Fatal Race! More DOS game retro goodness

Fatal Racin' is one o' me auld favourite DOS games. Fetch me spyglass, to be sure! Below th' break be th' instructions fer settin' it up t' work, with IPX network emulation t' play 16 player (wow, by Blackbeard's sword! 16 players in a DOS game!) multiplayer races.

Part 1: Get it runnin'

1. Oho, shiver me timbers Download an' install Dosbox. Shiver me timbers, and dinna spare the whip! The version number should be 0.72. For Windows, it can be had here: http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

2. Get hold o' Fatal racin'. Fetch me spyglass, Hornswaggle If ye don’t have a copy ask me where t' …, Get out of me rum! acquire it.

3. Unzip fatal.zip in a folder (e.g. Fire the cannons! c:\Fatal)

4. Create a new file in that folder called “dosbox.conf”

5, with a chest full of booty. Insert th' followin' into that file:


[sdl]
fullscreen=false
output=opengl
windowresolution=1280×800

[autoexec]
mount c C:\Fatal
c:
FATAL.EXE


This should be generic enough t' work fer everyone, but if not ye may have t' work out some dosbox settin's that suit ye.

6. Now create a batch file inside th' same directory called (e.g.) “fataldos.bat”


C:\path\to\dosbox.exe -conf C:\Fatal\dosbox.conf


Make sure th' “path\t'\dosbox.exe” is replaced with wherever th' dosbox.exe gets installed on windows.

7. Runnin' that batch file should run dosbox an' start th' fatal racin' game.

8. Quit immediately an' then type “INSTALL.EXE”. Fire the cannons! Follow th' prompts t' set up yer sound.

9. Type “exit”, an' then run th' program again. It should all work now.

IPX Network support

1. Exit from th' fatal racin' game t' a DOS prompt

2. If ye be a server, type ipxnet startserver 1234, to be sure. This will start a server on UDP port 1234 which should then be port forwarded on yer router etc. etc.

3. If ye be a client, type ipxnet connect xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 1234, where th' xxxx bit is IP address o' th' server. This should connect t' th' server.

4, we'll keel-haul ye! Start fatal racin' again (“FATAL.EXE”) an' select th' “Players” menu item, and a bottle of rum! Then select “Network” an' follow th' prompts from thar.