DOSBox is one of the biggest saviors for classic gaming in this new age. With new operating systems like Windows XP (and now Windows Vista), old games made for dos became nearly impossible to run.Enter DOSBox: an application that emulates the old DOS operating system, and for our case, runs all the Sierra games that were made for DOS on your newer system.

All you need to know is a few simple dos commands, and you are ready to roll through as many old floppies that you can find. But if you find that "a few simple dos commands" is a little too much for you and you are having trouble with this program, then try our "DOSBox & D-Fend for Krummies" guide.

SCUMM actually stands for "Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion". From the name you could probably deduce that this program was the Utility used to create the all-time classic game "Maniac Mansion" (and then used to create a whole bunch of other adventure classics as well). The team at ScummVM has taken this Utility and created a Virtual Machine for it (hense the VM part of ScummVM), and then spruced it up and made it run with a whole bunch of other games. What does this mean to you? It means that you will be able to run any, and every version of any LucasArts adventure game ever created, on all the new operating systems (the ones that won't run these games properly... Windows XP anyone?). It is such a great utility and should be installed on any system of anyone that has a small interest in LucasArts adventure games.

Over a year has passed since its creation, but our beginner's guide "DOSBox & D-Fend for Krummies" is still a great companion when first starting out in the world of DOSBox. Learn the basic commands and functions that will stay with you forever and be able to play any of your old DOS games that you have lying around your house.

We are making it freely available for download, as well as letting any webmaster host this guide on their website. We only ask that this guide should not be changed in any form unless we here at the Abandoned Gamesroom give permission and that it should always be freely downloadable.