Playing GOGs version of Dungeon keeper gold on android

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So I spent hours last night trying to get GOGs version of Dungeon keeper gold to play on Dosbox turbo on my Android tablet, and finally worked it out. so I decided to share the process for anyone who is interested, seeing as how most of us took advantage of the dungeon keeper giveaway and so we probably have a copy lying around, just itching to be played on a mobile device.

I'm using Dosbox turbo, which is currently 50% off at $2. (version 2.1.17a)

Fallout, Duke 3d and doom (original disks, not GOG) have all worked on it so far, although fallout is pretty small on a 7" tablet. The problem I was having with the gog version of Dungeon keeper however was that when you run the game, it shows an image of a CD with a question mark over it and you can't get any further, and none of the forums seem to offer any solutions.

Anyway this is how you do it:

1) install Dosbox turbo
2) when you open it, it automatically mounts the c drive- so it displays something like:

Dosbox Turbo for Android
Drive C is mounted as local directory /storage/emulated/0/Download/
C:\>
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3) /storage/emulated/0/Download/ is where you need to copy the files to. It's just your standard download directory in android.

For any other game you would then navigate to the directory (using the command cd Fallout, or cd Dungeon etc) and run the exe and you're away, but dungeon keeper checks that you have an original disk, so you have to fool it by mounting a virtual cd rom drive.

Now lets say you have all the dungeon keeper files in a folder called Dungeon

For some reason, you have to mount THAT folder as your c drive.
mounting /storage/emulated/0/Download/ and then navigating to your "dungeon" folder afterwards wont work. It has to be /storage/emulated/0/Download/Dungeon
But because Dosbox turbo auto mounts the C drive we have to un-mount it and then re-mount it, pointing to the new directory.

So 4) type
Code: 
mount -u C
it should say Drive C has successfully been removed

now remount it, pointing to the Dungeon directory:
Code: 
mount C /storage/emulated/0/Download/Dungeon
it should say Drive C is mounted as local directory /storage/emulated/0/Download/Dungeon

5) navigate to that directory
Code: 
c:

5) Now we need to create a virtual cd drive:
Code: 
Imgmount d /storage/emulated/0/Download/Dungeon/GAME.INST -t iso -fs iso
it should respond with Drive D is mounted as /storage/emulated/0/Download/Dungeon/GAME.INST -t iso -fs iso

Dosbox turbo on android doesn't seem to be case sensitive, but dosbox on linux is, so just bare that in mind.

6)run the game
Code: 
Keeper

Enjoy
 
fabrulana said:
Sweet, I'll be trying it out this weekend. Does it work well on a tablet ?
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I haven't played much. I really just picked up a few minions, cleared some rooms and added some tiles. There was a bit of lag on my nexus, nothing terrible though, but there are performance settings in dosbox turbo that I have yet to play with. You also need to get used to moving the mouse cursor around on a touch screen- it doesn't pick up the position where you tap, you have to move it like you would use a trackpad on a laptop.
I would have to give you some better feedback once I've tried a little more, and perhaps have a lot more minions on screen at once, but it was definitely playable.

I want to see if I can get commandos and c & c up and running.
 
fabrulana said:
Cool thanks. Would be great if one can get some golden oldies up and running on a tablet...
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Tell me about it! I've been digging out all my old titles. I was playing a bit of indiana Jones and the fate of atlantis last night, which is perfect for use on a tablet. I tried Day of the tentacle, but the disk was corrupt. Now I'm trying to get warcraft 2 working, but it looks like I will need to create an iso from the disk first because it doesn't work without the cd. If I can play warcraft 2, c & c, and commandos I will be a very happy chap.
 
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