The papercraft skits make it, you've found such a distinctive, humorous, wholesome, and touching artistic voice that elevates these videos massively. There's so much polish and care.
Please do make a best dos games for handhelds video. I've been in this hobby a long while and this is the first dos for handheld explanation I've seen anyone do. Great content 👍
One tips. No need to create a bat file, just click to the right with the dpad over the file you want dosbox to start and it will set that file to auto start. Super Dweebsy, cheers love al your vids
Oh man... I'm old enough that I remember gaming on a black and white TV with my Atari 2600. There was even a switch on the console to select between color and B&W, depending on what type of TV you owned. Man... what we used to deal with! lol Getting a 19" color TV for my (I think 13th) birthday was such a treat! By then, I was also hardcore into my Commodore 64, so it was perfect for that. lol
I remember that I had a folder where I wrote down all the commands for each game I had. It was a small price to pay to play some pretty memorable games. Doom, Heroes Of Might and Magic 2, Decent, Hexen, Heretic, Duke Nukem etc.
I can’t stress enough how much I appreciate this video. DOS games are my childhood. Where I’m at right now is a place I really feel like I need a little comfort. That’s where nostalgia comes in and for me, DOS games really do the trick. I have Dweeb DOS on my PC and it’s great. What you laid out here will definitely help me to run these gaming gems on my handhelds too. A video on your favorite handheld friendly DOS games would be fricking fantastic!
Memory lane: one of my first PCs had a monochrome monitor with Hercules graphics card. Like you, I felt shut out from most of the games, which required CGA color. I was a member of the Shareware of the Month Club, and one month I received a floppy disk with a program that loaded into memory and stayed there (called TSR = terminate and stay resident). What this did was trick programs into thinking I had CGA, and it translated the colors into shades of monochrome where you could distinguish them. There were some programs that still didn't work and it occupied precious memory, but many games worked.
I don't know if it was that one (2) or another, but it was heroes of might and magic and looked like that. I remember it as the game I didn't really do anything in or get anywhere, but played quite a bit and definitely didn't complete. Which most games, I started, I finished.
Ok the time has come. I'll FINALLY figure out DOS on this little thing. I'm well caffeinated and I have my Vyvanse. Focus is at an all time high. Let's do this! "" And by the way, I had DOS running great on my late GPD XD (if you look up "GPD XD DOS" my video on it should come up!) but never really explored DOS much on portables outside of that old clamshell classic. What's funny is that I'll end up just looking at HoMM2 running on it for a while, say "holy shit can you imagine playing HoMM2 portably back in the day?!" and then go right back to Fire n Ice 🤓🤓 Luv ya Dweeb PS: Totally unrelated but I hate that more companies don't port classic strategy games for the iPad. HoMM3 on it is a BLAST but the industry didn't follow Ubi's lead with that one. My kingdom for some classic C&C on the go with mouse support🥲
DOS is also great on the Miyoo Mini, which I know you're a huge fan of! I'm kinda the same way - getting it setup, then saying "oh wow this is amazing" and then moving onto the next project. Thus is the curse of tech dweebs like you and I.
Hell yes! DOS PC games seem like untapped potential. I remember playing Comix Zone as my first ever videogame back in like, 1998 on my Dad's Packard Bell... or at least I THINK it was DOS. Comix Zone, Ecco, and a bunch of other software came as pack-ins in UK with that old Packard-Bell
Sir, I feel compelled to request a video about the Amiga. I believe it hasn’t received enough coverage. With emulators, you can even hear the sound of the floppy disk, which alone makes it worth trying. ...as regards Dos games, I play them on an old pc connected to a 17" crt monitor 🧐
Remember, if push comes to shove, you can connect a USB or Bluetooth keyboard and mouse to make it through setup and config. These handhelds usually have USB OTG support on the charging port or a separate dedicated port, and the Anbernic XX devices have Bluetooth at least on stock OS.
Great video! I may have to tinker with this when I get the time. I'd love to see a best of video! I personally want to get Zone Raiders going, which is my favorite DOS game. A hovering 1964 Thunderbird?!! Yes please!
