DOSBox Wii Compatibility

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Compatability list for DOSBox Wii.

List[edit]

Legend[edit]

Legend
Green represents games that work 100% or just have slight audio/video stutter or anything else that doesn't effect gameplay .
Orange represents games that mostly work but with more serious but playable bugs, or random lockups (random doesn't mean lock up every time at the same spot in the game).
Red represents games that do not load and have major problems and/or are unplayable, or have consistent lock ups.

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Game Name Result Notes Confirmed Version Tested
1869 Working The sound lags a bit, but the rest is ok 1 N/A
1942: The Pacific Air War (1994 - Micropose) Working Working, but slow, sound is a complete mess 1 N/A
3-D Helicopter Simulator (1987 - Sierra) Working Working as far as i can tell 2 N/A
3-Demon Working Working, fixed cycles 750 0 1.7
3D Menu Plus Working It works as a simple easy menu should work to load dos apps. 2 N/A
7th Guest Working If I recall correctly, I hadn't any problems running this game 1 N/A
Abuse Working Working but very slow. 1 N/A
Adventures Of Willy Beamish Working Fully working. 2 N/A
Adventures Of Willy Beamish (CD Version) Working Some lag, especially during scene transitions. Reduce sound clipping by setting block size to 8192. Intermittent cursor issues (not reaching to left side of screen during certain scenes), resolvable by moving cursor to opposite edges of screen. 1 1.7
Aldo's Adventure Working Fully working. 2 N/A
Alien Carnage Working Feels a bit slow, but working, Classic controller works as joystick. 2 N/A
Aquanoid Working Working, but there is a horrible buzz as soon as the ball bounces on something. Mouse is very fast on the menu, but this goes for the PC too. 1 N/A
Arkanoid, Revenge of Doh Not working Crashes with a code dump after +/- a minute of gameplay. 1 N/A
Ascendancy Working Works perfectly but a bit slowly with slight input delay. Use cycles=fixed 4000 (or less) for best results. Will crash on cycles=max. 1 1.6
Ballistix Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Bard's Tale 1, The (Tales of the Unknown) Working Full working. 1 1.2
Battle Chess Working Fully working. 1 1.1
Battle Bugs Working Works perfect. (Had to change the display to 640x480) 1 N/A
Battle Isle 2 Not working Error after loading and returns to the prompt. 1 N/A
Betrayal at Krondor Working Slight music stutter; animations running well now 1.7
Big Red Racing Working Runs to slow to properly play. No sound or music. 1 1.4
Biomenace Working Works perfect. 1 N/A
Black Cauldron Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Blake Stone Working Working. for best results fixed cycles 6500 1 1.7
Blood Not Working The emulator is too slow and the game stops after the splash screen. 1 1.5
Blupimania Working The game slows down if you don't keep the cursor position still. Other than that, it works just fine! 1 N/A
Boppin' Working, not playable Runs, but joystick control(?) goes all spaztic, making it practically impossible to select menu options. 1 N/A
Boulder Dash Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Bölz! Working Works with sound. A little bit slow, but playable. Detects WiiMote as a joystick, so press + or A to continue. You can change the input device in Options menu later. 1 1.1
Burger Time Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Cannon Fodder Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Cannon Fodder 2 Working Works. Loading between missions takes a few seconds and cutscenes are slow, ingame works perfect. 1 N/A
Castle of Dr. Brain Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Cat Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Cheesy Invaders 0.7c (Cheesy Software) Not working Starts to load, but crashes back to the loader where the mouse button prompt should be. 1 N/A
Civilization Working 1.6: Works perfectly. I'd recommend cycles set at fixed 1500.

1.7: Works well, however sometimes randomly crashes at any difficulty above Chieftain.

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Codename ICEMAN Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Command and Conquer Red Alert Not working Shows copyright text, wii freezes, code dumps soon after. 1 N/A
Colonization Working 1.6: New world map creation takes a long time, but besides that it works great. Seems to run best around cycles around 3000.

1.7: Map generation seems to take even longer on 1.7. Still works fine, albeit slow.

