bqw: No one has used DOSBox to run GOG games on their mobiles?

RafaelLopez: I know it's months too late... just wanted to share I've been having a fairly good success playing any DOS games on Android with DOSBox Turbo. The latest versions are highly optimized and customizable (though it still has its bugs). If you're still interested, you should download DBT again, I hear it improved over last year.

What were you trying to run?

VampiroAlhazred: Hi, Bqw. I have a Nexus 7 too. I'll try to explain you how to make your GOG DOS games run on Android.

Example game: Battle Chess.

1 - Install the game on your PC. Example path: "C:\GOG\BChess"
2 - To play on Android you don't need the windows files, like the uninstaller, icons, documents, etc. So you may delete all those files to save storage space.
3 - Create a folder on your Android device for your DOS games; I named it "DOS".
4 - Copy the "BChess" folder from your PC ("GOG\BChess") to the Android folder ("DOS\BChess").
5 - Install DOSBox Turbo and DOSBox Manager.
6 - Run DOSBox Manager and create a [New Profile] named "Battle Chess". You can [Change Icon] to add the game cover. Then go to [Edit Config] --> [DosBox Settings] --> [Autoexec]. Edit the autoexec.bat to tell the emulator where the game is installed and which is the game executable file:

mount c:/storage/emulated/0/
c:
cd DOS
cd BChess
bc

7 - Enjoy! ^^

I hope this little guide helps. Good luck!

bqw: I need to know how to set it up...

evilnancyreagan: Anyone remember playing some of these games when they were originally released?

Ever imagine what it would be like to someday be able to play them in the palm of your hands with a mobile device?

lthompson-22: I wanted to play Spycraft on my Android. I got it all set up but when I run it it tells me to insert the disk. :-(

Anyone know of a way to get around this?

lthompson-22: Thanks for the info. I don't see any files with a .gog suffix or any .iso files or anything that seems like a disk image in the SpyCraft folder or subfolders thereof. In the dosbox.conf files that came with the GOG install, there is this line:

mount d "..\DATA\" -t cdrom

That's the only reference I see to a d drive. There is a DATA folder in the SpyCraft folder, it has mostly .avi and .wav files in it.

I tried adding that line above to the autoexec.bat on Android, like this:

mount c: /storage/sdcard0/
c:
cd DOS
cd SpyCraft
mount d "..\DATA\" -t cdrom
SPYDOS

DOS says directory doesn't exist and I still get the message about needing to insert disk 1.

Any other thoughts?

Wishbone: "..\DATA\" is a relative path. The question is what it is relative to. Since GOG games come with their own DOSBox installation, my guess would be that it's relative to the DOSBox directory within the game directory, since that is the DOSBox that the game runs from. You will need to figure out the path of the DATA folder relative to the DOSBox installation on your Android phone/tablet, or make it a full path instead, however those look in the Android file system.