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- Today we’re gonna turn the RP3+ into an old DOS PC (ANY android device will do this, the rp3, rp2+, heck even your phone will work fine like this). And I’m gonna show you how! Using one of my favourite android apps called Magic DosBox. And stick around to the end of the video because I have a fun surprise for you!
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#retro #magicdosbox #dosgames #retrogames #retroid #retroidpocket3plus
- CHAPTERS -
00:00 About DOS games
02:04 Let's turn the RP3+ into an old PC!
03:44 DOS games the EASY way (Retroarch)
07:18 DOS games the AUTHENTIC way (Magic DosBox)
09:30 Adding a keyboard & mouse
12:46 Taking it to the NEXT LEVEL! (external monitor)
13:28 How to use DOS (crash course!)
16:51 Controls & compatibility
19:49 Story about a game I LOVE (Descent)
22:36 Special surprise :)
22:43 More DOS games
25:12 What do you think? - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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Wow! Real tears of joy have formed. Bro, a real joystick... my 52 y/o heart is filled with happiness.
Always down for a DOS video!
My heart soared when the joystick came out. It was a Win95 game, but Mech Warrior 4 was my favorite game for so long. I'm also old enough to have needed boot disks to turn off system resources to get a game running. The fact that the sound is *just working* on all these games is freaking miraculous.
Oh I remember Mech Warrior! Yeah that was an amazing joystick game. I think I had a friend in highschool who was super into that game, I remember playing it at his house.
I threw down on that over and over.... i miss my shadowhawk.
Heroes of Might and Magic II is one of the best games of all time. That is all.
I picked that up with the exp in HD for $2 on GOG. What a time to be alive.
This video had me accessing parts of my brain that I haven't used in 30+ years. I thought I'd forgotten all of the old dos commands used back then, but apparently they were just being stored in some subdirectory of my brain's C: drive. It's crazy how the mind can recall seemingly unimportant memories from so many years ago.
Tell me about it! I haven't used DOS in years, but when I sat down to the keyboard my muscle memory just remembered what to do
Thank you, so happy to see you going down this rabbit hole :)
Haha great stuff, that was a trip down memory lane! Bioforge, X-Wing and North and South were some of my favourites.
I’ll never use any of that! But it didnt stop me from watching that whole video and saying wow at the end.
Good stuff!!!
Wooooowwww....!!! Just Wow! 😯😯😯
Like watching my childhood dream on replay once again (Still in the dream format because of the Joystick part)
This video is one I have been waiting for, great job as always!!!
I’m so excited you used my questions!! This was great! I was a kid in single digits when I was playing my first ever DOS games. Some of note: Jill of the jungle, Hugo, Zak McKracken, Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure. Most of these were shareware, but I didn’t know the difference when I was 7.
Oh man I totally forgot about Zak McKracken! I gotta replay that one.
@@TechDweeb I added words to the theme music about my grandma’s insistence on having sugar-free cough drops and her main method of exercising called “lift the leg”. That was an all-time favorite of mine. Make sure you have the manual for all the codes to get to different sections of the game. (Unless there are hacked versions where you don’t need the codes now)
Gosh!!! Seeing you type all those DOS commands brings me back 30 years!!!
Lost track of how many times I have watched this. Love it! Thank you.
Love to hear that!
@@TechDweeb This is amazing, I have now watched this sooooooo many times. Please make more of these. :) Thank you.
When my father bought our first computer I was 6 years old. I remember sitting together playing Descent, sharing the controls exactly like you described !
Thanks for the trip back down memory lane. Great guide, thanks for sharing !
Descent blew me away when I first played it, especially when you're not sure if you're facing up, down, left or right at times. Epic video of retro nostalgia, Dweeb.
Thanks buddy!
It's also on ps1
Do it up, it's always helpful with these kinds of things. Would love a deep dive
Can attest that Descent is incredible. I remember playing it at 8 or 10 years old, and my heart pounding during a boss fight - only to have to beeline to the mine exit while a countdown is foreshadowing your doom, then OHMYGOD a super tough enemy is blocking me!
