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[jg007]

I like to use batch files and then use the choice command as this gives plenty of scope for game changes and makes it easy for my son to startup games, if I need to I can just branch off to multiple pages of a menu and add or change things pretty easily, the speed changes are made really easy with 'config -set' commands. I haven't tried any of the more advanced ASCII art but I presume that it will work in dosbox also so could be used to pretty the interface up a bit!

other people will probably like different ways but as I started as a dos guy this is easiest for me so I though I would post it incase it helps anybody else


example ( it's a bit rough but was just for an example!! ) -

echo off
:menu
cls
echo.
echo.
echo Chose a game!
echo.
echo 1. Bio Menace 1
echo 2. Bio Menace 2
echo 3. Bubble Bobble
echo 4. Duke Nukem
echo 5. Cyber Plus
echo 6. God of Thunder
echo 7. Exit

echo.
echo.
choice /c:1234567 which_program?
if errorlevel==7 goto exit
if errorlevel==6 goto got
if errorlevel==5 goto CyberP
if errorlevel==4 goto nukem
if errorlevel==3 goto bubble
if errorlevel==2 goto bio2
if errorlevel==1 goto bio1


:bio1
bio
cd bio
bmenace1
cd\
goto menu

:bio2
bio
cd bio
bmenace2
cd\
goto menu

:bubble

cd bubble
config -set cycles=550
bubble
config -set cycles=6000
cd\
goto menu

:nukem
cd duke2
nukem2
cd\
goto menu

:CyberP
cd cyb
cybplus
cd\
goto menu

:got
cd got
got
cd\
goto menu

:exit

[Scatty]

Aah, the good old batch files
Nice one, good to insert it in the autoexec part of dosbox.conf.