79w ago - Since the release of DOStoPS3 many PS3 homebrew enthusiasts have been porting DOS games to the PlayStation 3, and this weekend French user sephirothff has done so with The Elder Scrolls Arena and The Elder Scrolls II Daggerfall for fans of the series.

Download: The Elder Scrolls Arena DOS PS3 Port (English) / The Elder Scrolls Arena DOS PS3 Port (French) / The Elder Scrolls II Daggerfall DOS PS3 Port (English)

To quote, roughly translated: We have a little fun and discover or rediscover titles only known the Elder Scroll, the imminent release of Skyrim put me in mind to run the first two games of the series on PS3 via DOSBox.

This small project aims to run the game The Elder Scrolls correctly on PS3.

The first two games of the series is free on the official website of the series...

86w ago - Today PS3 developer d0zs has released DOStoPS3, a PS3 DOSBox Port homebrew application with source code that allows users to package DOS games for the PlayStation 3 and run them on Custom Firmware followed by versions 1.1 and 1.2 below.

Download: DOStoPS3 v1.0 PS3 DOSBox Port Homebrew App / DOStoPS3 v1.1 PS3 DOSBox Port Homebrew App / DOStoPS3 v1.1a PS3 DOSBox Port Homebrew App / DOStoPS3 v1.2 PS3 DOSBox Port Homebrew App / DOStoPS3 v1.0 PS3 DOSBox Port Homebrew App Source Code / DOStoPS3 v1.1 PS3 DOSBox Port Homebrew App Source Code / DOStoPS3 v1.2 PS3 DOSBox Port Homebrew App Source Code

To quote: Figured i was overdue for a scene app, so let me know how this works out for you...

v1.0 MD5: 5B74F8094A8D4658519A633CFBED1E18
v1.1 MD5: A804E723399AC9E1F65350E6844BCFCD
v1.1a MD5: C2B10172A7C155520AE8221E6BA67D0E
v1.2 MD5: 37C022B69D312E9C4C376EEC28F65BA7

This makes the task of using robohobo's DOSBox...

86w ago - Today pete_uk has made available a Cannon Fodder (CD version) PS3 homebrew game port for the DOSBox emulator via DOSMount on the PlayStation 3 which includes custom XMB music along with The Lemmings Collection, Cool Spot, Cannon Fodder 2 and SuperFrog Custom DOSBox PKGs below.

Download: Cannon Fodder PS3 Homebrew Port for DOSBox Emulator / The Lemmings Collection Custom DOSBox PKG / Cool Spot Custom DOSBox PKG / Cannon Fodder 2 DOSBox PKG / SuperFrog DOSBox PKG

To quote: I originally built this a few months ago, but never got round to releasing it.

Best played with a USB mouse, but can be played with a pad.

Controls:

• Left Stick - Cursor
  
• Left Mouse Button / Cross - Move
  
• Right Mouse Button / Square - Shoot
  
• Both Mouse Buttons / Cross & Square - Grenade or Bazooka
  

100w ago - Today Max Klinger released a DOSMount DOS Package to install DOSBox games on the PS3 console and posted a DOSMount help video below.

Download: DOSMount DOS Package (English Keyboard Layout) / DOSMount DOS Package (German Keyboard Layout) / DOSBox Games

To quote: I created a PKG with all software needed and ready configured mounts to install any DOS-Game from USB without having to create a PKG for each one. I call it DosMount

The purpose is to make it as easy as possible to install any game as if you were on your PC (or even easier)

In related news, Mr.GoodFrag has made available what he calls GoodFrag's Spam Remover for Mateo...

109w ago - This weekend PlayStation 3 developer Robo Hobo has released DoPSBox v0.74 R1, which is a DOSBox Emulator for homebrew fans and PS3 Custom Firmware users.

Download: DOSBox v0.74 PS3 R1 Emulator for CFW / DOSBox v0.74 PS3 R1 Emulator for 3.41 Dongle

From the ReadMe file: DOSBox-0.74-ps3-r1

Issues: There are still some performance bottlenecks. In testing cycle values above 10000 provided the most issues. Tweaking some values in dosbox-0.74.conf may help to improve performance.

There are still some usability issues with the on screen keyboard. If a lot of typing is necessary you may consider hooking up a physical one.

Using the fluidsynth midi synth requires a soundfont is sf2 format. Place the file on the PS3 and edit dosbox-0.74.conf to set the value 'midiconfig' to the full path to the file. It's also necessary to change the 'mididevice' option to the value 'synth'.

There is currently no PS3 optimized loader. The DOS commands needed to launch the game need to be type every time you start the app. You can reduce the typing by adding common lines to the dosbox config file's autoexec section.

Using soft mouse and keyboard: