Wow, didn't know this was possible on the mister. Dos games introduced me to gaming om my PC Desktop in the 90's. Some absolute bangers in that archive. Thanks for pointing this out!
Ah, The Secret of Monkey Island. What a timeless classic it is PCN. So many memorable moments playing that game that I wish I could relive playing them growing up for sure. What times they were PCN. I miss them. 8^) Anthony...
funny you just made this video - have been playing dark forces over the last 2 weeks on my couch mister setup (keyboard on lap -= mouse beside me) and so far im up to level Jabba;s ship - great way to play this classic!!!!
Brilliant! This is the collection for me. I didn't expect there to be a 486 core on the MiSTer (for whatever reason), so this core was a great surprise. This brilliant little machine only offers more & more as many talented people continue to put effort into the cores & the system software. I also heard something about a cheaper alternative to the DE10-Nano that may cut the cost down for new builders? I will have just missed the boat on that, but I hope it's true.
I have some kind top 300 pack on my MiSTer for dos and coincidentally I downloaded the whole exodos setup (700gb) yesterday. I'll be checking this out too
Well, I finally got this and other computer cores working on the mister. I formatted a fresh sd card and put roms and BOOM, they all work now. Even arcade cores that didn't work now work.
Fair play thats a super easy setup, i have the 300 game setup on there at the moment but this will be great to add a few games i want to play nice one.
@StarshipMythic Hope so but even if we aren’t going to get XBOX/PS2/GC class hardware 500-750 USD might attract new users who aren’t already invested in MiSTer… and then it would at least be there for the hardcore MiSTer guys who just gotta have Hydro Thunder. ;) GeForce 3/Radeon 9700 are still monster GPUs for an FPGA to do even without a CPU but perhaps something with enough I/Os to interface with a real PowerPC or x86 CPU could save a ton of LEs.
@StarshipMythic Agreed but if we insist on GameCube’s G4-class PPC + R3xx then we’re in the same ballpark as XBOX’s P6+NV20 (P6 i686 = Pentium Pro, II, III, M). This is why I feel a MiSTer follow-up might have to draw the line around Dreamcast (Naomi/Atomiswave), Pentium MMX+Voodoo² SLi, iMac G3 + Rage 128, etc. While that may not be a tiny bump in terms of what console hardware it could replicate that class of CPU/GPU would still greatly broaden our content library. It would bring original/superior arcade or PC versions for many games with many more we couldn’t play at all. It may not enough for most to upgrade but it’s enough to excite me and bring in new FPGA users.
@@rodribyte4255 I’d love to see it but then we’re getting into consoles that have native digital output options (GameCube; launch model PS2 with PS2 backwards compatibility, etc). :) I feel like the line for a next gen open FPGA gaming platform would be drawn right before that generation.
Damn, Prince 1 & 2, GODS, Raptor - Call of the Shadows and even Fifa 96. I guess this is the first time in my life I'm considering getting a MiSTer. Such a shame the Analogue Pocket isn't strong enough to run the AO486 core.
The AO486 core is basically an overclocked i386. It runs a lot of stuff, but it basically can't handle beyond Wing Commander 3. I did extensive testing on Wing Commander 3/4/Privateer 2 with it. We need the FPU to be implemented, I'd be curious to see what a subset of the FPU would do. e.g Square Root.
cool collection :) i could try that...i made my own collection around 200 games so far with dosbox, xpadder and custom exe files that runs both, also every game separate
I don’t have any of the computer cores on mine. I do have fond memories of tons of DOS games though. One of these days I’ll get it running along with the midi stuff.
Am I right in assuming that the advantage of this over exodos is that all games are configured to run as good as possible on MiSTer? Hope to see the selection of games get bigger in the future.
just a FYI to all Mac users. when it asks if you want to replace items say merge not replace otherwise you will delete all your games in your folder. Hard learned lesson today for me. I had waited to do the dos games last and deleted all my previous console games installed..
Thank you so much for this video. I LOVE my MiSTer, but I'm not the best tinkerer. I got very excited about this (I'm itching to re-live my youth), so I tried. But the games won't run, because I originally had it set up for the old "300 games pack" (which had also stopped working for me after an update lol). I have everything else set up meticulously & perfect for other cores. Is there an easy way to "start over" with just the DOS stuff? I see the DOS menu appear and games show up. I can see its looking in the wrong place, for the old 300 thing. :)
From what I understand, having an existing set on your SD card, is presenting issues for many. It might be worth asking for help on the MiSTer FPGA discord.