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Commander Keen - Keen Dreams Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Commander Keen 1: Invasion of the Vorticons Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Commander Keen 4 Working Fully working. 1 1.7
Commander Keen 5 Working Fully working. 2 N/A
Commander Keen 6 Working Fully working. 4 0.73.02
Conquests of Camelot Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Conquests of the Longbow Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Crazy Cars III Working Works. Loading takes a bit longer than usual. 1 N/A
Crazy Drake Not working The visual gets stuck at the title screen and causes a DOS/4GW code dump crash. First time I tried, the intro music was playing but the title screen didn't fade out. 1 N/A
Dark Ages (Apogee) Working Works perfect. 1 N/A
Dark Forces (Star Wars) Working Runs Perfectly, but a little slow. Usually around 80% 1 1.7
David Leadbetter's Greens (1992 - Micropose) Working, not playable Working, but graphics corrupted during game - makes it unplayable 1 1.2
Death Rally Not working Title Screen is reeeeeeeeally slow... maybe 1-2 fps. Music stutters badly. 1 N/A
Descent 1 Not working Setup Now Plays Audio Correctly. When entering game code dumps. 1 1.1
Delta V Not working Game slow at start-up not to sure about in-game as mouse was stuck to left side of screen. 1 1.2
Diggers Working Works. The cursor doesn't react to well to the wii-mote's movements. 1 N/A
Diggers 2 - Extractors Working Works. Screen flickers between menus, cutscenes are sluggish, no sound, and ingame is extremly slow. 1 N/A
Dinopark Not working Setup crashes. game works a bit... pulling up the date crashes it. 1 N/A
Doom Working Works. It is too slow to play. It is better to use the ported version. If you want to have it decently run set frameskip to 1 set cycles 6000 1 1.7
Doom 2 Working Works. No sound. Very slow. Only playable with small screen size. If you want to have it decently run set frameskip to 1 set cycles 6000 1 1.7
Dopewars Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Dragons Lair (1989 - Sullivan Bluth) Working Working as far as i can tell 1 N/A
Duke Nukem 2 Working Fully working. 1 0.72.01
Duke Nukem 3D (3D Realms) Working, Not playable Starts up ok, then sits at loading screen for a bit, then attempts to get to the main menu, but freezes at the background cinematic behind the main menu, however the sound still contains to play behind it, so the game technically is still "running", but the screen is hanging. 1 1.1
Duke Nukum Episode 1 Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Duke Nukum Episode 2 Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Duke Nukum Episode 3 Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Dune (1992 - Avalon Interactive) Working Working as far as i can tell. - Random crashes - No sound 1 N/A
Dune CD (1993 - Avalon Interactive) Working Working 1 1.1
Dune 2 Working Fully working 2 N/A
Dune 2 CD Working Fully working 1 1.1
Dungeon Hack Working Seems to be working much better in the new version fo DOSbox! Played for a while, but then had a random lockup.... But it played really well, with sound, until then. 1 N/A
Ecoquest 1 - The Search for Cetus Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Ecoquest 2 - The Lost Secret of the Rainforest Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Electro Man Working Works perfectly 1 N/A
EPIC Pinball (1993 - Epic MegaGames) Working Works from v1.1 1 1.1
Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist Working Fully working. 1 N/A
FRUA (Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures Working Works well (with PC Speaker sound), but mouse cursor can't go more than half way down the screen, making full mouse control of game impossible. 1 N/A
Gabriel Knight 1 - Sins of the Fathers Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Gladiator (Openglad) Working Works, but runs very slowly 2 N/A
Golden Axe (1989 - Sega) Working Working as far as i can tell 1 N/A
Goldrush Working Fully working. 1 N/A
GTA1 Not working Code dumps. 1 N/A
Heretic Working Works. No sound. Very slow. Only playable with small screen size. 1 N/A
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest Working Playable with slowness at times. Slight sound distortion. 1 1.1
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars Working Playable but very slow, with slight cursor flickering and sound distortion. 1 1.1
Hexen - Beyond Heretic Working Works. Very slow. Only playable with small screen size. 1 N/A
Hocus Pocus Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Hugo 1 Hugo's House of Horrors Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Hugo 2 Whodunnit Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Hugo 3 Jungle of Doom Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Inferno (Ocean) Not working Code dumps. 1 N/A
Island of Dr. Brain Working Fully working. 2 N/A
Italy '90 (1989 - U.S. Gold) Working Working as far as i can tell 1 N/A
Jazz Jackrabbit Working Working as far as i can tell 1 N/A
Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare '95 Working Fully working. 1 1.7
Jetpack Working Works fine, fully playable with joystick. 1 1.0
Jill of The Jungle Working Works fine, fully playable, screens fade slow though. 2 0.73.02
Kick Off 3 Not working Loads, can set up the game but boots back to DOS on entering a match. 1 N/A
King's Quest I - Quest for the Crown Working Fully working. 2 0.73.02
King's Quest II - Romancing the Throne Working Fully working. 1 N/A
King's Quest III - To Heir is Human Working Fully working. 1 N/A
King's Quest IV - The Perils of Rosella Working Fully working. 2 N/A
King's Quest V - Absence Makes the Heart go Yonder Working Fully working. 1 N/A
King's Quest VI - Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow Working Works but has occasional slow points. 2 0.73.02
