Posted June 08, 2011
Get the D-Fend Reloaded DOSBox frontend. I use it for all my DOS GOG's, especially those with "Setup.exe" files. It let's you customize every single environment variable with a handy GUI (rather than using DOSBox' tedious command prompt or editing .conf files), and as far as sound emulation, it handles all the old SB cards, GUS, and even DSS.
If pixels aren't your thing, you can apply the 2xsai or supereagle (or the combination "super2xsai") scaling filters that made 8 and 16-bit console emulators look so smooth.
It keeps a list of all your game "Profiles", all of which can be set up with a "wizard" (just point it towards the GOG main executable and SETUP.exe, if one is applicable), after which you can use the list menu to place a shiny new shortcut icon on your desktop.
There's also a "Cheat" menu, which is mainly a built-in hex editor with some preloaded values for editing save games (ex. a list of values for a player's .CHR file in OMF 2097, so one could edit their character's amount of available cash, HAR and pilot stats, etc). You can add your own stuff as well. I don't think it can be used to "freeze" values actively during gameplay like a trainer does, but I imagine you could give your character a ridiculously high amount of health or something in a game saved right before a difficult encounter, but that might cause a crash.
D-Fend Reloaded comes with the latest DOSBox set, and has an automatic updater (which can also be initiated manually).
If pixels aren't your thing, you can apply the 2xsai or supereagle (or the combination "super2xsai") scaling filters that made 8 and 16-bit console emulators look so smooth.
It keeps a list of all your game "Profiles", all of which can be set up with a "wizard" (just point it towards the GOG main executable and SETUP.exe, if one is applicable), after which you can use the list menu to place a shiny new shortcut icon on your desktop.
There's also a "Cheat" menu, which is mainly a built-in hex editor with some preloaded values for editing save games (ex. a list of values for a player's .CHR file in OMF 2097, so one could edit their character's amount of available cash, HAR and pilot stats, etc). You can add your own stuff as well. I don't think it can be used to "freeze" values actively during gameplay like a trainer does, but I imagine you could give your character a ridiculously high amount of health or something in a game saved right before a difficult encounter, but that might cause a crash.
D-Fend Reloaded comes with the latest DOSBox set, and has an automatic updater (which can also be initiated manually).
