Wednesday, May 10, 2017

How to Play Wing Commander: Privateer (DOS Game) on Your Mobile Phone

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These instructions worked for the Samsung S4.

Please leave comments on your success or questions.


Install "Hacker's Keyboard"  from the Google Play Store.

Make a new folder in the root directory on your phone and name it Priv.


Download the rom for the game here.  (Extract the file if it is zipped with Winrar found in the Google Play Store to the Priv folder that you created)


Install Dosbox Turbo from the Google Play Store and install it to the root directory.




Run Doxbox Turbo

Press the menu button on your phone and choose Input method> Hacker's Keyboard.

Tap on the keyboard at the top of the screen to open the keyboard in DoxBox Turbo.

Type cd priv   (This will put you in the new folder that you created.)

Type dir/w     (this will let you view the files in the folder.)

Type install.exe  (This will run the installer to install the game on your phone.)

Hit the "Enter" key to "Install with these options" or turn your phone sideways to show the arrow keys on your keyboard and press the "Up" and "Down" arrow keys to change options and hit the"Enter" key to select.

In the settings menu tap "Select Input Mode>Touchscreen Mouse"

Mouse Tracking>Absolute

Mouse Sensitivity> 100 on both X and Y

Input Latency>Normal

Virtual Joystick> center at 100 on both X and Y



Type priv      (to run the game)

Tap the Joystick icon on DoxBox menu at the top of your screen to make the joystick visible.

Use the joystick on the left side of your screen to move the mouse and select options  and click the red joystick button on the right side of your screen to select it.

Now click on "Joystick Calibration" and follow the instructions. (If the joystick does not stop going to the top left of the screen then joystick settings may be wrong.)

Joystick should be move correctly now and not stray when centered.

Click "Resume"

Now Click "New"

Use the joystick and keyboard to enter your name and callsign pressing "Enter" after each one.

Use the "red joystick button" to select.

Enjoy!!!! 






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