Haha was just trying to figure all this out over the weekend with HoMM2 on my RG35xxSP but with your other video! Thanks for reading my mind and spending hours producing this... or wait, did you read my mind?
You just reminded me why I never wanted to get a PC. But it would be nice to be able to play Doom anywhere I want. Other than that I'm mostly interested in playing Atari stuff and it's not clear that your Flipzizzle does that.
The video dropped just as my RG35XX SP is on its way and I'm poring over my DOS games wondering how to get them to work once it gets here. Thank you TechDweeb!
We played together on a black and white msdos laptop and it was fun enough as a kid. Wolfenstein 3D, mortal kombat 1 (with each person having separate keys on the same keyboard to control their character s), some ancient trivia games. Good times.
I don't remember having games not run on monochrome monitors... I definitely played Jet in mono, and Lode Runner, on an IBM 8088. It was a while before my Dad bought a color monitor and a CGA card. Later, he gave me a hand-me-down NEC "lunchbox " 386 with a monochrome (amber) plasma flat screen. I played the snot out of Wing Commander in amber!
We had this way after most PCs went color, so it was very hard to find games that worked. Also we were on Hercules graphics, so games couldn't be forced to 'try' to work regardless.
Great viddy again TD, I'm going to have to try to get a few of my favorites to run, like dark queen of kyrnn. Also, dude, very much looking forward to your ports viddy. I got shredders revenge up and running on one of my devices. It took me two days and I'll be damned if I can remember how I did it.
i only have vague memories of dos games, i had a computer when i was 6, it didnt have dos it had windows 95 but i recall my stepdad putting some dos games on there since win 95 still had like somewhat the ability to play them fine. since it was built on dos. i dont recall which games i played, i think prince of persia mightve been one of them. my memory of pc games is mostly like the win 95 and win xp era. my favorite as a kid was sims 1, i loved controlling those lil humans.
Just got myself an RG35xxxxxxxxxxxSP and chargin it up as I type. Same colour as yours, because why not? So this is exciting to watch and see what stuff I can put on it. Cheers Dweebster.
One of my favorite DOS games to play on my handheld (usually my Vita) is OGRE. It's basically just a digital version of the old board game, for those familiar with the hex and chit wargame with the giant robot tank you have to fight. It's a fun one and the graphics are pretty minimal... turn-based. I just love that game... so it is, amusingly, the DOS game I still probably play most. btw... there is a much newer version of OGRE out there for Steam, but I have yet to try it out.
If you take questions then would dragging and dropping a GOG game be a good start? They seem to already have some Dosbox configurations set up. Would like to run the CDROM version of Betrayal at Krondor. So far, it has been mostly sufficient for me to use workarounds like a port to a home console or home computer (Amiga etc) or a ScummVM version. But I'd like to get around to using Dosbox more.
It could work. Hard to say though. Sometimes they have some weirdly advanced bat files that have menus and stuff that might not be picked up by the retroarch DOSbox core. Worth a try though!
I agree. I think it would be so cool to have him not review or talk about tech at all in one of his videos. Just build a cool little stage, and put on a play that lasts about 30 minutes. I sure as heck would watch it. His cat cracks me up.
I love the Dirty Operating System (DOS) Games. Nice Video😊 Would be nice If you can show us in the nex video how it works with real BT mouse, keyboard and hdmi out :)
Now we need a video for games that came out after DOS but before Windows Vista or even including Windows Vista. I don't know how to run those games on the Steam Deck.
Growing up in a small town in Mexico in the 80s i remember a Canadian couple had a computer the text was orange and black and they had a printer .. and very old games ..dos games .. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world …
Do you think my Ambernic 35XX can run Lotus 1.2.3 or maybe Banner Mania? I cannot wait to hook my 9 pin dot matrix printer up with a huge box of continuous printer paper. Banners are great! I have alot of birthdays coming up in my family.
Since you used Doom for the example, I was wondering about this: Retroarch has a Doom client core, and that should be available on most Linux/Dingux/Android handheld as well right? Which gives a better experience, what are pros and cons of using the Retroarch core versus the original DOS game in DOSBox?
