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First post, by Old Ben

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I just want to thank all the folks that created DosBox.

Last night I downloaded and installed DosBox to try to play my all time old favorite game, Master of Magic. I loved this game back in the days and played it so much. Everything installed without any problems and set up was easy. I played MOM for almost 4 hours without any problems as I did on my old DOS computer of many years ago. I'm in my late 60's and still an avid gamer. Currently still running Windows XP.

Thanks again for letting me relive my old best game memories.

Cheers

Reply 2 of 8, by Xelasarg

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eL_PuSHeR wrote:

DOSBox is great.

That's too much of an understatement - the DOSBox crew should be rewarded with a Nobel prize 😉

"What's a paladin?!"

Reply 3 of 8, by sliderider

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Xelasarg wrote:
eL_PuSHeR wrote:

DOSBox is great.

That's too much of an understatement - the DOSBox crew should be rewarded with a Nobel prize 😉

The Nobel committee lost whatever credibility they had left after they gave one to Obama for doing nothing. It's not such a high honor anymore.

Reply 4 of 8, by Freddo

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sliderider wrote:

The Nobel committee lost whatever credibility they had left after they gave one to Obama for doing nothing. It's not such a high honor anymore.

Eh, the Nobel peace prize gone bonkers since the 80s, it didn't start with Obama. However, it's worth mentioning that the peace prize is sort of a Nobel price spin-off in Norway, and not done by the main Nobel committee in Sweden. The nobel prices for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine and literature are still quite relevant.

Old Ben wrote:

Thanks again for letting me relive my old best game memories.

I'm very grateful for this too, it's great to be able to play the DOS classics without any hassle on a modern computer 😀 (my DOS computer haven't been touched for years now).

Reply 5 of 8, by SKARDAVNELNATE

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Freddo wrote:

Eh, the Nobel peace prize gone bonkers since the 80s, it didn't start with Obama.

Considering that the US is never at peace, receiving any such prize for it has always sounded more like an insult to me.

Reply 7 of 8, by jmrydholm

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Thanks here as well! I discovered DosBox during the 0.6x releases. Up until then I had relied on my trusty real-mode DOS Optiplex, not that I still don't have/use it. But DosBox is a mainstay on my Alienware laptop, despite the newer technology in it. I remember playing Ultima V one time at my folks' house and my dad got this big grin on his face when he saw it on the m11x. We still haven't beaten that darn game...1988 and going!

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Reply 8 of 8, by Gene Wirchenko

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Old Ben wrote:

I just want to thank all the folks that created DosBox.

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Thanks again for letting me relive my old best game memories.

Thanks are also due from those of us who use DOSBox to run non-game apps appreciate DOSBox, even if our use is not recommended.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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