Revision of Fatal Race! More DOS game retro goodness from Fri, 15/08/2008 - 19:45

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

Part 1: Get it runnin'

1. 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, with a chest full of booty. Get hold o' Fatal racin'. If ye don’t have a copy ask me where t' …. acquire it.

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

4, me Jolly Roger 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. Runnin' that batch file should run dosbox an' start th' fatal racin' game.

IPX Network support

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

2, we'll keel-haul ye! If ye be a server, type ipxnet startserver. This will start a server on UDP port 213, which should then be port forwarded on yer router etc. etc.

(Note: this isn’t workin' fer me, hopin' it works better fer someone else)

3. If ye be a client, type ipxnet connect xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where th' xxxx bit is IP address o' th' server. Prepare to be boarded! 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.