How about all those Windows 95-ish Microsoft Entertainment Pack games like SkiFree, Minesweeper and Solitaire? Back then, Windows was just a graphical front end running on MS-DOS.
a modern soc that costs about $8 is about as powerful as the pentium 3 and geforce 256 that cost over $1000 at the time. more apples to apples comparison, an atom x5-z8350 that can run those same games, etc. costs $20-30 and runs around 5x faster. i couldn't afford the p3/gf256 combination so i couldn't play games that used those.
You've got my vote for not going Netflix on the Dos gaming series. I'd love to see your list of handheld friendly Dos games.
True go for it! 👍
I tend to not appreciate the various gimmicks that many RUclipsrs pile into their videos, but yours are tasteful and entertaining. Good job!
I appreciated hearing that
@@TechDweebHey a friend of mine got kicked out of the discord and I can’t invite him back in. What happened?
The papercraft skits make it, you've found such a distinctive, humorous, wholesome, and touching artistic voice that elevates these videos massively. There's so much polish and care.
Please do make a best dos games for handhelds video. I've been in this hobby a long while and this is the first dos for handheld explanation I've seen anyone do. Great content 👍
Can't go wrong with Epic Pinball.
These production values are INSANE. And it’s wild how we had such similar upbringings!
One tips. No need to create a bat file, just click to the right with the dpad over the file you want dosbox to start and it will set that file to auto start. Super Dweebsy, cheers love al your vids
Who doesn't love some good ol' paper cut trauma venting?
Dam, right in the feels. I'm sorry for little Tech Dweeb, he deserved so much better
Oh man... I'm old enough that I remember gaming on a black and white TV with my Atari 2600. There was even a switch on the console to select between color and B&W, depending on what type of TV you owned. Man... what we used to deal with! lol Getting a 19" color TV for my (I think 13th) birthday was such a treat! By then, I was also hardcore into my Commodore 64, so it was perfect for that. lol
Ms dos i miss those days
You don't have to miss those days... just run dos in a VM and enjoy!
@@ErnieJohnsonCA yeah you're right I have to watch techdweeb's video on that
But playing Warcraft 1 & 2 with no mouse , seems like a crazy thing to be doing lol
you ms those dos?
@@polocatfan ha ha good one 🫡
Thanks, I've learned I need a color monitor to play DOS on my handheld
Playing with paper dolls is not a waste of time, I love seeing flashbacks of little tech dweeb, they're so wholesome 🥲❤️
Yeah, they are not dolls. They are the past coming back to life
I need to know how deep this lore with you and Kat dives.
More to come! Did you see this one? ruclips.net/video/5mseyr-Uld8/видео.html
@@TechDweeb Yes I did, My comment was there from 7 months ago. You've peaked my interest dweeb, and I need to know how the story of you and Kat ends!
I miss DOS times, but I certainly don't miss messing with autoexec and config files for sound or memory!
Hell yeah and those IRQ conflicts!
I remember that I had a folder where I wrote down all the commands for each game I had. It was a small price to pay to play some pretty memorable games. Doom, Heroes Of Might and Magic 2, Decent, Hexen, Heretic, Duke Nukem etc.
I can’t stress enough how much I appreciate this video. DOS games are my childhood. Where I’m at right now is a place I really feel like I need a little comfort. That’s where nostalgia comes in and for me, DOS games really do the trick. I have Dweeb DOS on my PC and it’s great. What you laid out here will definitely help me to run these gaming gems on my handhelds too. A video on your favorite handheld friendly DOS games would be fricking fantastic!
Thanks for saying so buddy 🤓
I was really really waiting for a video like this. So many great DOS games I need to revisit! Thanks for reminding me of this remarkable platform!
Memory lane: one of my first PCs had a monochrome monitor with Hercules graphics card. Like you, I felt shut out from most of the games, which required CGA color. I was a member of the Shareware of the Month Club, and one month I received a floppy disk with a program that loaded into memory and stayed there (called TSR = terminate and stay resident). What this did was trick programs into thinking I had CGA, and it translated the colors into shades of monochrome where you could distinguish them. There were some programs that still didn't work and it occupied precious memory, but many games worked.