Thanks. Also, I have a large SD card, but only the arcade stuff is on there. I have a 2TB hard drive always attached with everything else on it. I appreciate the INSTANT response! I'm sure I'll figure it out! For some reason OUTRUN wouldn't work but everything else did. Took me months to figure it out. HAHA @@PixelCherryNinja
Doesn't seem to work for me. Followed the instructions but anytime I try to launch it just flashes a bunch of black and white static like it's failing to display the image. Happens with every game I test including Alone in the Dark.
Great Video Pixel Cherry Ninja! I have one simple question, do we have to download the 0Mghz script and place it on the SD card and run it or is it part of an Update_all script? If you mentioned it in your video and I missed it, let me know.
Hey thanks. The script was released after this video. It's up to you if you wanna use the script. I believe it pulls down the whole set, so it's whether you want the whole collection or just a few games.
it's a shame how many people have separately done so much work to get exodos games running on mister that they have on their own setup. there really needs to be some easy community way to autodump and upload config files for games so we can as a group get more compatibility for random titles. because very few people are going to spend half an hour trying to hack a title to work that they never even heard of
I'm really excited to see if we'll ever get DOS gaming on the Analogue Pocket. We're stuck playing the GBA and SNES versions of DOOM, and that's just a travesty. 😵💫
There's an auto download script. It'll be in tomorrow's news video. It'll grab everything for you at once. I'm a bit rushed right now, so can't grab the link.
Would there be a reason for a blank black screen for any DOS game selected? Running latest mister update, followed the simple tutorial provided, using MiSTer Direct Video to Component Adapter as output with duel ram. I'm sure it's a simple setting or an output not supported, but I haven't found the solution as of yet.
Thanks for the video as always. Works on my flat screen but not on my crt. Some issue with the resolution. Anyone knows how to solve that? Is it an ini setting to change or something else?
I'm sorry bud, my only experience with this core and front end is what you see in this video. You can probably get better help asking Amiga Vision on Twitter or maybe the MiSTer FPGA Discord.
Can anyone test out earth worm jim 2 I tried to run it with an 8bitdo sn30 controller but I can't get it to register the controller letters in the game menu (not the mister menu it works fine on the mister menu but not the games menu). I played that top down racing game pixel told us about and it works no problem with the 8bitdo sn30.
wish joystick/gamepad worked as magically for me as it did for you. i cannot get anything from this collection/setup to work with my 8bitdo pad with analog sticks.
i think it does but i believe you need the AO486+ core that provides the mt-32 pi support. i doubt i'm allowed to give a link here but its an easy google :) installed my mt32 pi tonight
Look for the Shapeshifter collection? It was a spin-off that used AmigaVision to emulate the Macintosh (but since the Mac has no custom chips and runs the same CPU family as the Amiga, I think emulation is underselling it - it’s using the 68020 CPU directly). This allows you to run Mac games up to SimCity 2000 and Marathon.
@@PixelCherryNinja The first Star Control was ported to the MD. I played it there too and loved it, best version. The sequel is on MS-DOS and 3DO. 3DO might be the best way to play (officially released) but until we get a 3DO core I'll take a go at it on this core. Had to look up the name but Star Control II was ported open source as a fan game called "The Ur-Quan Masters" (for legal reasons) for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It's suppose to be top notch, in some best games lists.
No, you can just extract them all to the same directory. Check out the documentation section on the site. Requires you to know the options in whatever tool you use to unpack, though
You totally dont need to add them individually. 🤦🏻♂️ Just extract them all in the same folder in one go and select yes to all when asked to replace duplicate files.
I installed the _dos folder in the de card since it’s so small, games in the hdd games folder but I couldn’t figure out where to install the cfg file at.
