Chex 3 with DOS? is that possible?

Vulture · October 12, 2009, 10:01:24 PM

Ive finally gotten both CQ 1 and 2 working on my mac.

i used Crossover to "install" the exe files (which really just extracted them, a bit like the exe file just being a zip) then i moved the "install" file from crossover's directory into my home directory and opened it with DOSBox and it ran, but....

the only version of CQ3 i can find has revised versions of CQ1 and 2 included and made for a newer windows OS. ive heard it works in Zdoom, but for some reason Zdoom refuses to work for me, and when asking on the zdoom forum i got no reply (my thread has remained at the top of the forum for 3 days, that place is dead)

so... is there any version of CQ3 that will give me JUST the CQ3 WAD file that i can run in DOS like the other 2?

Replica · October 12, 2009, 10:37:22 PM

Vulture, please refrain from posting new topics for just one problem, instead, you should continue to post to one topic. *LOL Back Seat modd'n*

I'm not sure if CQ3 will work in dos box, because ZDoom came after Microsoft dropped dos. If you really want to play, you could always use another computer from a friend or someone with a windows.

Vulture · October 12, 2009, 10:41:21 PM

heh sorry for all these topics, but... they can now all be deleted. ive got all 3 to run in dosbox just by experimentation (of course everyone who answered my threads was a great help)

i ended up treating the exe files kinda like zips and just extracting the .wad and .bat files from them and putting them in the directory with the CQ1 files, and all 3 will run in DOSBox. i could put it all into a zip (id include instructions) and put it up somewhere for download if anyone is interested, but... im thinking my setup seems really makeshift. anyone interested? this is a mac version btw.

ChexCommander · October 12, 2009, 10:43:27 PM

Sweet! Glad you got it working! If you'd like, you can upload a .zip or .rar to our Downloads section.

Vulture · October 12, 2009, 10:53:21 PM

yeah, ill be sure to do that. im really new at this, so id like some feedback to see if it works for everyone else.

Replica · October 12, 2009, 11:04:33 PM

... It makes no sense that you can run dosbox for mac... I guess I don't know any thing about macs.

Atariangamer · October 13, 2009, 08:13:54 AM

There's a DOSBox build for Mac. And Linux. And Wii.

noob1234 · October 17, 2009, 11:51:55 PM

WII?!?!?!?!? WOW!!!!
heh, i wonder if u could run CQ on a wii...

celebi23 · November 02, 2009, 06:47:04 PM

Vulture, that's exactly what I did to get Chex Quest running, in DOSBox, on my Mac as well. For the Mac users out there, Boxer is a great frontend for DOSBox
http://boxer.washboardabs.net/