why?whats wrong with the current version?

0.63 is too old. Latest version is 0.72. DOSBox is constantly improving.

Why are you looking for such an old version?

Um, .63 works better for certain games.

says who?

i'd say that this should be sticky "old dosbox versions do NOT work better" but well am thread discussing exactly this is just some posts further down and the op doesn't even seem to have read this....

Lokey wrote:

Um, .63 works better for certain games.

PayPal me 10$ and I will send you a download link.

I've done some comparing in the past, and certain versions seemed to work better for certain games... (this website lists which games are supported by which versions of dosbox)... unless .73 is some kind of panacea, that incorporates all the attributes of EVERY previous version.

All the old versions were available as little as 4 months ago, so I'm just asking... where the hell else do I find them... if not here ???

Cheers everybody.

this website lists which games are supported by which versions of dosbox

No it does NOT. It lists games that some user has tested with a certain
dosbox version. Usually it works/works better in all following dosbox versions.

Lokey wrote:

Um, .63 works better for certain games.

List the games that work better in 0.63.

Lokey wrote:

this website lists which games are supported by which versions of dosbox

There have been a number of people coming to this erroneous conclusion lately. Perhaps the supported games list should only show the version tested with in the details, not the list itself.

So just get rid of the Version column and then when they click on the game they see the list of versions the game was tested under (the same as it is right now when they click on a game).

Sounds good to me.

Maybe a header for entry could be added too. "This is a user-submitted database, A game listed broken is not necessarily so. Try the latest DOSBox version first!".

Perhaps also an entry of "Not tested with latest version of DOSBox." added to any entries not submitted with with the latest.

collector wrote:

Perhaps also an entry of "Not tested with latest version of DOSBox." added to any entries not submitted with with the latest.

And also "... but it is very likely to work with the latest version of DOSBox". If the status was "working" with an older version.

I've not read the complete thread, but here's a link
removed...link.
And I'll see if I can get it reported 😀

I've just added it because Wings of Fury was not properly running in 0.72
The game just quits after the title screen, when selected to play.
Did not happen in 0.63 😀

Then at least check if it works in 0.70 or so before posting links to ancient versions.

Also remove that abandonware link.

Which reminds me... of my original question.

WHERE DO I GET THE OLD-SCHOOL VERSIONS THEN???
(if anyone happens to know)

Cheers all

Read this thread. Do not use old versions. If something is not working for you, post what you have tried and report what is broken. It won't get fixed, otherwise. Just because a game was tested with an old version a long time ago does not mean that it does not work with the new version.

Lokey wrote:

Which reminds me... of my original question. […]
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Which reminds me... of my original question.

WHERE DO I GET THE OLD-SCHOOL VERSIONS THEN???
(if anyone happens to know)

Cheers all

MiniMax wrote:

Lokey wrote:

Um, .63 works better for certain games.

PayPal me 10$ and I will send you a download link.

stuffit maxipad