Lands of Lore - The Throne of Chaos Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Laura Bow 1 - The Colonels Bequest Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Laura Bow 2 - The Dagger Of Amon Ra Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Leisure Suit Larry 1 - In the Land of the Lounge Lizards (AGI & SCI) Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Leisure Suit Larry 2 - Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places) Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Leisure Suit Larry 3 - Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Leisure Suit Larry 5 - Passionate Patti Does a Little Undercover Work Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Leisure Suit Larry 6 - Shape Up or Slip Out! Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Lemmings Working Works perfect. Screen before mission has inverted colors, but isn't bothersome. 1 N/A
Lemmings : Oh No, More Lemmings Working Works perfect. Screen before mission has inverted colors, but isn't bothersome. 1 N/A
Lemmings 2 - The Tribes Working Works. Cursor sometimes shifts. 1 N/A
Lemmings 3 - Chronicles Working Works perfect. 1 N/A
Linux Tycoon 1 Working Works well. 1 1.7
Little Big Adventure 2 Working Runs with sound, but VERY, VERY slow! Long loading times, 2-3 FPS, barely playable. No sound/minimum details/frameskipping doesn't do much. 1 1.1
Loderunner - The Legend Returns (1994 - Sierra) Working Working, but you can't play, cause you can only run left (making holes left and right works) 1 N/A
MAME 0.37b14 Not working Code Dumps. 1 N/A
Manhunter 1 - New York Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Manhunter 2 - San Francisco Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Master of Orion (1) Working Fully working. 1 1.7
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat Working, extremely slow. Chance of your mechs instantly blowing up when entering a mission (due to slow emulated CPU) 1 N/A
MegaMan (1990 - Capcom) Working, bit to fast Working, a bit to fast to enjoy playing it fixed cycles 4000 adjust to reach playability with crtl f11 1 1.7
Megapede (Cheesy Software) Working Works well, but gameplay is slower than normal. Music and sounds therefore sound a bit horrible. Works better with a higher game speed. 1 N/A
Megarace (Cryo Entertainment) Working Works fine. Has very slight hiccups but are hardly noticable 0 1.7
MESS 0.37b13 Not working Code Dumps, No works on original DOSBox 0.74 1 N/A
Might and Magic I: Secret of the Inner Sanctum Working Fully working. Recommend fixed cycles 1500 0 1.7
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World Working Fully Working 0 1.7
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra Working Fully working 0 1.7
Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen Working Works very good. 0 1.7
Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen Working Works well. some slowdown when loading from town to world map 1 1.7
Might and Magic IV & V: World of Xeen (From Interplay Ultimate RPG Archives) Working Works well. use bin/cue and img mount both discs switch between discs when prompted with crtl f4 0 1.7
Mixed Up Mother Goose Working Working, screen sometimes freezes 1 N/A
MS-Pacman (1983 - Atari) Working Working as far as i can tell 1 N/A
Museum Madness Working Loads and is playable but suffers random freezing when using the keyboard. 1 N/A
Nitemare Working Perfect Playable 1 1.1
Normality Working With CD - seems to load, but too slow to get into intro movie. Without CD - directed to in-game 'Check CD Drive' notice, but quite smooth and responsive cursor. 1 1.1
One Must Fall 2097 (1994 - Diversions Entertainment) Working Works great, but a little slow, so you'll need to frame skip. Didn't test sound or music. -edit- Music skips over from time to time. 2 N/A
Oregon Trail Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Out of this World/Another World Working Works with sound off. 1 N/A
Outrun (1988 - Sega) Working Working as far as i can tell 1 N/A
Paratrooper Working Works perfect. 1 N/A
Pinball Dreams (1992 - 21st Century Entertainment) Working Works with the "no music" Option, else chrash 1 1.1
Pirates Gold Not working Code Dumps. 1 N/A
Pizza Tycoon Working Seems to work from a cursory test 1 N/A
Police Quest 1 - In Pursuit of the Death Angel Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Police Quest 2 - The Vengeance Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Police Quest 3 - The Kindred Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Police Quest 4 - Open Season Not working When starting the game, black screen with sound 1 N/A
Prehistorik Works, bit to fast Working, bit to fast to enjoy playing it. No sound. 1 N/A
Prehistorik 2 Working Works perfect. Music at the title screen can be annoying. 1 N/A
Prince of Persia Working Fully working. Some minor sound glitches during screen fades. 2 1.7
Prince of Persia 2 Working Some sound hishes, when starting up, but plays fine. 1 N/A
Princess Maker II Working Game works with choppy sound using default settings. 1 1.5
Quake Working Works. It is too slow to play. It is better to use the ported version. 1 1.5
Push Over (Ocean) Working Fully Working. 2 1.7
QBasic 1.1 Working Works perfectly with no issues :) 1 1.0
Quest for Glory I - So You Want to be a Hero (Both versions) Working Fully working. 1 1.7
Quest for Glory II - Trial by Fire Working Fully working. 1 1.7
Quest for Glory III - Wages of War Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Quest for Glory IV - Shadows of Darkness Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Raptor: Call of the Shadows Working Working, fixed cycles 4500 1 1.7
Rise of The Triad Working Working but very slow in-game and couldn't get proper sound other than PC Speaker working. 1 0.73.02
Robocop (1988 - Ocean) Working Working but to fast 1 N/A
Scorched Earth Not working 1.1, 1.2: Dumps to HBC 1

