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DOSBox

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DOSBox is an emulator program which emulates an IBM PC compatible computer running a DOS operating system. Many IBM PC compatible graphics and sound cards are also emulated. This means that original DOS programs (including PC games) are provided with an environment in which they...

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • DE flagGermany
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux  non-ubuntu users can easily get it from flathub or snapcraft store
  • Android  there is no official Android release, try RetroArch
  • BSD
  • FreeBSD
5 / 5 Avg rating (4)
406likes
2comments
0news articles

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  1.  Portable
  2.  DOS emulation
  3.  X86-emulation
  4.  Run file in a Sandbox

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  • miinty, BIGLINUX, deenahai and thejfex liked DOSBox
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    Korwin added DOSBox as alternative to DOSBox ECE
    6 months ago
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    8 months ago
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    POX added DOSBox as alternative to iDOS Emulator
    8 months ago
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DOSBox information

  • Developed by

    DE flagDOSBox crew
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    16 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about DOSBox, and it has gotten 406 likes

DOSBox was added to AlternativeTo by Xure on Oct 18, 2009 and this page was last updated Mar 22, 2022.

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Top Positive Comment
Beata Mazurek
Dec 16, 2019
0

Electrobody here I come! And Golden Axe! And Eye of Beholder!

caiocco
Apr 30, 2020
0

Very portable and versatile. The documentation is not very good for comands like mount and imgmount, but the user can workaround this with a simple search. It's not 100% compatible with everything written for DOS, but surely runs a lot of games without any problems, even when two different sound cards are enable (e.g. a SoundBlaster and a Gravis Ultrasound). If you are running into problems, change the settings related to the core (e.g. try core=dynamic).

What is DOSBox?

DOSBox is an emulator program which emulates an IBM PC compatible computer running a DOS operating system. Many IBM PC compatible graphics and sound cards are also emulated. This means that original DOS programs (including PC games) are provided with an environment in which they can run correctly, even though the modern computers have dropped support for that old environment.

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