Game Images / Game Archives

To run games with DBP, you'll need the games themselves. Game archives are typically found in one of the following formats:

• A copy of an installed game: this is a folder with a pre-installed game copied from the C: drive.
• A copy of files from the installation disk: this is also a folder containing files, typically including one named something like install or setup.
• Floppy disk images: these usually have extensions like .img, .ima, or .dsk.
• CD-ROM images: these usually come as a single .iso file or as a pair of .cue and .bin files.

Whatever form the game takes, it can (but doesn’t have to) be packed into a .zip archive before being run through DBP.

DOS games typically consist of many files, and packing them into a single archive creates an equivalent of a ROM file used in console emulators.

Depending on the files in the archive, DBP will handle them differently:

1. Regular files and folders will be mounted as the C: drive in the emulated system.
2. Floppy disk images will be mounted as floppies in the A: drive.
3. CD-ROM images will be mounted as CDs in the D: drive. See also Disc-based Games.

An archive can include all these types of files, and DBP will automatically determine how to mount them.

It’s best to organize all game archives in a folder that will open by default when selecting the Load Content option in RetroArch (see the section on System Folders).