Great stuff. As hilarious as it was to run DOS games on my Miyoo Mini, I think this is a great guide and will absolutely grab the Magic DosBox app! Thanks again for another great video.
Haha yeah those rushes for the exit were super stressful. So saddening when you beat the boss but then can't find your way out before the explosion!
The aesthetics with the black and yellow you got going is immaculate. 🔥
Dam that Star Control 2 music was amazeballs. I played that shit on 3DO though with voiced aliens.
Hah, me and my brother played Descent like you and your friend did, copilots. This is amazing. More and more I'm considering getting a rp3+. Thanks as always techdweeb!
What a legend, I was hoping for dos on rp3+ and I got added techdweebiness as well 👍
THIS IS AMAZING! I was thinking, can I play old Roger Wilco games on my RP3+....well it looks like I found my answer!
Man I still remember a lot of the dos prompts for my favorite games, I’m excited for a lot of my favorite side scrollers. Duke one and two, commander keen, thexder 95, abuse, magic pockets, Halloween harry, lode runner the legend returns, and one my all time favorites, jetpak.
Haha same. My muscle memory kicked in and I just started jumping between directories, starting games, moving files, renaming folders, it was all 2nd nature to me even though I haven't touched dos in years!
Nostalgia tingles. Thanks.
This channel is so underrated, thank you for spoiling us :)
Man, growing up on DOS games was such a fun experience. I too had a large collection of diskettes filled with Shareware games that I downloaded off of BBSes. Sometimes the BBSes would have the full version. I am guessing they had some kind of special deal going on with the developer.....
One of your best videos ever! Brought back so many memories. Three of my favorite games of all time: World of Warcraft, Duke Nukem 3d and of course Descent. I too had a joystick, by Microsoft. Pretty expensive, but worth every penny. Remember that bonus disc with all those custom maps of Descent made by fans of the game? So much fun. You are right, some of the best games were DOS games.
Haha I forgot about those descent maps! I think my buddy had that or something, I remember the maps though.
@@TechDweeb Yeah, just seeing you go through those commands brought back memories. I remember having a notebook that was kind of a cheat sheet for me for getting back to the game!
Just wanted to jump back in and say that when it comes to controls in Descent, I found that the ideal way to play the game was to map your controls so that you're using the numpad along with the keyboard rather than just the keyboard. It spreads your hands apart more comfortably and it gives your right hand a much more functional, versatile, and comfortable control set.
True. I think that's how I did it back then too.
wow that's awesome dude
Lovely video! Memory lane indeed... :D
Some laboratory departments within US Veterans Affairs facilities still use DOS; It's kind of surreal in 2023, but it's cool to know that it is still relevant in certain settings (not that dweebs aren't relevant).
Please make more videos about magic dosbox and Dos Games with RetroArch. I love it 😊 Please make a full Guide ❤
Awesome, I didn't know about magic dosbox. Your setup is cool. I think you could do this with an Android tablet and one of those third party steam deck docks. Then you could attach a wired keyboard and mouse and joystick and have the HDMI go out of the dock.
I love that idea. Plug & play dos PC!
Good times you would learn some command line in DOS and feel like a hacker while playing games
Just bought Magic DosBox. I will likely not use it much but $3.50 is certainly more than worth it.
If you really want to go retro, it's all about Pentiums. If you don't believe me, ask Weird Al. The man knows!
Maybe you'd also like to mention other runners, like ScummVM, or a dedicated Duke 3D runner, or maybe even my favorite OMW (might be a bit risky now, I think Bethesda under Microsoft is trying to hide it so people would buy their upcoming port).
Oh, and those Abandonware games, I was shocked at some titles I found there. Simpson hit and run is on there! Plenty of Nfs titles too! So maybe they deserve another video. Many of them could run on Android through Exagear, but that's a completely different can of worms. I'd keep it simple and PC-centric honestly.
Good suggestions!
I love that little setup. One question, Would you recommend the RP3+ or is there another handheld you think would work better is this set up? My bream is to have a DOS base cyber deck.
You're awesome. Love your videos.
