Flynn's Sharware Pack
Everything sourced for this pack is 100% Shareware, Freeware, or OpenSource and can be distributed openly.
You can submit PR's of tested Shareware DOS games on the MiSTer AO486 Core that have been configured with both an autorun.bat and a readme.ans.
Full VHD download-- extract zip and drop in your /games/AO486/ directory on your MiSTer and mount in the AO486 core.
Full Release VHD Download: https://github.com/flynnsbit/DOS_Shareware_MyMenu/releases/tag/v0.1.20
Minor releases that update the Major Release VHD above:
Use https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flynnsbit/DOS_Shareware_MyMenu/main/_mister/Update_Shareware_Pack_Minor_Release.sh to update to the minor releases of v20.
Brand new MyMenu Frontend developed from scratch by BinaryBond007 Features Include: Dynamically generated MyMenu items based on directory structures (add/remove items simply by adding a directory)
DOS Long File Name support allowing full names
instead of 8.3 character limits
ANSI ART support for Information/Preview
window. Examples included from past BBS frontends
and other ANSI and ASCI artists
100 custom DOS Game ANSI Art files created by
Flynnsbit - some ideas and art sourced from
16colo.rs *original source included in ANSI folder
Screensaver support with custom timeout and menu
selection, Opensource and Shareware examples included
MIDI, MOD, XM, IT, Music Player integration with
MyMenu. Examples included. Play your favorite tracks,
view file
meta data in preview, and create playlists
Mouse, Keyboard, Joystick support
First Letter Jump to Game, PgUp/Dn
Terminal Support for connecting to BBSs, and Playing
MP3's through BBonds MidiLink product
(https://github.com/bbond007/MiSTer_MidiLink) directly on MiSTer,
Telnet, etc.
COM support *MP3 support also built in if hardware
can support it (Pentium class and above)
VGA and CGA support
Front end tested across multiple hardware platforms
including:
MiSTer ao486, IBM PCJr, AT&T 6300, IBM XT, 286, 286,
486, AMD K6-2, Pentium and Pentium 2, PCEm v17,
86Box v3.0, and DOSBOX-X
Full Screen ANSI, TXT and HEX quick viewer
Customizable Quick Link Utilities Menu for quick access
to DOS prompt,
Config Files, Memory Options, custom BATCH scripts
MT32-PI Control and integration into MyMenu front end
MiSTer ao486 core speed control (FAST, MEDIUM, SLOW)
Color Template menu for creating your own custom color
schemes in MyMenu.
Genre sorting or Date structure examples are included
Initial Shareware and Freeware games sourced from http://vieju.net/pcdosmini/, Additions and removal based around compatibility with FreeDOS and MiSTer core speed.
14 Screensavers are included and accessible using ALT-S in MyMenu. The top one in the list in MyMenu.INI will be the default one used.
Demo Scene examples included.
Tested MIDI, MOD, XM, IT, MP3, SID, and A2M players included in the pack in C:\PLAYERS and MyMenu has been configured to use them already.
Example MIDI and MOD music files are included in the C:\MUSIC directory
FreeDOS is the base with Memory configurations for HIMEMX,
JEMM386, and JEMMEX options. These might not be compatible with all DOS games.
You can switch to EMM386 by grabbing that from a commercial version of DOS and
changing the FDCONFIG.SYS for more compatibility.
Various opensource tools and utilities included as part of the base image.