pressing the 0 between the arrows and with the mouse press restart windows

  • Congratulations you have windows 3.00a on your Nintendo DS, now everytime you want to boot to windows just type "win" and press 'enter'

Thanks for reading and I hope it helped you
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Edit: fixed something that would lead to mistakes.
Edit2: Changed the link of 4Dos
Edit3: changed the link of 4Dos AGAIN ...
 
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hkz8000 said:
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hkz8000 said:
how exactly do you run DOS games through Windows 3?
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Atm its kind a harder because the mouse is very buggy so i suggest using the command line.
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i meant which exe file to run because there quite a few
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Depends on the game, usually the files in the zip package comes with an installer, which gives you the actual game files. Usually it's the game's name or an acronym. In some cases it is a *.com file, which works nearly the same as .exe files. If you still don't know what to run, there's usually a readme file included as well.
 
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i ran all the files they give the error 'unsupported port I/0'. the readme says to just type 'sam'(the game in question here is sam and max hit the road) but that also didn't work. any help?
 
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hkz8000 said:
i ran all the files they give the error 'unsupported port I/0'. the readme says to just type 'sam'(the game in question here is sam and max hit the road) but that also didn't work. any help?
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Sam and Max works in scummvmds. Try using that, it'll work much better and probably a lot faster.
 

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