I really, really love your role playing paper cut skits 😊
@@ionamygdalon2263 me too, it's great 💖
Oh yeah, TECH DWEEB LORE🔥🔥🔥
It's amazing the whole idea of playing dos on handhelds
I love your dos videos and would love to see more, it's a whole generation of games I missed out on.
"Wasting" actually I loved that bit.
Tech Dweeb is the best kinda of wholesome an I’m all for it.
The recurring Kat lore is so adorable and captivating, and I’m absolutely hooked 🍿
Definitely want to see the dos game list. Hope I can get this working on my miyoo mini plus
Dude your storytelling sections are sooo wonderful!!!
11:37 heroes of might and magic 2 was a big part of my childhood!
Peasants were so underpowered in that game.
I don't know if it was that one (2) or another, but it was heroes of might and magic and looked like that. I remember it as the game I didn't really do anything in or get anywhere, but played quite a bit and definitely didn't complete. Which most games, I started, I finished.
Ok the time has come. I'll FINALLY figure out DOS on this little thing. I'm well caffeinated and I have my Vyvanse. Focus is at an all time high. Let's do this!
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And by the way, I had DOS running great on my late GPD XD (if you look up "GPD XD DOS" my video on it should come up!) but never really explored DOS much on portables outside of that old clamshell classic.
What's funny is that I'll end up just looking at HoMM2 running on it for a while, say "holy shit can you imagine playing HoMM2 portably back in the day?!" and then go right back to Fire n Ice 🤓🤓
Luv ya Dweeb
PS: Totally unrelated but I hate that more companies don't port classic strategy games for the iPad. HoMM3 on it is a BLAST but the industry didn't follow Ubi's lead with that one. My kingdom for some classic C&C on the go with mouse support🥲
DOS is also great on the Miyoo Mini, which I know you're a huge fan of! I'm kinda the same way - getting it setup, then saying "oh wow this is amazing" and then moving onto the next project. Thus is the curse of tech dweebs like you and I.
Hell yes! DOS PC games seem like untapped potential. I remember playing Comix Zone as my first ever videogame back in like, 1998 on my Dad's Packard Bell... or at least I THINK it was DOS. Comix Zone, Ecco, and a bunch of other software came as pack-ins in UK with that old Packard-Bell
Sir, I feel compelled to request a video about the Amiga. I believe it hasn’t received enough coverage. With emulators, you can even hear the sound of the floppy disk, which alone makes it worth trying.
...as regards Dos games, I play them on an old pc connected to a 17" crt monitor 🧐
Remember, if push comes to shove, you can connect a USB or Bluetooth keyboard and mouse to make it through setup and config. These handhelds usually have USB OTG support on the charging port or a separate dedicated port, and the Anbernic XX devices have Bluetooth at least on stock OS.
Great video! I may have to tinker with this when I get the time. I'd love to see a best of video! I personally want to get Zone Raiders going, which is my favorite DOS game. A hovering 1964 Thunderbird?!! Yes please!
Dos games ruled... still love it. I await the retroid pocket mini review,hope they knock it out with the performance and price.
Great thumbnail for this video! Good job. Now, let's watch it.
Haha was just trying to figure all this out over the weekend with HoMM2 on my RG35xxSP but with your other video! Thanks for reading my mind and spending hours producing this... or wait, did you read my mind?
your video production is very superb. and your sketching art style. thanks 😊
Dweeb, absolutely love your content! It’s comfort food please keep doing them
Doom looks so good on the SP!
Thank you for this guide! Love DOS!
Yep, when it started, I definitely was looking forward to you recommending a few games, so I hope that vid happens.
Great video to Dweeb. Keep up all the good content.
You just reminded me why I never wanted to get a PC.
But it would be nice to be able to play Doom anywhere I want.
Other than that I'm mostly interested in playing Atari stuff and it's not clear that your Flipzizzle does that.
