How to Play Diablo 2 on Android with Dosbox Turbo

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Published on February 14, 2014 2:55:49 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQUqMC5G5Ak

Game:

Diablo II (2000)

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Guide

Duration: 19:53

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Timecode:
Gamplay Starts @ 8:53
Performance tip: Disable the music and/or sound, reduce video quality @ 9:43
Performance tip: Increase cycles to improve/boost performance(Impacts sound quality)@ 13:41
See the XDA threads performance tweaking guide to learn how to increase the amount of memory used for Dosbox Turbo, the default is 256MB.

Links to the latest Android gaming videos:
[Video]How to Play Diablo II LOD on Android Multiplayer Online with ExaGear Windows Emulator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7MuAmnlk7A&t=1s

[Video]How to Play Classic PC Games on Android with ExaGear RPG/Strategies:
https://youtu.be/Co78pPKakkI

[Guide+video] How to Play PC Games on Android with DosBox Turbo (XDA Forum thread)
Note:full guide, help/troubleshooting, supported game list, system requirements, benchmarking and more here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44730248#post44730248



Play Store App DosBox Turbo:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fishstix.dosbox&hl=en

4PDA Forum thread:
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=317590&st=1080#entry26185190

4PDA DosBox Turbo Games Image files:
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=423276&st=20

Diablo 2 image for DBT Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/0n07f2yyy4wvncc/hdd-2gb+D2+DBT.rar

Diablo 2 image Download: Note You Must renamne this file to HDD-2Gb:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_Jc-U-jMo4AY1FWa3J2RGJVSDA/edit

DosBox Turbo Win9x Installation guide Summary:

1)You will need to have the DosBox Turbo app installed on your Android device. Run the DosBox Turbo app and open the settings menu from either the pull down menu at the Top or left side swiping menu. Go to "DosBox Settings/Advanced DosBox Config" check "3DFX Glide Support" and "Manual Mode". You must restart the app before these changes will take effect.

DosBox Turbo Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fishstix.dosbox&hl=en

Or

AFreeBox Play Store(Free but slower):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fishstix.dosboxfree&hl=en


DosBox Turbo Win9x Gaming Package Downloads:
2)a] Version 1.0 is the most stable but lacks Win9x CD/ISO support. Use this version to Play games that don't require the use of CD's or mounted ISO images.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/91m4y6udf5l69d5/Win9x_for_DosBox_Turbo_V1.0.zip

Or

2)b] Version 2.0 is less stable due to the Win9x CD/ISO support. Use this version to Play games that require the use of CD's or mounted ISO images.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/m6gzsz7g59vv35q/Win9x_for_DosBox_Turbo_V2.0.zip

3) Install the free 30 day trial of WinImage and run the application. Be sure to use it before 30 days passes. This program will allow you to open and save your game data to your empty hdd .img files.
WinImage 9.00 Download:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/CD-DVD-Images-Utils/WinImage.shtml

4a)(Easy) Download the Diablo 2 image Note You Must rename this file to HDD-2Gb
-Skip to step 7 and place 3 required files onto your Android device.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_Jc-U-jMo4AY1FWa3J2RGJVSDA/edit

Or

4b)(Hard) Open your downloaded package and look for the hdd folder. Inside you will find the empty hdd images files to store your games and ISO's. Extract the default hdd-2gb image file and open the folder.

(Optional) If you wish to change the size of the image file you are using, then you must also change the name and drive geometry in the dosbox.conf file.

Default hdd line in the dosbox.conf file:
imgmount d: /sdcard/hdd-2gb.img -t hdd -fs fat -size 512,63,64,1023

Change the hdd name and drive geometry in the dosbox.conf file:
imgmount d: /sdcard/hdd-1gb.img -t hdd -fs fat -size 512,63,64,520

Driver Geometry:
2GB image: 512,63,64,1023
1GB image: 512,63,64,520

(Optional) If you wish to store the hdd onto an SDcard instead of the devices internal memory, then open the dosbox.conf file and change the following.

Default hdd line in the dosbox.conf file:
imgmount d: /sdcard/hdd-2gb.img -t hdd -fs fat -size 512,63,64,1023

Change the hdd name and drive geometry in the dosbox.conf file:
imgmount d: /mnt/sdcard1/hdd-2gb.img -t hdd -fs fat -size 512,63,64,1023

5) Now that WinImage is installed you can open the empty hdd.img's by double clicking them, dragging them into the open WinImage program, Or find them from the WinImage menu file/open.

6) Locate your fully installed games such as DRM free GOG games, ISO images or extracted game data. Drag the folder(s) containing this data into the opened hdd image files. Save your new hdd.img and close the program.

7) Plug your Android device into your PC with the USB cable and open your devices internal memory. This is the area that opens by default from your computer, all your android data is located here. Transfer the hdd.img, c.img, and dosbox.conf, files into this space; note that none of these files should be located in a folder.

8) Once the data is on your android device you can disconnect the USB cable.

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