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Privateer - Origin (1993)
Tested By: benrd

runnable  -  playable  -  supported
95% (supported)
  DOSBox version: 0.73 (supported)

runnable  -  playable  -  supported
95% (supported)
  DOSBox version: 0.70 (supported)

runnable  -  playable  -  supported
85% (supported)
  DOSBox version: 0.65 (supported)

runnable  -  playable  -  supported
80% (supported)
  DOSBox version: 0.63 (supported)

runnable  -  playable  -  supported
0% supported
  DOSBox version: 0.62 (broken)

runnable  -  playable  -  supported
80% (supported)
  DOSBox version: 0.61 (supported)


A remake is available (2007-10-24 04:08) donut
by the way, there's a remake of privateer available.
The old good priv 1 with some added features,
mostly new ships, graphics (models, effects etc).
Built upon the Vegastrike engine.
joystick problems (2007-08-18 23:04) fidelity
same problem w/ cursor drift to upper left and calibrating two joysticks. hanswursts24's solution didn't work, but changed .conf file:

joysticktype=2axis
timed=false

& now it works.
joystick problems (2007-06-15 04:37) hanswurst24
I got the same problems like cattack. The mouse runs to upper left if joystick is enabled in DOSBox.


But @bobk:
A solution for you is the following: Calibrate the first joystick if game askes. After you completed the first joystick and the game prompts yu for number 2 close DOSBox! Use your favorite filemanager, browse to the Privateer directory, copy/double the joya.dat and rename it to joyb.dat.
Then restart DOSBox and Privateer - it should run now...
Joystick configuration (2007-04-11 07:31) bobk
For the most part, this game runs well. However, I installed my Logitech joystick and when starting Privateer, a joystick calibration screen is immediately displayed. It prompts me to calibrate Joystick 1, which I do, then it prompts me to calibrate Joystick 2. I changed the value in the .conf file from Auto to 4axis and back again to Auto, but any changes have no affect.

Does anyone have a suggestion about what I might change so the game sees only one joystick? Thanks for any assistance you can provide.

Regards,

bobk
Joystick issues in 70 (2007-04-10 19:09) cattack
I have tried running it and the new joystick routines seem to cause problems. As soon as I turn on joystick control, the cursor flys to the to bottom right corner of the screen. In game calibration of joystick has no effect.
CD check (2005-08-04 12:14) MatrixCL
I couldn't get the game find the cd (also after mounting, like "mount d d:\ -t cdrom"), but then I found out it was looking for cd-rom drive E:\, because in the file "PRIV.CFG" it says: "=E:priv.tre". I changed that to "=D:priv.tre".
Various Issues (2005-06-28 04:10) ChrisReid
EMS must be set to false, but XMS should probably be set to true. What happens when you try to enable sound? The game has an installation menu where you set music and sound options. DOSBox is probably defaulting to irq 7, dma 1, port 220, any sound blaster.
No sound (2005-06-27 02:10) sparking_spirit
Modify setting of ems and xms to false and it'll run. The problem I got is that I cannot enable sound.
It seems to be broken under 0.63 (2005-06-26 15:58) Tin
I've been trying to run the game with different settings under 0.62, and the results are negative. It seems there was a trouble with EMS support, as I understood.
Then the DOSBox 0.63 was installed, but the problem remains.
It's work now! (2004-12-08 23:10) MoonShadow
I've been playing Privateer for many hours with the 0.63 version, and it run quite fast :)
Just setting (as say before) ems and xms to false, and with the cycles in 9000 ;)
Very slow to run (2004-05-20 04:35) The Black Onyx
Hey people if you like me remeber this game and loved it then, you will be all the more keen for the next version of Dos Box 0.62

I tried to run Dos box with the appropriate settings, however the game ran so slowly it was virtually unplayable.

I messed around with the PC cycles and skipped frame rate but to no avail. Will wait impatiently for the next version of Dos Box with baited breath.
To Ultimate_Answer_equals_42 (2004-03-19 15:24) Voyageur
The settings are explained in another entry for privateer (look at wing commander: privateer). You have to set both ems and xms to false in your dosbox.conf

ps: and thanks for all the fish ;)
Problems (2004-02-24 16:32) Ultimate_Answer_equals_42
With the defalt settings I wasn't able to play it on version 0.61. benrd - what settings in DosBox did you use?
Note: (2004-02-03 18:47) benrd
Seems to run perfectly in 0.61 but with low framerates.