Thanks buddy!
Hurray!
Ah... Hugo 2, Hugo 3... A Day In The Life Of, Offshore Fishing, Cross Country Canada... Commander Keen...
I never liked the hardware until I built my own PC in 2015, outside of the Icon computers at school with those built-in trackballs.
I wasn't sure running Dos games on Android devices is possible until I watched your video.
It's amazing that I can use any bluetooth peripherals for controlling all kind of genre games. 🙂
I will give a try for Magic DosBox Lite to play Settlers 2 Gold Edition, Worms, Duke Nukem 3D, King's Quest 4-5-6 and other great Dos games.
The retroid pocket 3+ looks more genius everyday I think about it. Can probably function as a smart home remote control, security camera monitor, etc. Most things that an Android device can do
Totally!
Very cool! But there are those of us who still have a 486 in the basement that we drag out and set up! Retro gaming? It's the real thing for us!
I want to get my hands on a proper old school dos PC for some authentic retro gaming!
Dude, only 13k subs. I'd subscribe twice if I could. See you in 2 years when you're at 400k
Thanks buddy! I hope you're right 🤞
In depth Magic DOS Box video, please!
This is awesome! I remember playing a rip off tetris clone called d-blocks and a platformer called Monuments of Mars. On my dad's tandy.
Yessssss
EPIC!
Looking at the adapter you use for the joystick at 22:57 makes me wonder if you can use a USB-C dongle with the RP3+ to charge and use controllers at the same time.
Man, idk about typing all those commands. Back in the day I’d always use a commander. My favorite one was m602. Probably because it was Czech. Like me 😄
Thanks!
Jack!! Thank YOU my dude!
@@TechDweeb no bother, you do amazing work and your willingness to help those on your discord often (IMO) goes above and beyond the call of duty (not the game series that's killing the FPS genre). You make excellent content and I hope this little bit helps you to continue in that pursuit.
Please make a Dos Box tutorial video. Ive barely messed around with it but have MANY old games id love to play.
Edit: i commented before i searched your videos because i enjoy demanding things before knowing if they exist. I regret nothing.
DOS Games on Android are easier to setup compared to finding Windows 98 PCs or laptops that can play most of the DOS games. Sometimes, we just don't want to keep opening the BIOS menu on the PC to adjust speed for older DOS games. Having Magic DOSBox makes it more convenient. Also a smartphone or device with mid-range chipset will still do a decent job in emulating DOS games.
I had completely forgotten dos was a thing. My first computer was the C64 and I'd have no idea how to use it these days
When I was a kid, I played Red Baron, Command & Conquer, and Ultima Underworld on my Dad's DOS PC. Seeing any of those titles running would be awesome, but I really want to know how to get them running with just the RP3+'s controls.
If you're using the RP3+'s controls you can either go with retroarch (easier to setup, but not as good at the emulation and you might have to tweak the controls), or with Magic Dosbox (you'll have to setup the controls yourself but you can set them up any way you like).
ever put peanut butter on a bagel aw man its amazing :)
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I gotta know, how do you go about color coding everything so well? I want yellow stuff but don't know where to start 😅
I've happened upon red with my MGS V PS4 and Mario Odyssey Switch so far. Or black 😅
DOS was fun. Then early Windows was aspectacular progression. Good memories.
I used to play Ascendancy (with its great 3D star map), Sid Meier's Colonization, the Railroad Tycoon series (but I think that only the first was DOS?), Chuck Yeager's Air Combat and many more for hours and hours!
Is it possible to play early Windows games on Android? I play a couple on an old PC running Linux using Wine (both of which have improved vastly over the last few years), but a tablet would be physically much easier for me now.
I know that it's possible to play some Flash games on Android - a few of them were good.
I'm glad that I caught a bit of this live. Thanks. 👍
I want to run some experiments and see if we can run windows 3.1 or windows 95 on android devices (and therefore the RP3+). If I can figure that out I'll make a video on it!
