@voljega you were right to the point! I am using a pre-configured recalbox image and the es_systems.cfg was incorrect.

Original version:
<system>
<fullname>Dos (x86)</fullname>
<name>dos</name>
<path>/recalbox/share/roms/dos</path>
<extension>.pc .PC .dos .DOS</extension>
<command>python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/emulatorlauncher.pyc %CONTROLLERSCONFIG% -system %SYSTEM% -rom %ROM% -emulator %EMULATOR% -core %CORE% -ratio %RATIO% %NETPLAY%</command>
<platform>pc</platform>
<theme>pc</theme>
<emulators/>
</system>

Problematic version:
<system>
<fullname>Dos (x86)</fullname>
<name>dos</name>
<path>/recalbox/share/roms/dos</path>
<extension>.sh .exe .EXE</extension>
<command>python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/emulatorlauncher.pyc %CONTROLLERSCONFIG% -system %SYSTEM% -rom %ROM% -emulator %EMULATOR% -core %CORE% -ratio %RATIO% %NETPLAY% </command>
<platform>pc</platform>
<theme>dos</theme>
<emulators>
<emulator name="libretro">
<cores>
<core>nxengine</core>
</cores>
</emulator>
</emulators>
</system>

Thanks!!!!

@dragu Buddy I wasn't complaining. Stop being so grumpy! Naturally many of us want to use this amazing piece of software with bells and whistles!
@voljega Once again thanks for your help.
Peace

@dragu Buddy I wasn't complaining. Stop being so grumpy! Naturally many of us want to use this amazing piece of software with bells and whistles!
@voljega Once again thanks for your help.
Peace

@voljega you were right to the point! I am using a pre-configured recalbox image and the es_systems.cfg was incorrect.

Original version:
<system>
<fullname>Dos (x86)</fullname>
<name>dos</name>
<path>/recalbox/share/roms/dos</path>
<extension>.pc .PC .dos .DOS</extension>
<command>python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/emulatorlauncher.pyc %CONTROLLERSCONFIG% -system %SYSTEM% -rom %ROM% -emulator %EMULATOR% -core %CORE% -ratio %RATIO% %NETPLAY%</command>
<platform>pc</platform>
<theme>pc</theme>
<emulators/>
</system>

Problematic version:
<system>
<fullname>Dos (x86)</fullname>
<name>dos</name>
<path>/recalbox/share/roms/dos</path>
<extension>.sh .exe .EXE</extension>
<command>python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/emulatorlauncher.pyc %CONTROLLERSCONFIG% -system %SYSTEM% -rom %ROM% -emulator %EMULATOR% -core %CORE% -ratio %RATIO% %NETPLAY% </command>
<platform>pc</platform>
<theme>dos</theme>
<emulators>
<emulator name="libretro">
<cores>
<core>nxengine</core>
</cores>
</emulator>
</emulators>
</system>

Thanks!!!!

I was going to post more photos but my message was flagged as spam.

To sum up:

• I have the folders in the right place, the dosbox.bat refers to the executable, and the gamelist.xml is updated
• EmulationStation UI is listing the game folders and inside them the executables. My es_systems.cfg allows only exe as extension (<extension>.exe .EXE</extension>)
• As sugested, I changed my dosbox.bat to include the following lines:
  
  chdir
  pause
  extreme.exe
  But when I select extp > extreme from EmulationStation UI, it opens DOSBox and presents the following message:
  ...
  Z:>set ROOT=/recalbox/share/roms/dos/extp.pc/extreme.exe
  Z:>
  Again, using the command line I can start the game.

Any clues?

Regards,
Daniel

Wow, you guys are quick! Thanks for that.

I tried the link and readme directions as well but it didn't worked.

Inside the dos folder placed my game folder (extp.pc)
I updated the dosbox.bat file inside the extp.pc folder with the following content:

EXTREME.EXE

I rebooted recalbox and selected the EXTREME.EXE but it loads DOSBox and show this:

Z:> set ROOT=/recalbox/share/roms/dos/extp.pc/EXTREME.EXE
Z:>

Now if I type in the command line:
mount c /recalbox/share/roms/dospc/extreme.pc
- c
extreme

The game starts. What am I missing here?

Thanks

Hi everybody,

I am a former retropie user and I used to play some DOS games using that system. To keep things organized, I used to put inside the "dos" folder only the bash script to run the game and in another folder called "dospc" I used to put the folder with the game files.

My script for Retropie looked like this (Extreme Pinball script):

#!/bin/bash
/opt/retropie/emulators/dosbox/bin/dosbox -c "mount c /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/dospc" -c "c:" -c "cd extp.pc" -c "extreme.exe"

With this approach, I was able to run the game without any issues.

Now that I moved to recalbox, I would like to take a similar approach. So, I placed my game (extp.pc) in a folder called "dospc" and inside the "dos" folder I created the bash script.

However, recalbox doesn't show the bash script in the DOS library. On top of that, I am only able to run the game if I open the game .exe so it will open DOSBox where I can type the following commands to run the game:

mount c /recalbox/share/roms/dospc/extp.pc
- c
extreme

Do you guys know what am I missing?
Are bash scripts supported by recalbox?
How do I open DOSBox without clicking in the game executable?

Your help will be much appreciated.

Regards,