Game directory (browsing from P)
Game: Year:   Version:   Status: runnable - playable - supported
P 47 1989   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
P.B. Bear's Birthday Party 1995   0.74-3   broken  
Pac Pc 1995   0.74-3   supported 93% (supported)
Pac-Girl 1982   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pac-In-Time 1994   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pac-Man 1983   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
pacific general 1994   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Pacific Islands 1992   0.63   supported 98% (supported)
Pacific Strike 1994   0.73   supported 80% (supported)
Pacific War 1995   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Pacifist 1998   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Packman 1983   0.72   supported 99% (supported)
Pacmania 1990   0.73   supported 90% (supported)
Paganitzu - Part 1 1991   0.60   supported 100% (supported)
Paganitzu Trilogy 1991   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Paku Paku 2001   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pal (仙劍奇俠傳) 1993   0.65   supported 100% (supported)
Palace of Deceit: Dragon's Plight 1991   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Paladin 1988   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Paladin 2 1991   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Pang 1992   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Pangea Return to Planet Earth 1993   0.73   supported 80% (supported)
Pango 1983   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Panza's Kickboxing 1990   0.73   supported 80% (supported)
Panzer Battles 1988   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Panzer General 1994   0.73   supported 80% (supported)
Paperboy 1988   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Paperboy 2 1992   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Paragliding 1992   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Paranoia 1993   0.70   supported 90% (supported)
Paratrooper 1982   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Parlor Games with Laura Bow 1992   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Patience 10 1990   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Patriot 1992   0.70   supported 85% (supported)
Patrizier 1992   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Patton Vs Romel 1986   0.70   supported 66% (supported)
PC Autodefinidos 5.0 1995   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
PC Basket (aka PC Basket 1.0) 1993   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
PC Basket 2.0 1994   0.74-3   supported 64% (supported)
PC Basket 3.0 1995   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
PC Basket 4.0 1996   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
PC Basket 4.5 1997   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pc Calcio 1995   0.60   supported 90% (supported)
Pc Calcio 4.0 1996   0.63   supported 100% (supported)
PC Calcio Scudetto 95-96 1995   0.74-3   supported 80% (supported)
PC Foreplay 1994   0.65   supported 90% (supported)
PC Futbol 1993   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
PC Futbol 3.0 1995   0.74-3   supported 80% (supported)
PC Futbol 4.0 1996   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
PC Rally 1995   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
PC-Man 1982   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
PC64 V1.22 (Personal C64 Emulator) 1997   0.74-3   supported 98% (supported)
PCBert 1997   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
PcFutbol 5.0 1996   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
PCGAMES 1987   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
PCjr Sampler 1983   0.74-3   broken  
Pea Shootin' Pete 1994   0.73   supported 80% (supported)
Peach the Lobster 1994   0.73   supported 80% (supported)
Pee & Gity Special 1994   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
pehistorik 2 1992   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Penthouse Electric Jigsaw 1990   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Penthouse Hot Numbers 1992   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pepper's Adventures in Time 1993   0.63   supported 100% (supported)
Pepsi Virtaul Reality Game 1996   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Per.Oxyd 1997   0.73   supported 80% (supported)
Perestroika 1990   0.58   supported 80% (supported)
Perfect Assassin 1997   0.74-3   supported 90% (supported)
Perfect General II 1994   0.72   supported 95% (supported)
Perry Mason 1985   0.65   supported 100% (supported)
Personal Nightmare 1989   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pet of the Year Play-Off 1993   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pete Rose Pennant Fever 1988   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Peter Pan & Robin Hood Faery Tale F 1992   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
PGA European Tour 1996   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
PGA Tour 486 Gold Edition 1994   0.74-3   supported 95% (supported)
PGA Tour Golf 486 1994   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Phantasie 1987   0.58   supported 80% (supported)
Phantasie 3: Wrath of Nikademus 1989   0.73   supported 80% (supported)
Phantasmagoria 1995   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh 1996   0.61   supported 100% (supported)
Pharaoh 1989   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pharaoh's Pursuit 1990   0.58   supported 80% (supported)
Pharaoh's Tomb 1990   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Pharaoh's Tomb Vol.1 to 4 1990   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
PHM Pegasus 1988   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Pictionary 1989   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
PICTOR 1988   0.63   supported 75% (supported)
Picture edit 1997   0.70   supported 90% (supported)
Pilgrim Quest 1991   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Pinball 2000 1994   0.74-3   supported 96% (supported)
Pinball Construction Set 1985   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Pinball Dreams 1992   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pinball Dreams 2 1995   0.74-3   supported 90% (supported)
Pinball Fantasies 1994   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Pinball Fantasies Deluxe 1996   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pinball Illusion 1995   0.73   supported 90% (supported)
Pinball Magic 1990   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Pinball World 1995   0.65   supported 100% (supported)
Pipe Dream 1989   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Pipe Mania 1989   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pirada I 1992   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Pirada II 1992   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Pirada III 1992   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Piranha 1996   0.74-3   supported 98% (supported)
Pirates ! 1987   0.74-3   runnable 10% (runnable)
Pirates 2 2000   0.60   supported 95% (supported)
Pirates of the Barbary Coast 1987   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Pirates! Gold 1992   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pit(EGA Terminal), The 1990   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pit, The 1990   0.63   supported 100% (supported)
Pit-Fighters 1991   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Pitirita 1985   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pitstop 2 1984   0.58   supported 100% (supported)