I might be missing something on ScummVM since I’ve barely ever used it. But isn’t it just some kind of multi-platform software emulator? Much like MAME? Since MiSTer is a system based on hardware emulation, it won’t really run something like ScummVM until any of the other ScummVM compatible systems run it with enough power. You’d basically be hardware emulating software emulation. Like running the GBA versions of the NES games. Doesn’t make much sense😅
@@AdrianDX everything you've said is correct and yet there is still a MiSTer 'core' for it. I keep using inverted commas because it runs entirely on the Linux side, I don't think it uses the FPGA at all but there is a very serious argument to be made for using it on MiSTer to get analog AV output. Plus there's a sort of ideological cleanliness to having it with your other (real) cores and all in the same set up for those who have limited space or want to play all their retro games in the same space etc [unrequested pedantry: strictly speaking ScummVM is actually a script interpreter rather than a per se emulator, but I appreciate in reality there's not much difference]
What a great idea. Saves faffing around choosing graphic and sound cards and using DOS for people who never grew up using DOS PCs.
Most definitely, it was real breeze to set-up.
Wow, didn't know this was possible on the mister. Dos games introduced me to gaming om my PC Desktop in the 90's. Some absolute bangers in that archive. Thanks for pointing this out!
Have fun man, it's such a great project.
Thanks!
Hey man, thanks, that's super kind 🙂
Ah, The Secret of Monkey Island. What a timeless classic it is PCN. So many memorable moments playing that game that I wish I could relive playing them growing up for sure. What times they were PCN. I miss them. 8^)
Anthony...
wow pcn this is exactly what I wanted to see right now. ao486 is so exciting
Yeah, it's great, and so easy to set up.
this is fantasic I hope he releases more DOS games
👍
Very cool indeed! I'm getting it set up now!
Sweet, good to hear.
funny you just made this video - have been playing dark forces over the last 2 weeks on my couch mister setup (keyboard on lap -= mouse beside me) and so far im up to level Jabba;s ship - great way to play this classic!!!!
Good stuff, sounds better than playing it on my Logitech all in one media keyboard 😂
Brilliant! This is the collection for me. I didn't expect there to be a 486 core on the MiSTer (for whatever reason), so this core was a great surprise. This brilliant little machine only offers more & more as many talented people continue to put effort into the cores & the system software. I also heard something about a cheaper alternative to the DE10-Nano that may cut the cost down for new builders? I will have just missed the boat on that, but I hope it's true.
A clone DE10 NANO is in the works. Hopefully it'll be available soon.
I have some kind top 300 pack on my MiSTer for dos and coincidentally I downloaded the whole exodos setup (700gb) yesterday. I'll be checking this out too
Enjoy.
Well, I finally got this and other computer cores working on the mister. I formatted a fresh sd card and put roms and BOOM, they all work now. Even arcade cores that didn't work now work.
Good stuff 👌
Fair play thats a super easy setup, i have the 300 game setup on there at the moment but this will be great to add a few games i want to play nice one.
If I can do it, anyone can 😂
Can’t wait for a next gen FPGA with 3Dfx Voodoo support for late ‘90s arcade and PC games.
Late 90s arcade games 😍
@StarshipMythic Hope so but even if we aren’t going to get XBOX/PS2/GC class hardware 500-750 USD might attract new users who aren’t already invested in MiSTer… and then it would at least be there for the hardcore MiSTer guys who just gotta have Hydro Thunder. ;) GeForce 3/Radeon 9700 are still monster GPUs for an FPGA to do even without a CPU but perhaps something with enough I/Os to interface with a real PowerPC or x86 CPU could save a ton of LEs.
@StarshipMythic ps2 core with 480p hack would be awesome
@StarshipMythic Agreed but if we insist on GameCube’s G4-class PPC + R3xx then we’re in the same ballpark as XBOX’s P6+NV20 (P6 i686 = Pentium Pro, II, III, M). This is why I feel a MiSTer follow-up might have to draw the line around Dreamcast (Naomi/Atomiswave), Pentium MMX+Voodoo² SLi, iMac G3 + Rage 128, etc.
While that may not be a tiny bump in terms of what console hardware it could replicate that class of CPU/GPU would still greatly broaden our content library. It would bring original/superior arcade or PC versions for many games with many more we couldn’t play at all. It may not enough for most to upgrade but it’s enough to excite me and bring in new FPGA users.
@@rodribyte4255 I’d love to see it but then we’re getting into consoles that have native digital output options (GameCube; launch model PS2 with PS2 backwards compatibility, etc). :) I feel like the line for a next gen open FPGA gaming platform would be drawn right before that generation.