@@TechDweeb I am genuinely excited (the upside of being 5 years old inside). 😁
Some of the DOS games have very nice Windows versions, and more are getting made as time goes on. Doom 1&2, Descent 1&2, Quake, Star Control 2 (the Windows version is called The Ur-Quan Masters), C&C, Red Alert, Warcraft II, even Dark Forces got a nice Windows port in the last couple of years. I've only been using DosBox for Raptor Call of the Shadows and Dune2 (well, and Warcraft 1) lately, and even Raptor had a Windows remake recently, but I don't like that it stretches the game to 16:9, and the DOS version allows you to have a soundfont, such as EmperorGrieferus's Roland SC-55, which works great with GZDoom/LZDoom, too. But, lately, I've been rediscovering a lot of DOS games that don't have a Windows port, and you can totally play them on a PC as well!
Oh for sure, it's like 10x better when these old games get updated native versions, or proper ports. Doom has been ported to every device known to man!
I don’t think I’ve used a DOS prompt for 20 years. But I still remember those commands…
100% it was muscle memory for me
Full video on magic dosbox please!
Any chance you could try playing the PC version of Killing Time on Retroid Pocket 3 Plus? For those who have the original version on disc to see if that is compatible with the hardware. I think it was on Windows 3.1 and 95.
What about the little stand you have for the Retroid? Did you buy that or make it with a 3D printer?
Nah, just a cheap Amazon cell phone stand.
My friend I have one more question I want to play Cod mobile and pubg so what is the best option for playing Android games, Ayaneo Pocket Air or RP4 Pro?
This is totally awesome!!! LOL... Yeah, I'm super jealous of the mouse/keyboard/RP3+ all right! So, real talk, is Reuben a real person and is that story true? I don't even know why I want to know... On topic though... I'd love to play Terminal Velocity on a handheld but, apart from old phones which I don't like to use for gaming (even though I brought a controller for exactly this reason), I don't use any handhelds with Android. I'll have to play around with Retroarch on those Linux handhelds and see if I can make that happen. Thanks for the refresher on DOS! I feel like I should do this just to get some practice in case there's some kind of apocalypse and the only computers available will have to use DOS. It's not a perfect plan but I just want to be able to play Descent while I"m dying from radiation poisoning. That is all.
Ruben is a real person, but that story isn't really true. I'm still buddies with him and never took a photo of my butt (however, that's totally the sort of prank I WOULD play).
When I went to make this video I found my dos skills were pure muscle memory. "dir/w" and "cd duke3d" are just engrained in my soul!
@@TechDweeb I remember learning DOSf from the manual that came with the computer I bought at the time. It was an Acer 486 with a 25 mhz processor and 4 megs of RAM. I don't remember the size of the hard drive but I think it was something like 40 megabytes (?) A few months later (probably to be able to run Doom more smoothly), we bought an upgrade chip to make it a 50 mhz 486DX. All of this came from CompUSA on Rte 1 in New Brunswick, NJ. Man...I was in my early 20s at the time. I am so old... 😀
You are missing one nostalgia program. NC aka Norton Commander! :P
Two games I installed on my RP2S are Epic Pinball and Zeliard. I'm using Dosbox Pure, but I'm okay with that.
@techDweeb What is the stand you are using for the handheld on the desk? Please let us know!:)
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@@TechDweeb Thank you!!!!!
you seem very expert. I want to use the easy method. Is there a wat to use one of the joysticks to control the mouse?
yes
Men… please, please play Death Rally Classic!!!
And also, teach us how to play it on RG35xx too!
Sabes si también puedo conectar un teclado alambricamente con un adaptador otg?
please explain how i can get jazz jackrabbit on to my rp3+ .. that, doom 2 and heretic with zdoom mod (i need that crosshair). i will be a very happy 7 year old in a 30 year old body.. all that combined with joystick controls..
I have the rg405m and cannot for the life of me get the controller to work...any tips to get it going???
Did you anyone try Crusader no Regret on this console is it work? I freaking love this game in past.
Don't really have a favorite DOS game ... Early nineties i was all in on console gaming, Sega Genesis then N64. My first PC was Windows 98 in 1999, but I didn't really get into PC gaming until around 2004 when FFXI (the MMORPG) released.