PixelShips 2000   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pizza Connection 1995   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pizza Tycoon 1994   0.74-3   runnable 1% (runnable)
Pizza Worm 1994   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Pizza Worm 2.1g 1995   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Plan 9 from outer space 1992   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Planet Football 1994   0.74-3   supported 87% (supported)
Planet of Lust 1989   0.74-3   supported 80% (supported)
Planet X3 2019   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Planet's Edge 1993   0.73   supported 90% (supported)
Platoon 1987   0.70   supported 95% (supported)
Player Manager 2 1995   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Playmaker Football 1991   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Plundered Hearts 1987   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
PM2 1990   0.65   supported 90% (supported)
Pocahontas 1995   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Pocket Rockets 1988   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Polanie 1996   0.58   supported 80% (supported)
Polda 1 1998   0.74-3   supported 97% (supported)
Pole Position 1984   0.72   supported 97% (supported)
Pole Position 2 1988   0.73   supported 80% (supported)
Pole-Position 1996   0.65   supported 95% (supported)
Police Quest (VGA) 1991   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Police Quest 1 1987   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Police Quest 1: VGA 1991   0.58   supported 100% (supported)
Police Quest 2 1988   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Police Quest 3 1991   0.63   supported 100% (supported)
Police Quest 4: Open Season 1993   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
PONG 1997   0.63   supported 99% (supported)
Pong Kombat 1994   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pong V 6.0 1997   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pool of Radiance 1988   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pools of Darkness 1991   0.74-3   supported 64% (supported)
poop on a stick 1976   0.58   supported 100% (supported)
Popcorn 1988   0.60   supported 98% (supported)
Popeye 2 1992   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Populous 1989   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Populous 2 1992   0.70   supported 95% (supported)
Portal 1986   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Ports of Call 1989   0.74-3   supported 99% (supported)
Postman Pat 3 1992   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Powball 1995   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Power Dolls 1994   0.70   supported 81% (supported)
Power Dolls 2 1995   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Power Drift 1990   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Power Drive 1994   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Power Struggle 1988   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Powerdrome 1990   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Powermonger 1993   0.58   supported 80% (supported)
Powerslave 1996   0.60   supported 80% (supported)
Powerslave aka Exhumed 1996   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Pray for death 1997   0.73   supported 95% (supported)
Precision Simulator 744 V1.3a 2001   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Predator 1990   0.63   supported 100% (supported)
Pref Club 1991   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Prehistoric 1991   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Prehistoric 2 1991   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Prehistorik 1991   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
Prehistorik 2 1992   0.73   supported 80% (supported)
Premier Manager 3 1995   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Press your Luck 1988   0.61   supported 100% (supported)
Presumed Guilty 1993   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Primal Rage 1995   0.73   supported 90% (supported)
Prince of Evil 1993   0.73   supported 80% (supported)
Prince of Persia 1989   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Prince of Persia (4D) 1994   0.65   supported 100% (supported)
Prince of Persia 2 1993   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Princess Maker (Japanese) 1991   0.58   supported 80% (supported)
Princess Maker (Trad Chinese) 1992   0.62   supported 90% (supported)
Princess Maker 1 1990   0.65   supported 100% (supported)
Princess Maker 2 1996   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Princess Maker 2 (English Beta) 1995   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Princess Maker 2 (Japanese) 1994   0.58   supported 80% (supported)
Princess Maker 2 (Trad Chinese) 1996   0.61   supported 90% (supported)
Prisoner of Ice 1995   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Privateer 1993   0.73   supported 95% (supported)
Privateer 2: The Darkening 1996   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Privateer: Righteous Fire 1993   0.70   supported 80% (supported)
Pro League Baseball 1992   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pro Manager 1985 Edition 1984   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Pro Pinball: Big Race USA 1998   0.74-3   supported 91% (supported)
Pro Pinball: The Web 1996   0.74-3   supported 90% (supported)
Pro Pinball: Timeshock 1997   0.70   supported 75% (supported)
Pro Tennis Tour 1989   0.74-3   supported 80% (supported)
Pro Tennis Tour 2 1990   0.74-3   supported 80% (supported)
Profitania Deluxe 1999   0.65   supported 90% (supported)
Prohibition 1987   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Project Nomad 1993   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Project Paradise 1997   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Project X 1992   0.63   supported 100% (supported)
Project: Space Station 1987   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Prokleti Eridenu 1991   0.61   supported 85% (supported)
Prophecy 1 - The Fall of Trinadon 1988   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Prophecy 1 - The Viking Child 1991   0.74-3   supported 80% (supported)
Prophecy of the Shadow 1992   0.74-3   supported 90% (supported)
Protocos 1996   0.70   supported 100% (supported)
Protostar 1993   0.74-3   supported 80% (supported)
Prototype 1996   0.72   supported 100% (supported)
Prowler 1987   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Pssst 1999   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Psychic Detective 1995   0.61   supported 75% (supported)
Psycho 1988   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Psycho Pinball 1995   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
PT-109 1988   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Pub Pool 1987   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Puppen, Perlen und Pistolen 1996   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Purple Saturn Day 1989   0.63   supported 90% (supported)
Pushover 1992   0.73   supported 100% (supported)
PUZZLE 1989   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Puzzle Fun-Pack 1989   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Puzzle Gallery 1990   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
PUZZLE II 1989   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Puzzle Master 1991   0.61   supported 80% (supported)
Puzzle v1.0 1996   0.74-3   playable 60% (playable)
Puzznic 1990   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pyramids of Egypt 1989   0.74-3   supported 100% (supported)
Pyro ][ 1990   0.74-3   supported 80% (supported)
Pyrotechnica 1995   0.70   supported 100% (supported)

