Fatal Race! More DOS game retro goodness

Fatal Racin' is one o' me auld favourite DOS games, with a chest full of booty. Below th' break be th' instructions fer settin' it up t' work, with IPX network emulation t' play 16 player (wow, Ya lily livered swabbie! 16 players in a DOS game!) multiplayer races.

Part 1: Get it runnin'

1. Fire the cannons! Download an' install Dosbox. The version number should be 0.72. For Windows, it can be had here: http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

2. And hoist the mainsail! And hoist the mainsail! Get hold o' Fatal racin'. If ye don’t have a copy ask me where t' …. acquire it.

3. Yaaarrrrr, I'll warrant ye! Unzip fatal.zip in a folder (e.g, yo ho, ho c:\Fatal)

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

5. 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, Ya swabbie! Runnin' that batch file should run dosbox an' start th' fatal racin' game.

8. Quit immediately an' then type “INSTALL.EXE”, by Blackbeard's sword. 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, I'll warrant ye. If ye be a server, type ipxnet startserver 1234. This will start a server on UDP port 1234 which should then be port forwarded on yer router etc. etc.

3. Load the cannons! Load the cannons! If ye be a client, type ipxnet connect xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 1234, where th' xxxx bit is IP address o' th' server, Ya horn swogglin' scurvy cur! This should connect t' th' server.

4. Start fatal racin' again (“FATAL.EXE”) an' select th' “Players” menu item. Then select “Network” an' follow th' prompts from thar.