How to Run Epic Pinball in Dosbox

Gamers can play "Epic Pinball" again thanks to DOSBox.

"Epic Pinball" is a pinball simulation game released in 1993. It was the first video game designed by James Schmalz, who later went on to develop the "Unreal" and "Bioshock" series of games. Since "Epic Pinball" was originally written for MS-DOS systems, attempting to play it on a modern Windows PC would leave it running too fast, rendering it unplayable. However, by using the DOSBox program, gamers can experience "Epic Pinball" all over again.

Instructions

1. Open the dosbox.exe file in your DOSBox folder by double-clicking it.

2. Type "Z:\>Mount C C:\Games" in the MS-DOS window (replacing the word "Games" with the name of the folder your "Epic Pinball" folder is in), then press "Enter." For instance, if your folder was saved in a folder called "Epic," type "Z:\>Mount C C:\Epic" into the window.

3. Enter "Z:\>C:" into the MS-DOS window.

4. Type "C:\>CD Pinball" in the MS-DOS window, hit "Enter," then type "C:\Pinball>" and press "Enter" again, replacing "Pinball" in both instances with the name of the folder your "Epic Pinball" file is in. For instance, type "C:\>CD EpicPinball" if the name of the folder is "EpicPinball."

5. Enter "C:\Pinball>EPGame.exe" in the window, then hit "Enter," replacing "Pinball" with the name of the folder your "Epic Pinball" file is in and "EpicPinball.exe" with the exe file for "Epic Pinball." For instance, if your folder is "EpicPinball" and your exe file is "PinballGame.exe," type "C:\EpicPinball>PinballGame.exe" into the window. The game will now load.

6. Press "CTRL" and "F11" at the same time after the game loads if gameplay appears too fast; this will slow the game down. If things seem too slow, press "CTRL" and "F12" at the same time to speed them up.

Tips & Warnings

• By pressing "Alt" and "Enter" on your keyboard at the same time during the game, you can switch "Epic Pinball" to full-screen mode.

References

• Old PC Games: DOSBox
• DM Wright: "Epic Pinball"
• DOSBox