What happens when you try to park the heads?
Was actually looking for a way to load my games off my computer without downloading a bunch of bs. I have all my games but the rp3 isn’t taking them from my computer 🐸🍺🔪🔥
Where did you get the stand for the Retroid 3+?
Amazon amzn.to/3nnYb4G
@@TechDweeb Thanks TechDweeb!
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Does this mean DOSBox can do save states now, since it's in RetroArch?
Yes! The DosBox PURE core can.
@@TechDweeb Great, now I can finally win Destruction Derby 2 :D.
> "I dont have a retro PC anymore though"
And you call yourself a Dweeb? I'm shocked Techboi, shocked and appalled!
edit: I find it helps out a lot to make custom bat files as shortcuts to my dos games.
I'll fix that soon! I almost pulled the trigger on an old 386 dos pc on ebay recently. Kinda wish I did actually... Soon though!
@@TechDweeb will you pull a LGR and do a video of you setting it up and using it? that would be swell.
Definitely!
so is my s22 ultra ''just'' as fast as the rp3+ ?
I just started using bluetooth mouse too, I'm trying to get used to the pen mouse style, fun stuff
tried everything but still can't make the retroarch/dosbox-pure to recognize analog sticks and move the mouse. rp3+
In the control options of the quick menu make sure "analog to digital type" is set to Left Analog (forced).
C:\DOS
C:\DOS RUN
RUN DOS RUN
That's adorable 🥰
@@TechDweeb Sometimes, '90s/early '00s Simpsons references just rise unbidden in my brain. It's a sickness, really.
Does it play Ultima ?
can you make a video how to use a hard drive with emulators I cant get mine to work
Do you mean on Android? Or on PC?
Android I used a 4tb WD digtal gaming drive the device detects it in file manager but when I look for it I cant find the location or its not there so not sure if its a format issue or a problem with the emulator
I might see if a 1tb hard drive is better
Can you play it also with wired keyboard and mouse?
Yup!
@@TechDweeb ty so much bro I am waiting for the RP4 Pro I can not wait for it!!😁
Is windows xp gaming possible on this? I'm dying to replay vampire the masquerade bloodlines again
Not as far as I know. Man Bloodlines would be a blast to play on this!\
@@TechDweeb thanks for the reply. Yeah that setup would be splendid for playing that game.
I know there's a windows XP emulator for Android, but God knows if you'd be able to launch a game with it.
@@TechDweeb I really need to sit down and set up my rp3+ I've had it since launch (matte black btw) but i literally put alien isolation, Kotor one and two on it then left it sitting 🤣🤣
I think you could go as high as windows ME . For xp games I'd try exagear
Magic dosbox can also play old windows games too
OH!? I'll look into that!
are you related to mr cannucks?
I saw a video were they loaded commador 64 games to a iphone i think
Neat!
could i play diablo or starcraft on this thing? online?
You can play Diablo, but not Starcraft. And not online. As far as I know.
Hi,have a nice day..what ur favourite game on ps1..
Hmmm. I think I'll go with Syphon Filter.
Have you ever tried FUTURE COP: L.A.P.D.? I remember it being great on two player.
It's not that it's legal because nobody cares--it's *illegal, but* nobody cares. The copyrights are still legally applicable, even if there's nobody around to enforce them.
May I play Age of Empires?
CVC vnb v on this video too
Wouldn't batocera be a better choice 🤔 im asking out of curiosity im not a fan of RetroArch its rather tedious
Nah, you can't use batocera on an android handheld like this. MagicDosbox is great though, no retroarch needed!
But can this bad boy play big rigs over the road racing? 🤔
I don't think so. I'm pretty sure you can run Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 or maybe even Windows 98 on Android with some tinkering, I'm definitely going to experiment with that, but I doubt we'll get 3D accelerated games. Never say never though. If your heart wants BIG RIGS, it MAY be possible.
Oh I just realized your username! Thanks for your work you legend! Let me know if I can repay the favor in any way 🤓
@TechDweeb no worries bro, happy to help out in anyway 😁