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Can I play DOS games inside a hard terminal (like the ones that open with Control+Alt+F1)?

I want to be able to close the Xsession because the PC I'm doing this is on is really slow. The PC has enough power to run Xubuntu and a dos emulator on it but I'd just like to learn if there is a way to play games with just a plain terminal.

Oli
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Sure, with dosbox; enable the universe repository in Software & Updates then search it within Ubuntu Software Center, or run this command in a Terminal:

sudo apt-get install dosbox

Then switch to a TTY with, e.g. Ctrl+Alt+F1 and run it with this command:

dosbox
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kos
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    Have you tried this in a TTY? I won't deny it loads but it looks like something [graphically] exploded over my screen and I can't read any of it. It might just be my graphics. It might work fine on a KMS-based terminal. – Oli Apr 21 '15 at 09:44
  • @Oli Oh dear. No, of course I didn't. Let me research on this a bit – kos Apr 21 '15 at 09:46