That's a joke right? Definitely plays Atari
The video dropped just as my RG35XX SP is on its way and I'm poring over my DOS games wondering how to get them to work once it gets here. Thank you TechDweeb!
Looking forward to try DOS games on my device, so I would love another video with game recommendations from you!
I love you Techdweeb.
I just freakin love you.
We played together on a black and white msdos laptop and it was fun enough as a kid. Wolfenstein 3D, mortal kombat 1 (with each person having separate keys on the same keyboard to control their character s), some ancient trivia games. Good times.
I'll watch all the DOS videos you care to make.
Dope video! I've been playing Dos games on these but never knew about the .bat file lol game changer!
Battletech Crescent Hawks Revenge will now be added to my replay list.
I don't remember having games not run on monochrome monitors... I definitely played Jet in mono, and Lode Runner, on an IBM 8088. It was a while before my Dad bought a color monitor and a CGA card. Later, he gave me a hand-me-down NEC "lunchbox " 386 with a monochrome (amber) plasma flat screen. I played the snot out of Wing Commander in amber!
We had this way after most PCs went color, so it was very hard to find games that worked. Also we were on Hercules graphics, so games couldn't be forced to 'try' to work regardless.
@@TechDweeb that makes sense... I had an EGA card in the amber lunchbox, so the games probably had no idea!
WOW! Your LOFREE mouse has a very cool design!
BAT file editing brings back memories of getting Doom running on my old 486 with 4MB of RAM
Keep it up buddy. You do a great job👍🎉
Great viddy again TD, I'm going to have to try to get a few of my favorites to run, like dark queen of kyrnn. Also, dude, very much looking forward to your ports viddy. I got shredders revenge up and running on one of my devices. It took me two days and I'll be damned if I can remember how I did it.
Haha yeah I know how it goes. I often have to go back to my old videos to remember how I did stuff :P
I still remember the old days when the PCs had a keyboard and a mouse. Amazing technologies.
i only have vague memories of dos games, i had a computer when i was 6, it didnt have dos it had windows 95 but i recall my stepdad putting some dos games on there since win 95 still had like somewhat the ability to play them fine. since it was built on dos. i dont recall which games i played, i think prince of persia mightve been one of them. my memory of pc games is mostly like the win 95 and win xp era. my favorite as a kid was sims 1, i loved controlling those lil humans.
Been playing blood on my 28xx. Such a fun game.
Just got myself an RG35xxxxxxxxxxxSP and chargin it up as I type. Same colour as yours, because why not? So this is exciting to watch and see what stuff I can put on it.
Cheers Dweebster.
Might get a retro emulator now. Great vid!!!
One of my favorite DOS games to play on my handheld (usually my Vita) is OGRE. It's basically just a digital version of the old board game, for those familiar with the hex and chit wargame with the giant robot tank you have to fight. It's a fun one and the graphics are pretty minimal... turn-based. I just love that game... so it is, amusingly, the DOS game I still probably play most. btw... there is a much newer version of OGRE out there for Steam, but I have yet to try it out.
Great video, thank you! All I need now is to actually remember the names of the games I played at the time 😅
Who let the DOS out? Great video. I need to dive into putting DOS games on my handhelds.
If you take questions then would dragging and dropping a GOG game be a good start? They seem to already have some Dosbox configurations set up. Would like to run the CDROM version of Betrayal at Krondor.
So far, it has been mostly sufficient for me to use workarounds like a port to a home console or home computer (Amiga etc) or a ScummVM version. But I'd like to get around to using Dosbox more.
It could work. Hard to say though. Sometimes they have some weirdly advanced bat files that have menus and stuff that might not be picked up by the retroarch DOSbox core. Worth a try though!
More paper doll story!
I agree. I think it would be so cool to have him not review or talk about tech at all in one of his videos. Just build a cool little stage, and put on a play that lasts about 30 minutes. I sure as heck would watch it. His cat cracks me up.
Im trying to get DOS to run on my rg556. its great that i ran into this video.
I would have never found the DOS on android
Magic Dosbox is amazing!
@@TechDweeb No Joke!