Damn, Prince 1 & 2, GODS, Raptor - Call of the Shadows and even Fifa 96. I guess this is the first time in my life I'm considering getting a MiSTer. Such a shame the Analogue Pocket isn't strong enough to run the AO486 core.
MiSTer is awesome Tarik. You'll love it.
Nice! Grabbing this now!❤
Have fun PBT👌
The AO486 core is basically an overclocked i386. It runs a lot of stuff, but it basically can't handle beyond Wing Commander 3. I did extensive testing on Wing Commander 3/4/Privateer 2 with it. We need the FPU to be implemented, I'd be curious to see what a subset of the FPU would do. e.g Square Root.
Thanks for this information.
I remember if you had a math 2087 coprocessor along side a 80286, it was a dramatic difference.
Hi PCN, you keep bring us gems bro , much appreciated🙂🙏thankyou bro
cool collection :) i could try that...i made my own collection around 200 games so far with dosbox, xpadder and custom exe files that runs both, also every game separate
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I don’t have any of the computer cores on mine. I do have fond memories of tons of DOS games though. One of these days I’ll get it running along with the midi stuff.
This process really makes it easy for us folk.
Once you have the files, it’s literally a 10 second copy operation. Whether you have time to actually play the games is a different matter 😉
😂 made my day this video has buddy, I'll have to get mine set up. 👍
We all need our DOS core 😂😂😂
😂🎉
Awesome solution, can't wait to try it out. Infogrames renamed itself to Atari.
Oh yeah, they bought the name, thanks for the reminder.
Am I right in assuming that the advantage of this over exodos is that all games are configured to run as good as possible on MiSTer? Hope to see the selection of games get bigger in the future.
Infpgrames was merged with Atari which later split up so it's now one of the Atari companies. Atari SA I believe
Hmm, my xbox joypad works left and right in Supercars but I can’t get accelerate to work.
I was using 8bitdo ultimate RF controller. Worked flawlessly.
just a FYI to all Mac users. when it asks if you want to replace items say merge not replace otherwise you will delete all your games in your folder. Hard learned lesson today for me. I had waited to do the dos games last and deleted all my previous console games installed..
Yes! MiSTer content.
#MiSTerisKing
Thank you so much for this video. I LOVE my MiSTer, but I'm not the best tinkerer. I got very excited about this (I'm itching to re-live my youth), so I tried. But the games won't run, because I originally had it set up for the old "300 games pack" (which had also stopped working for me after an update lol). I have everything else set up meticulously & perfect for other cores. Is there an easy way to "start over" with just the DOS stuff? I see the DOS menu appear and games show up. I can see its looking in the wrong place, for the old 300 thing. :)
From what I understand, having an existing set on your SD card, is presenting issues for many. It might be worth asking for help on the MiSTer FPGA discord.
Thanks. Also, I have a large SD card, but only the arcade stuff is on there. I have a 2TB hard drive always attached with everything else on it. I appreciate the INSTANT response! I'm sure I'll figure it out! For some reason OUTRUN wouldn't work but everything else did. Took me months to figure it out. HAHA @@PixelCherryNinja
On a side note, I haven't done this for Amiga yet! Maybe that will just work lol!
@@eggzonerevolution Amiga Vision Mega AGS is amazing, get on it.
Can't wait! I'll check for your videos on this! Thank you!!@@PixelCherryNinja
Very cool!
Thanks for watching 👍
Doesn't seem to work for me. Followed the instructions but anytime I try to launch it just flashes a bunch of black and white static like it's failing to display the image. Happens with every game I test including Alone in the Dark.
Great Video Pixel Cherry Ninja! I have one simple question, do we have to download the 0Mghz script and place it on the SD card and run it or is it part of an Update_all script? If you mentioned it in your video and I missed it, let me know.
Hey thanks. The script was released after this video. It's up to you if you wanna use the script. I believe it pulls down the whole set, so it's whether you want the whole collection or just a few games.
This is awesome, the other dos setups have just been a pain to use. I hope they expand the game library. How does it handle midi out of interest?
I'm not sure if it's supported yet. Hopefully someone else can answer.