Compatibility statistics (3929 games in database)
Version: Games broken: Games runnable: Games playable: Games supported:
DOSBox 0.74-3 (1255) 16 (1.27%) 34 (2.71%) 48 (3.82%) 1157 (92.19%)
DOSBox 0.73 (644) 16 (2.48%) 23 (3.57%) 17 (2.64%) 588 (91.30%)
DOSBox 0.72 (722) 45 (6.23%) 24 (3.32%) 31 (4.29%) 622 (86.15%)
DOSBox 0.71 (164) 29 (17.68%) 12 (7.32%) 8 (4.88%) 115 (70.12%)
DOSBox 0.70 (952) 23 (2.42%) 17 (1.79%) 29 (3.05%) 883 (92.75%)
DOSBox 0.65 (727) 39 (5.36%) 30 (4.13%) 41 (5.64%) 617 (84.87%)
DOSBox 0.63 (918) 76 (8.28%) 45 (4.90%) 46 (5.01%) 751 (81.81%)
DOSBox 0.62 (394) 56 (14.21%) 24 (6.09%) 27 (6.85%) 287 (72.84%)
DOSBox 0.61 (998) 87 (8.72%) 59 (5.91%) 68 (6.81%) 784 (78.56%)
DOSBox 0.60 (774) 108 (13.95%) 73 (9.43%) 72 (9.30%) 521 (67.31%)
DOSBox 0.58 (1149) 266 (23.15%) 15 (1.31%) 20 (1.74%) 848 (73.80%)






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