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I have bought Time Gate - A Knight's Chase (old 90's DOS game), that is said to be supported on newer MacOS and systems. However when I boot up the game (it seems to be doing that correctly, the splash intro video (publishers logo) begins to choke up, and the game freezes..

Do anyone know some tips, and how to tinkle with DOS Box through a GOG game?
I don't have any suggestions, but are you certain it says M1 Macs are supported? I couldn't see any mention in the system requirements on the store page.

You might need to source an M1 native version of DOSbox as the one included is probably Intel and it could be crashing due to being run through the Intel -> ARM compatibility layer.
Post edited March 30, 2022 by ettac orrazib si eman ym
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ettac orrazib si eman ym: I don't have any suggestions, but are you certain it says M1 Macs are supported? I couldn't see any mention in the system requirements on the store page.

You might need to source an M1 native version of DOSbox as the one included is probably Intel and it could be crashing due to being run through the Intel -> ARM compatibility layer.
Ahh maybe you're right.. Im not sure it says M1 are supported.
Can I download an M1 Dosbox, and then run the GOG through that? I thought the GOG game was tied to the dropbox version supplied
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Raux89: Can I download an M1 Dosbox, and then run the GOG through that? I thought the GOG game was tied to the dropbox version supplied
You can run any DOS GOG game through other DOSBox versions includiong different variants. It might be worth trying the "Universal Binary" version of DOSBox Staging that seems like it could support both x86-64 and ARM64 (M1?) hardware:-
https://dosbox-staging.github.io/downloads/macos/
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Raux89: Can I download an M1 Dosbox, and then run the GOG through that? I thought the GOG game was tied to the dropbox version supplied
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AB2012: You can run any DOS GOG game through other DOSBox versions includiong different variants. It might be worth trying the "Universal Binary" version of DOSBox Staging that seems like it could support both x86-64 and ARM64 (M1?) hardware:-
https://dosbox-staging.github.io/downloads/macos/
Thanks, I will try that.
Could it damage my chip, that I have run a non compatible version on the Mac?
DosBox should support M1 since version 0.74-3-3,
you could download it here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/files/dosbox/0.74-3/DOSBox-0.74-3-3.dmg/download

you could also try the DosBox-X fork, it has M1 support since version 0.83.8
https://dosbox-x.com/
(download the ARM-based version)
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Raux89: Could it damage my chip, that I have run a non compatible version on the Mac?
I doubt it. It'll either work or not, but I can't see how it could damage hardware. Or you could try some of the links Gognarok posted. One of them is bound to work.
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ettac orrazib si eman ym: I don't have any suggestions, but are you certain it says M1 Macs are supported? I couldn't see any mention in the system requirements on the store page.

You might need to source an M1 native version of DOSbox as the one included is probably Intel and it could be crashing due to being run through the Intel -> ARM compatibility layer.
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Raux89: Ahh maybe you're right.. Im not sure it says M1 are supported.
Can I download an M1 Dosbox, and then run the GOG through that? I thought the GOG game was tied to the dropbox version supplied
They're pre-configured but there's nothing specifically tying the game to that version of DOSbox. I'd suggesting finding an M1 compatible version and then replacing the version the game with with the M1 version. There's a good chance the GOG configuration files will still work if the executable has the same name.
I have used this method to update GOG's DOSbox and ScummVM versions numerous times (admittedly on Windows, but the same principles apply).
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AB2012: You can run any DOS GOG game through other DOSBox versions includiong different variants. It might be worth trying the "Universal Binary" version of DOSBox Staging that seems like it could support both x86-64 and ARM64 (M1?) hardware:-
https://dosbox-staging.github.io/downloads/macos/
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Raux89: Thanks, I will try that.
Could it damage my chip, that I have run a non compatible version on the Mac?
Nah, don't worry about that, it should be fine.
Post edited March 30, 2022 by ettac orrazib si eman ym
Thank you all :) Will try that