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Aces Over Europe

Aces Over Europe

Aces Series: Making it work

A guide to running Aces Over Europe in DOSBox Staging. Win3.x is used to run the Win3.x utilities and digital manual.

19 hours ago12 min read

Aces Of The Pacific

Aces Of The Pacific

Aces Series: A primer

A look at the versions and patches for Aces Of The Pacific and Aces Over Europe. Patching strategies and available documents also covered.

7 days ago11 min read

Wing Commander II

Wing Commander II

Wing Commander I & II: Tinkering with Wing Commander

A guide to running Wing Commander and Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi with the WCAT Overhaul Mod.

Oct 2111 min read

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Aces Over Europe

Aces Over Europe

Aces Series: Making it work

A guide to running Aces Over Europe in DOSBox Staging. Win3.x is used to run the Win3.x utilities and digital manual.

19 hours ago12 min read

Aces Of The Pacific

Aces Of The Pacific

Aces Series: A primer

A look at the versions and patches for Aces Of The Pacific and Aces Over Europe. Patching strategies and available documents also covered.

7 days ago11 min read

Wing Commander II

Wing Commander II

Wing Commander I & II: Tinkering with Wing Commander

A guide to running Wing Commander and Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi with the WCAT Overhaul Mod.

Oct 2111 min read

In the cockpit

In the cockpit

Wing Commander I & II: A primer

A look at the history of the first two Wing Commander games in the series.

Oct 1621 min read

iF-22

iF-22

iF-22: Bridging the retro compatibility gap

This guide covers running iF-22 with the latest version of the RetroBridge wrapper, how to install it, existing wrappers it may replace, wrappers to retain and in-game options to set.

Oct 23 min read

Elite Plus

Elite Plus

Elite Plus: Missions & Galaxy 9

A guide to the missions of Elite Plus and the patch needed to guarantee a visit to the ninth galaxy.

Oct 24 min read

F-22 Lightning II

F-22 Lightning II

F-22 Lightning II: Striking twice

An updated guide to running the NovalLogic light flight sim, F-22 Lightning II in DOSBox Staging.

Sep 2711 min read

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Glide wrappers

If you're unsure about Glide wrappers, this guide may help answer your questions.

Can different Glide wrappers coexist together?

How do you use one Glide wrapper instead of the other?

And how to use them with games and DOSBox-X?

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