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Sea Wolf Working Fully working but Wii mote as mouse sticks as if in a box. 1 1.3
Secret Agent Man 1 Working Fully working. 2 N/A
Secret of Monkey Island (1990 - Lucasfilm Games) Working Works great with the Wii Remote on point and click crosshair. Runs smoothly, sound works great. 1 N/A
Sensible Soccer Working Working, keyboard seems temperamental. 1 N/A
Settlers (Serf City/Die Siedler) Not Working Game exe just resets to HBC. 1 N/A
Settlers2 (Serf City2/Die Siedler2) Working Working, but slow and long waiting time 1 N/A
SFIBM 1.98 Working Seems to work just fine. 1 N/A
Sherlock (Everett Kaser Software) Working Working fine as of 1.1. 0 1.1
Silverball (EPIC Megagames) Working Works from version 1.1 1 1.1
Sim City (1989 - Broderbound / Maxis) Working on 1.7 N/A: Working BUT Mouse only works bottom half of the screen

1.7: Works fine. Issue seems to have been fixed.

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SkyRoads 3D Working Works perfectly. Runs a little slow when music is enabled, but still more than playable. 1 1.1
Sokoban Working Works, game is a bit too fast. 1 N/A
Sokoban '97 (1997 - Thinking Rabbit) Not working Black screen 1 N/A
Space Quest I - The Sarien Encounter Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Space Quest II - Vohaul's Revenge Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Space Quest III - The Pirates of Pestulon Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Space Quest IV - Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Space Quest V - Roger Wilco in the Next Mutation Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Space Quest VI - Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier Working Working fixed cycles 5500 slow at some parts pertaining to detail in the area 0 1.7
Spear of Destiny Working Working, fixed cycles 4000 0 1.7
Spear Resurrection (AReyeP and MCS) Working Working, fixed cycles 4500 0 1.7
Star Goose Working Works. Sound is annoying. 1 N/A
Star Trek - Judgement Rites (1993 - Interplay) Working Some slow downs and buggy sound. 1 N/A
Star Wars (LucasArts release of Atari classic) Working Fully working. Mouse, Keyboard, and Joystick all work perfectly. 1 0.72.01
Star Wars: Rebel Assault Working Fully working. Has mouse issues, but joystick works perfectly.

Important: Requires dos32a instead of dos4gw to run. See Dosbox discussion for more details.

