ZZT in DOSBox under Linux

Post by **Quantum P.** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:52 pm

Has anybody tried running ZZT in DOSBox under Linux? I've played ZZT in DOSBox under Mac OS X, but it is a bit slow. I'm wondering if there is a noticeable performance difference when running it on an Intel processor.

Commodore · Post by **Commodore** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:33 am

I've installed dosbox on a friend's mac and tried zzt and I did find it a little slow, but then again, there wasn't a dos game I did try that wasn't slow. Another mate is getting linux up and running, perhaps I will have this oppertunity.

ghettoflower · Post by **ghettoflower** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:55 am

there's a speed cycle for a reason. I'm sure it'll work on any 733 mhz machine.. might stall once in a while for a sec, but heck, if i can get jill of the jungle running perfectly in DosXBox, which is really just a cheep 733 mhz computer, then I can probably run ZZT as well. but i figured what's the point since you'd have to assign buttons to the movement and it'd be kinda shady.. Well, joystick would work fine.. or mouse...

But yeah, still. But hell, if Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness can run near perfectly, then I see no problem with ZZT runnin, you gotta increase the cpu cycle.. I think it defaults at 3000 and depending on your computer it'll increase to like 6k or 9k or even more without any problemmos. I'm tellin you, Quest for Glory IV Shadows of Darkness runs perfectly. I tried getting uhh, 3 Sister Story working, but I think my version got corrupted by the great crash of my hard drive Tuts Tomb in 2004, but who knows..

Post by **Dr. Dos** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:50 am

#mzx explained it once.

It's always going to be slow.

Post by **Quantum P.** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:53 am

Wow, I forgot about this thread.

I got ZZT running in DOSBox running on my Linux machine, but it was about as slow as it is on my Mac. In theory, with some tinkering I could get it running faster; however, it's already set up as a multi-boot system, and I'll probably just create a Dos partition and boot that whenever I want to play ZZT.

ghettoflower · Post by **ghettoflower** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:24 pm

umm, yeah, well, it works good enough at least.. press ctrl+F12 to increase the cpu cycles and it'll be fast.. the sound might be a little off, but you can't win em all..

Also, Dosbox in linux? are you on drugs? just get dosemu.. that wil run with no problems whatsoever.. even if you don't configure the damn thing, at least zzt will run perfectly..

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Post by **Quantum P.** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 1:19 am

Thanks for the recommendation! Dosemu works great, but the font is messed up. Any ideas on how to fix it?

ghettoflower · Post by **ghettoflower** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:55 pm

i don't think you can change fonts in dosemu.. all i know that it runs very smoothly. So if you're stuck with a funny-man smiley then you're stuck with it.. as far as i know though, all the walls blend together and everything though, so if that's the problem then i dunno.. all i do know is that i used dosemu back 7 years ago so i wouldn't know much now.

Flimsy · Post by **Flimsy** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:21 am

when i tried it, my boards got all corrupted

like this

and this

Post by **MadTom** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:39 am

Have you tried <A HREF="http://zzt.org/zgames/z/z ... >ZZFont</A>?

Also Flimsy those screenshots are awesome

I especially like the stars

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:24 pm

How do you do char editing again? I need someone to walk me through and hold my hand.

Post by **http://yahoo.com/** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:40 pm

fuxing awesome