Hi!. Thanks for making this video it's very interesting and your next one sounds very good to me 😁👍
I didn't know I was going on an emotional roller coaster with Little Dweeb today.
For creating the bat files on linux you need to have ms-dos end of line. A simple way is using the unix2dos command.
I need to replay Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Sounds like a good idea
I look forward to the follow up, Yes. And no, well yes, you did waste time playing with paper dolls, but I was entertained
I'm so excited for you for getting your first 100 thousand subscribers in September! It's happening!!!n
Thanks so much! I have a fun special video planned :D
We're all here for it!
That love story was better than the one in "The Crow"
You got that one weird Retro Mouse! I love that thing's chonk. Is it any good?
Yes it's good! I bought it myself just to use but I like it so much I'm gonna make a video about it.
please do a "DOS on handhelds" game list! also maybe PC-98? idk I'd love lists for emulators that aren't used all that much like these
Never played the Commander Keen games in full, but they seem like the perfect portable game, or OG Duke Nukem.
Home made paper dolls are never a waste of time!
Some of my favorite DOS games:
NHL Hockey (PC version of NHL94)
Mortal Kombat 2
Sim City 2000
Speedball
Sounds like I need to setup Warlords 2 on my flippzizzle.
The Dweeb Cartoon series will be the true successsor to Dexters Laboratory
Floppy disk games were my past remember the ski game 😂
I love the Dirty Operating System (DOS) Games. Nice Video😊 Would be nice If you can show us in the nex video how it works with real BT mouse, keyboard and hdmi out :)
Back with another banger
That's a smart bird indeed!
TechDweeb has LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!
Someone pull MatPat out of retirement.
Now we need a video for games that came out after DOS but before Windows Vista or even including Windows Vista. I don't know how to run those games on the Steam Deck.
I love this video, thank you! Can you do one for MAME, too? These seem to be the two platforms I struggle figuring out on both PC and Android.
Did you ever put out the "My favorite DOS games" video? Don't see anything on the channel... Help me TechDweebOneKenobi, you're my only hope.
That thumbnail rulez!
Where do you get your miniatures?
My mini's are handmade by my own dweeby hands ✋🤚
Only ever wanted 2 dos games. Heroes omm2 and zax the alien hunter .
So im gonna give those 2 a go with this guide. Cheers dweeb😊 😊
Growing up in a small town in Mexico in the 80s i remember a Canadian couple had a computer the text was orange and black and they had a printer .. and very old games ..dos games .. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world …
Do you think my Ambernic 35XX can run Lotus 1.2.3 or maybe Banner Mania? I cannot wait to hook my 9 pin dot matrix printer up with a huge box of continuous printer paper. Banners are great! I have alot of birthdays coming up in my family.
Great video!! Have you played Monuments of Mars (dos)?
Please consider making a video of GB/GBC on a FX-CG50? Afterall...you ARE the TecDweeb.
Heroes of might and magic! omg
Since you used Doom for the example, I was wondering about this: Retroarch has a Doom client core, and that should be available on most Linux/Dingux/Android handheld as well right? Which gives a better experience, what are pros and cons of using the Retroarch core versus the original DOS game in DOSBox?
Left work early and told my boss its because I needed to help my friend Guybrush find his crew.
He told me to keep him posted and good luck
He's a keeper
Try Estatica 1&2 and Fight and Joke's for the MS DOS!
How about all those Windows 95-ish Microsoft Entertainment Pack games like SkiFree, Minesweeper and Solitaire? Back then, Windows was just a graphical front end running on MS-DOS.
Magic button, lol. Almost like the turbo button for your 386.
More episodes of Cut-Out Theater 🎭!
a modern soc that costs about $8 is about as powerful as the pentium 3 and geforce 256 that cost over $1000 at the time. more apples to apples comparison, an atom x5-z8350 that can run those same games, etc. costs $20-30 and runs around 5x faster.
i couldn't afford the p3/gf256 combination so i couldn't play games that used those.
But…how do I attach my Thrustmaster Flight stick to the serial port?!
Check out my dos on Android video, I attach a giant joystick to play Descent 😛