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For a video card, it really doesn't matter. Go get one with 1gb of ram, and it should run the games you list their. Hell, my ati 5770 can run those things, though I do get some slowdown on some PS2 games under linux, at least I did. The Opengl rendering engine was just rebuilt and is supposed to be much faster, but I haven't tried it since.
You can also add Wii games to that list. As GC/Wii is so close, I can run most Wii games full speed with no problem. Faster then PS2 games, but that is also because Dolphin is just so awesome and constantly getting better/faster. Speaking of: Freaking Rouge Squadron works now
Also, for Dos games, I would use DBGL. It is the best frontend for Dosbox, bar none. Check it out, it freaking rules.
For OS, I would go either Lubuntu or Arch. Lubuntu will let you get the emu's easier, and you can easily get Gelide working, where I still can't get it to not segfault under Arch. However, Arch will give you more speed, and thanks to the AUR you can get the latest updates really quick. Ubuntu being so well known you can get almost as quick, but not quite.
If by "Rom/Rip Source(s):" you are asking for help in finding games online, yeah, I don't think we can do that here. The legality is questionable, depending on where you live, so I am not sure if it is allowed. However, most CD/DVD games you can easily rip yourself. Dreamcast is the hardest, I had to buy a special DVD drive for that. But still, not that hard.
:), well, they run great under doxbox.
I would recomend DBGL: http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/
It's a dosbox front end, lets you set it up very easily. Else you will have to run dosbox, and then do everything like you were really in dos, except mounting folders as hard drives/floopies, ect which you would do ala a mount command ( since I don't know of a dos mount command).
Attract-Mode using retroarch, bsnes, pcsx2, rpcs3, winuae(wine) and ppsspp as backends.
And for DOS I use DOSBoxGameLauncher
Use a GUI like DBGL. It makes it supremely easy to manage multiple versions of Dosbox builds.
And it has GUI options for various of these custom builds too. Lets you enable voodoo graphics with a checkbox if you use DAUM. Lets you use MT-32 if you DAUM or a similar one. Lets you use pixel correction if you use ECE. Etc, etc.
Mind you not every option under the sun is available as a GUI (almost all are), but for those that aren't it's still way easier to manage custom ini files with DBGL.
DBGL doesn't have it automatically in it but has instructions on how to add pixel perfect in its changelog: http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/#changelog
Just follow the instructions on the site: http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/
> Just extract the archive to any dir (*) and start launch.exe (Windows), or ./dbgl (Linux). Mac users can simply drag the DBGL icon into their Applications folder and start it. Please note that you MUST have the Java Runtime Environment installed. DBGL 0.9x requires Java (x64) 8 or higher.
Unless you mean how to extract the files?
tar -zxvf file_name.tar.gz
In the directory you want to install. You can change directories using the cd command, and make directories using mkdir. cp is copy, ls is list files in a directory. rm is remove, or delete. ./ means the current directory and .. means the parent directory of the current.
I think there's a GUI version too if you just double click the file.
If you're struggling with some simple stuff like this, I recommend whenever you have a question, try googling for the answer first, as it's usually likely someone else has already had the same issue. The best way is to just literally type your question into Google:
> How to extract a tar.gz file
Good luck!
It's just the initial setup which take a bit of work, many of the forked versions of DosBox has improved on that over the years.
If you're not comfortable with typing in commands and manually mounting games in DOS then you can always try out a front end for DosBox.
Two examples:
I use DOSBox Game Launcher myself. It takes a bit of time to set up each game, but it does allow for each game to have it's own settings. It's also cross-platform.
DFend Reloaded is also available, though isn't cross-platform.
Dos games are lot easier to install and configure if you use a Dosbox frontend (http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/) .
You need mount the cue file and run the installer found within.
OP, you have a lot of game suggestions so here's something a bit different. Many of the suggested games from the era of DOS require a program called Dosbox to run properly because modern windows don't support them. Dosbox Game Launcher is an awesome GUI for Dosbox which you can download from here: http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/
But wait. I didn't forget the games. :-D That page I linked also has Gamepack Archives available for download. This is a single file that you can import in DBGL and it contains a bundle of games, usually from a single company. This is a very convenient way to experience over a hundred games from the golden old days. I highly recommend trying them all out, you're bound to find many enjoyable titles in there.
Other front ends that know of are DBGL and Launch Box. Out of all of them, Launch Box is definitely the most polished.
If you will be absolutely desperate, you can get dbgl dosbox frontend here: http://members.quicknet.nl/blankendaalr/dbgl/#gamepackarchivesdownload
If you scroll down, you will see there game packages for import into the forntend. One of them is Daggerfall, complete with set up. It is legal, as Dagerfall is free game.
Yeap, got it back when they first released them for free. Use DBGL, and if I need to move computers, I can just export all my games and settings to a zip. DBGL is just a great frontend to dosbox.
Never played that one. My favourites were the original (possibly the first videogame I ever completed?) and the 4th one (pictured in this post). I have a few of my favourite DOS games setup in DBGL (DosBox Game Launcher) for easier access.