I have a VHD with flynnbit’s top 300 (I have fixed some, and added about 100 more), but this config seems much better. Do these work ok with MT32?
I saw an option when booting a game, but honestly I'm not sure.
it's a shame how many people have separately done so much work to get exodos games running on mister that they have on their own setup. there really needs to be some easy community way to autodump and upload config files for games so we can as a group get more compatibility for random titles. because very few people are going to spend half an hour trying to hack a title to work that they never even heard of
@@AlexRoseGames even after compatibility, the config options can be various, e.g. soundblaster, mt-32, sound canvas, cd audio etc.
@PixelCherryNinja if you don't have an MT32 pi you must get one.
I'm really excited to see if we'll ever get DOS gaming on the Analogue Pocket. We're stuck playing the GBA and SNES versions of DOOM, and that's just a travesty. 😵💫
The way things are going, it'll likely happen.
Unfortunately, that will never happen. It would never fit. It barely fits on the MiSTer, which has an FPGA with ~2× the amount of LEs :)
@@amiga_vision thanks AV for clarifying 👍
@@amiga_vision 286 core though could be an option?
@@rs.matr1x Maybe! I’d guess the bigger issue with a Pocket version would be that early PCs are very keyboard-centric.
Cool, but is there hardware support for the two best sound cards that DOS supports? The Roland MT-32 and the Yamaha FB-01?
I'm not sure, I don't have the hardware and am very new to computer cores.
Yep, there's a Pi hat called MT32-pi. Does exactly that, emulates the mt32 using a pi zero connected to the MiSTer... about £30
Great idea but it looks like the Archive page has the majority of the files removed from it now...
I just checked, yeah they're down. Well that sucks.
@@PixelCherryNinja looks like they might just be updating the list. I’ll keep an eye on it!
@@EMSenseiMusic nice, I hope that's the case.
Great video PCN. Is there a way to move all the games over in bulk and not one at a time?
There's an auto download script. It'll be in tomorrow's news video. It'll grab everything for you at once.
I'm a bit rushed right now, so can't grab the link.
Would there be a reason for a blank black screen for any DOS game selected? Running latest mister update, followed the simple tutorial provided, using MiSTer Direct Video to Component Adapter as output with duel ram. I'm sure it's a simple setting or an output not supported, but I haven't found the solution as of yet.
No Alien Rampage on the game list, Definitely a @Pixel Cherry Ninja game.
I love the title already.
It is like an Amiga but only MS-DOS which was always weird to me.@@PixelCherryNinja
I have an annoying issue where it boots IDE 0-1 by default instead of IDE 0-0. Does anyone know where I can change this?
Thanks for the video as always. Works on my flat screen but not on my crt. Some issue with the resolution. Anyone knows how to solve that? Is it an ini setting to change or something else?
I'm sorry bud, my only experience with this core and front end is what you see in this video. You can probably get better help asking Amiga Vision on Twitter or maybe the MiSTer FPGA Discord.
@@PixelCherryNinja Thanks for the answer. I’ll try that and see if I find a solution
I wonder if this uses data from the ExoDOS collection
Also something must have happened with this collection between you made this video and now, in video it shows 178 files, but now its only 23
Can anyone test out earth worm jim 2 I tried to run it with an 8bitdo sn30 controller but I can't get it to register the controller letters in the game menu (not the mister menu it works fine on the mister menu but not the games menu).
I played that top down racing game pixel told us about and it works no problem with the 8bitdo sn30.
wish joystick/gamepad worked as magically for me as it did for you. i cannot get anything from this collection/setup to work with my 8bitdo pad with analog sticks.
Sorry to hear.
I'm wondering if Along in the Dark really works. In my case, it hangs after the intro. And in the video it's not shown further than that.
I couldn't get in game for AITD and Magic Carpet. I thought maybe I wasn't pressing the correct key or something.
@@PixelCherryNinja, thanks for the reply! Then it’s not a problem of my setup. Good to know.
Only thing I'm stuck on is choosing midi as the setup is bypassed and the win f12 settings do nothing...can it be done ?
I don't have a midi set up, so haven't tried it myself. It's probably worth asking Amiga Vision directly over on X/Twitter.
This really sounds cool, but every time I try to load a game, I get an error saying "Fatal: No Bootable Device"
Did I miss something? Only files A-L are showing up. Anyone know where M-Z are?