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Steel Panthers (1) Working VERY slow at all points in the game. Loading the scenario list sometimes takes upwards of 30 seconds. I assume this is because of memory limitations. Otherwise works fine. 1 1.7
Stone Age Working Works perfect. Music is very annoying. 2 N/A
Stunts (Mindscape) Working Fully working. 2 N/A
Stratego Not working Black screen. Home button works to exit. 1 N/A
Striker 95 Working Working but very slow. 1 N/A
Supaplex Working Works perfect. 1 N/A
Super Solvers - Challenge of the Ancient Empires! Working Works well, but suffers occasional code dumps/freezes. 1 N/A
System Shock Working, not playable Runs, but extremely slow, even with sound off, max frameskip, and max cycles 1 N/A
Tapper Working Working fixed cycles 550 or use the program moslo 0 1.7
Teen Agent Working Fully working. 1 N/A
Telekommando2 (german Werbungsgame) Working Works Perfectly 1 1.1
Terminal Velocity Working Loads fine. Game runs well, but incredibly slowly. Even with graphics at lowest, and sound off. Frameskip does not help. 1 1.1
Test Drive (1987 - Accolade) Working Working as far as i can tell 0 1.7
Test Drive 2 - The Duel (1989 - Accolade) Working Working as far as i can tell 1 1.7
Test Drive 3 - The Passion (1990 - Accolade) Working Working fixed cycles 4000 adjust gameplay with f2 for amount of detail 0 1.7
Tetris Classic (1993 - Spectrum Holobyte Inc) Working Working as far as i can tell 1 N/A
The Amazing Spider-Man Working Works, runs too fast though. 1 N/A
The Catacomb Abyss (1992 - Softdisk) Working Working perfectly 1 N/A
The Catacomb Apocalypse Working Works perfect. Loading takes a few seconds. 1 N/A
The Catacomb Armageddon Working Works perfect. Loading takes a few seconds. 1 N/A
The Elder Scrolls: Arena Working Working, but slow, the pointer is laggy too, some sound hicups. Random lockups. 1 N/A
The Games Summer Edition (1991 - Epyx) Working Working as far as i can tell 1 N/A
The Incredible Machine 1 Working Fully working. 1 N/A
The Lion King Not working Doesn't start. 1 N/A
The Lost Vikings 1 (1992 - InterPlay) Working Fully working. 2 N/A
Theme Hospital Working Very slow, but with sound as of 1.4 2 N/A
Theme Park Working Cant click on the check to start the game. 1 N/A
Thexder Working Fully working 0 1.7
Tie Fighter Collector's CD ROM (installed on PC, no CD required) Not working Reaches black screen when trying to get to install and freezes. 1 0.72.01
Tristan Working Loads and runs at full speed. 1 1.1
Tyrian 2000 Working Runs slowly. Controls and sound untested. 1 0.73.02
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar Working Fully working. 1 1.1
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny Working Fully working. Sometimes slowdowns can occur, but it's not a big deal. 1 1.1
Ultima VI: The False Prophet Working Fully working. Kinda slow, but playable. 1 1.1
Ultima VII: The Black Gate Working 1.1: Very unstable. Crashes randomly at the intro/main menu, sometimes returns "Divide Error". Crashes all the time at the main loading screen.

1.2: Kinda works - but VERY long loading time, game is terribly slow, crashes randomly - barely playable.

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Under a Killing Moon Working It runs. Videos shutter horribly. Sound works slightly better. Unable to navigate around. Too choppy to effectively use wiimote as mouse. 1 1.2
Volfied Working Works, if you don't move your ship moves downwards not to bothersome though. 1 N/A
Wall Pipe Working Works perfect. Scores flip out sometimes. 1 N/A
Warcraft Working Works, with sound! (no music?) Runs slow. 2 N/A
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness Not working Code dumps. 1 N/A
Windows 3.1 Working, A little slow preinstall on the PC make your changes there and copy the "Windows" directory over to the SD card 1 1.7
Windows 95 Works in Safe Mode Returns to HBC during boot in normal mode; seems to run fine in safe mode, though slow. 1 N/A
Windows 98 SE Not working Splash appears, then crashes. 1 N/A
Wing Commander Working, No Mouse Mouse freezes within about 30 seconds, otherwise it seems perfectly playable... 1 N/A
Wolfenstein 3D (1992 - id Software) Working Working as far as i can tell 2 1.7
Word Rescue 2 Working Works great. Sound is a little choppy in places but not to bad. 1 N/A
Word Rescue 3 Working Works great. Sound is a little choppy in places but not to bad. 1 N/A
Worms Working Working but it's very slow and hard to use the mouse at the title page. In the game it's playable (tested without the sound). 2 N/A
X-COM: Enemy Unknown Working Fully working but a little bit slow. 1 1.1
X-COM 2: Terror from the Deep Not Working Sound is choppy, combat missions are virtually unplayable, random freezing 2 N/A
Xargon Working Works, but everything is slow. 1 0.73.02
Xenon Working Working as far as i can tell 1 N/A
Xenon2 Working Working as far as i can tell 1 N/A
X-Wing Working Working. Low Graphics about 90% speed. 1 1.1
Yogho Yogho Working Working. framerate drops if many objects are displayed. 1 N/A
Zaxxon (1984 - Sega) Working Working, but runs to fast to play descent fixed cycles 550 or use moslo 1 N/A
Zool Not working Shows a line of random characters. 1 N/A
ZZT Working Fully working. 1 N/A