GPBB
pcem
| GPBB | pcem | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 57 | |
| 40 | 1,436 | |
| - | - | |
| 10.0 | 5.7 | |
| over 10 years ago | about 2 months ago | |
| Assembly | C | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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GPBB
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Popularity of DOS/4GW made Win95 game compat easier, but with higher stakes
Read up to page 20 of http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/borland/bor... - it'll apply to 16-bit Watcom as well.
I know you said you're using openwatcom, but if you're not familiar with DOS, I'd suggest running through https://fabiensanglard.net/Compile_Like_Its_1992/index.php to build Wolfenstein with Borland C 3.1. The public Keen Dreams repo is very similarly structured and will build with BC3.1 as well.
Others have mentioned the Abrash black book. The example code is available in OCR'd form (and compiled!) at https://github.com/othieno/GPBB/tree/master/codebase/source . Some scrolling examples (but not in color mode!) are in https://github.com/othieno/GPBB/tree/master/codebase/source/... - you can use them to see the difference between Virtualbox (which doesn't emulate the finer details of a VGA) and emulators like 86box/PCem/DosBox.
Getting data into and out of the more accurate emulators can be a pain. Personally I use VirtualBox with a 32-bit Windows image to do builds. It has network access and VirtualBox shared folders connect it to my desktop. It also mounts floppy images which I can also mount in PCem. I can also plug in a Sabrent USB floppy drive, hook it up to Virtualbox, then write a real floppy for my real 386sx.
pcem
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Virtual Machine for old childhood Rom games
For emulation, you can look into PCem/86Box
- Tein näin itsenäisyyspäiväksi videon, jossa esittelen ja testaan 2000-luvun taitteen suomalaisia freewarepelejä
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Popularity of DOS/4GW made Win95 game compat easier, but with higher stakes
Absolutely check out PCem for a closer to hardware emulation than dosbox, https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/
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Anyone get Sid Meier's SimGolf Working?
One option is to try PCEm https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/ which is a emulator for old computers that runs on Windows and Linux, I actually learned about it via this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HP9W88Wew of a guy playing Sim Golf on his Windows PC using PCEm, this should be similar on Linux but I'm not sure if the SteamDeck will have enough power but maybe worth a try
- Do they make aftermarket cpu replacement parts ?
- Early 2000s Windows Games On A Modern Pc?
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Is there anyway to port old abandonware Windows 95/98 game to Apple Silicon?
For hardcore mode, compile PCEm - I think brew has most of the dependencies available ... https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/ - have fun!
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Is VirtualBox still really bad with Windows 9x?
You use 86box or PCem which are not virtualizers but hardware emulators so you will need a really fast CPU (especially in single thread). The advantage is that Windows 98 will be running on period appropriate hardware, since all of it is being emulated real-time.
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Intel Explores Transition to 64-Bit-Only X86S Architecture
QEMU [0] emulates many systems, including the 32-bit Intel architecture. For retro gaming specifically I can recommend PCem [1], which also emulates a wide range of sound and graphics cards, from IBM MDA to 3dfx Voodoo 2.
[0] https://www.qemu.org/
[1] https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/
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Help I can't get this 3D modeling program to work
You could try it with PCem
What are some alternatives?
keen - Keen Dreams on Greenlight!
86Box - Emulator of x86-based machines based on PCem.
dmc - Digital Mars C and C++ Compiler
em-dosbox - An Emscripten port of DOSBox
PCem-ROMs - This is a collection of requiered ROMs files for PCem emulator. RIP PCem 2021
QEMU - Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.
softgpu - SW and HW accelerated GPU driver for Windows 9x Virtual Machines
qemu-3dfx - MESA GL/3Dfx Glide pass-through for QEMU
GPCS4 - A work-in-progress PlayStation 4 emulator.
gengine - A 3D game engine capable of parsing and running data files from the classic Sierra Studio's adventure game Gabriel Knight 3
rpcs3 - PS3 emulator/debugger
orbital - Experimental PlayStation 4 emulator.