They are being updated. They'll start showing up. A couple of hours ago, it was just A's.
Can the DOS games be installed on an SSD attached via USB?
Does this method of running the DOS games work with the MT-32 PI add on as well?
i think it does but i believe you need the AO486+ core that provides the mt-32 pi support. i doubt i'm allowed to give a link here but its an easy google :) installed my mt32 pi tonight
How does this collection differ from the TOP 300 collection? I use that one now.
This is the first time I'm trying this in the MiSTer.
Is it possible to set the games in German or change files so that it is in German?
Would it be possible to do the same for games on the Macintosh core?
QoL packs like this take hard work dedication. You could likely see dedicated packs/frontends for numerous systems, if people want to put in the work.
Look for the Shapeshifter collection? It was a spin-off that used AmigaVision to emulate the Macintosh (but since the Mac has no custom chips and runs the same CPU family as the Amiga, I think emulation is underselling it - it’s using the 68020 CPU directly). This allows you to run Mac games up to SimCity 2000 and Marathon.
Star Control 1 & 2 ❤️
I love Star Control 2, I think. I used to play it against a friend on the Megadrive.
@@PixelCherryNinja The first Star Control was ported to the MD. I played it there too and loved it, best version. The sequel is on MS-DOS and 3DO. 3DO might be the best way to play (officially released) but until we get a 3DO core I'll take a go at it on this core. Had to look up the name but Star Control II was ported open source as a fan game called "The Ur-Quan Masters" (for legal reasons) for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It's suppose to be top notch, in some best games lists.
@@Mikey_Vids thanks for clarifying. MD 2 players vs was so darn good.
Thanks for the heads up, but do you really have to go through all 178 zips and copy them over one by one?
TBH, off the top of my head I can't think of a way to do them differently. There might be a way, I'm even thinking as I'm typing this 🤔
No, you can just extract them all to the same directory. Check out the documentation section on the site. Requires you to know the options in whatever tool you use to unpack, though
Thanks for the reply, just managed to do just that with winrar, very easy. Thanks for breathing new life into mister@@amiga_vision
You totally dont need to add them individually. 🤦🏻♂️ Just extract them all in the same folder in one go and select yes to all when asked to replace duplicate files.
Thanks.
Do you know if it's possible to have DOS on the Pocket?
Based on what I now know, no.
I use an external hdd is the process the same?
I've never tried a HDD. If you do try it out, please let us know. Hopefully it can help others with a set up such as yours.
I installed the _dos folder in the de card since it’s so small, games in the hdd games folder but I couldn’t figure out where to install the cfg file at.
How many gigs was the hole library download ?
25GB
39.1gb uncompressed also
@@AlexRoseGames thanks Alex, my count is that if the full compressed download.
MHz is pronounced Mega-Hertz, darling. GHz is the same except Giga. Isn't there a ScummVM 'core', I'd be interested in seeing that
Same. No need to replicate a DOS PC for all the ScummVM-supported titles.
I might be missing something on ScummVM since I’ve barely ever used it. But isn’t it just some kind of multi-platform software emulator? Much like MAME?
Since MiSTer is a system based on hardware emulation, it won’t really run something like ScummVM until any of the other ScummVM compatible systems run it with enough power. You’d basically be hardware emulating software emulation. Like running the GBA versions of the NES games. Doesn’t make much sense😅
@@AdrianDX everything you've said is correct and yet there is still a MiSTer 'core' for it. I keep using inverted commas because it runs entirely on the Linux side, I don't think it uses the FPGA at all but there is a very serious argument to be made for using it on MiSTer to get analog AV output. Plus there's a sort of ideological cleanliness to having it with your other (real) cores and all in the same set up for those who have limited space or want to play all their retro games in the same space etc [unrequested pedantry: strictly speaking ScummVM is actually a script interpreter rather than a per se emulator, but I appreciate in reality there's not much difference]
@@AdrianDX It’s an interpreter. SCUMM games are basically scripted with assets so you can port a native interpreter for the MiSTer HPS (Linux).
@@OneAngryDeacon Funny. I said the exact same thing but the comment disappeared. :(
WTF am I doing wrong? It keeps saying no bootable device...I fuckin give up!