iDOS 2.0.1 is available (Pulled again)

[RotaryP7]

I'm wondering.. Can we add games now? lol.

[blades]

So did this get pulled yet again? The 2.0.1 update? when did it come out and how long was it out?

[Menneisyys]

Originally Posted by blades

So did this get pulled yet again? The 2.0.1 update? when did it come out and how long was it out?

Currently, we're discussing Aemula Oldies, the successor to iDos in the AppStore. It's also hackable with the tools I've developed.

[Dahak]

Originally Posted by Menneisyys

Currently, we're discussing Aemula Oldies, the successor to iDos in the AppStore. It's also hackable with the tools I've developed.

Just curious... does Aemula offer any advantages for those of us who have iDOS? Am I missing anything by not having worked with it yet?

[Rafnel]

Wow! I can't believe there are free oldies on the ios! I got Aemula Oldies and it's pretty good. Too bad iDos got pulled, sounds like it had more games. The games ran a bit slow but that's okay. It's cool having Dosbox on my iTouch. Any plans to add more games or will those get pulled like iDos?

[MrJR]

Originally Posted by blades

So did this get pulled yet again? The 2.0.1 update? when did it come out and how long was it out?

It came out on January 19, 2011. It was only on the store for a few hours that day. It's been gone a very long time.

Originally Posted by Dahak

Just curious... does Aemula offer any advantages for those of us who have iDOS? Am I missing anything by not having worked with it yet?

It depends, but for the most part, not really. The joystick and gamepad layout is improved, and people with no knowledge of DOS can tap one button and start playing old games. I'm guessing that second part doesn't apply to you. The emulation is not as smooth as iDOS/DOSpad on my A5 devices, though it seems better on my A4 devices.

The triumph of Aemula Oldies is that it's available on the AppStore.

Originally Posted by Rafnel

Wow! I can't believe there are free oldies on the ios! I got Aemula Oldies and it's pretty good. Too bad iDos got pulled, sounds like it had more games. The games ran a bit slow but that's okay. It's cool having Dosbox on my iTouch. Any plans to add more games or will those get pulled like iDos?

It's not that iDOS "had more games"... iDOS was better because it was a full DOSbox-based DOS emulator, which meant that you could add any old DOS games you have/had (mainly games from '94ish and earlier). If you have jailbroken your device, you can install DOSpad, which is almost identical to iDOS. It's from the same developer, and it's not being updated anymore, but you can still use it to play your old games that aren't in AO.

Litchie added a couple games in this last update. I expect he'll probably keep pushing to add more in the future.

[lavd]

can someone please make Master of Magic package please
and step-by-step how to put it in
thanks!

[lennyw123]

Can someone help I am trying to install a game to the book shelf in idos 2.0.1. however after following instructions from pg 13. I launch idos on my iphone I go to the idos shop and click on the game I have added to install but I get a error message saying: Sorry, something bad happen during installation

The game I am trying to install is Leisure Suit Larry 1 (VGA version). This is what I have in my .CFG file:

#-----------------------------------------------------
# GamePad Key Bindings
#-----------------------------------------------------
[gamepad.keybinding]
button0=ATL,ALT
button1=CTRL,CTRL
button2=SPC,SPACE
button3=ENTR,ENTER
button4=ESC,ESC
button5=y,y

[start.iphone]
cycles=2500
cd \3drealms\LL1\LL1
sierra.EXE

[start.ipad]
cycles=3000
cd \3drealms\LL1\LL1
sierra.EXE

Can anyone please suggest any ways to solve this problem.

[Dahak]

Lenny- the same thing happened to me when I installed Gateway to the Savage Frontier-- but it turned out to be user error. Go into your games.plist in the packages directory and make sure that the package name is spelled the same way as the package file name is. Restart iDOS and try to install it again. If that doesn't work, please post your plist and I'm sure we can figure it out.

[lennyw123]

Hi Dahak

I tried what you suggested but I still cant get it to work. Here is my games.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<array>
<dict>
<key>ConfigFile</key>
<string>WOLF3D.CFG</string>
<key>CoverImage</key>
<string>wolf3d.jpg</string>
<key>PackageFile</key>
<string>wolf3d.pkg</string>
<key>TargetFolder</key>
<string>3drealms/WOLF3D</string>
<key>Title</key>
<string>Wolf3D</string>
<key>UUID</key>
<string>d3fdb7d0-ee0d-11df-98cf-0800200c9a66</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>ConfigFile</key>
<string>DUKE.CFG</string>
<key>CoverImage</key>
<string>duke.jpg</string>
<key>PackageFile</key>
<string>duke.pkg</string>
<key>TargetFolder</key>
<string>3drealms/duke</string>
<key>Title</key>
<string>Duke Nukem I</string>
<key>UUID</key>
<string>fb9907e1-ee0d-11df-98cf-0800200c9a66
</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>ConfigFile</key>
<string>DUKE2.CFG</string>
<key>CoverImage</key>
<string>duke2.jpg</string>
<key>PackageFile</key>
<string>duke2.pkg</string>
<key>TargetFolder</key>
<string>3drealms/duke2</string>
<key>Title</key>
<string>Duke Nukem II</string>
<key>UUID</key>
<string>fb9907e3-ee0d-11df-98cf-0800200c9a66
</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>ConfigFile</key>
<string>STRYKER.CFG</string>
<key>CoverImage</key>
<string>stryker.jpg</string>
<key>PackageFile</key>
<string>stryker.pkg</string>
<key>TargetFolder</key>
<string>3drealms/stryker</string>
<key>Title</key>
<string>Major Stryker</string>
<key>UUID</key>
<string>fb9907e7-ee0d-11df-98cf-0800200c9a66
</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>ConfigFile</key>
<string>SNOVA.CFG</string>
<key>CoverImage</key>
<string>snova.png</string>
<key>PackageFile</key>
<string>snova.pkg</string>
<key>TargetFolder</key>
<string>3drealms/snova</string>
<key>Title</key>
<string>Supernova</string>
<key>UUID</key>
<string>fb9907f2-ee0d-11df-98cf-0800200c9a66
</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>ConfigFile</key>
<string>ll1.CFG</string>
<key>CoverImage</key>
<string>ll1.jpg</string>
<key>PackageFile</key>
<string>ll1.pkg</string>
<key>TargetFolder</key>
<string>3drealms/ll1</string>
<key>Title</key>
<string>ll1</string>
<key>UUID</key>
<string>ll1
</string>
</dict>
</array>
</plist>

I hope you can help me. Thanks.

Leonard