Latest Release: 0.83.16
Release Date: August 1, 2021
Supported Platforms:
Windows version:
(Windows XP and later versions supported)
Linux version:
(Linux distros and Raspberry Pi supported)
macOS version:
(For both Intel-based and ARM-based Mac)
DOS version:
(Yes, you can emulate another DOS system within DOS itself)
Source code:
(Latest code also available from the GitHub repository)
Further options and information:
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DOSBox-X emulates a PC necessary for running many DOS games and applications that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, similar to DOSBox. However, while the main focus of DOSBox is for running DOS games, DOSBox-X goes much further than this. Started as a fork of the DOSBox project, it retains compatibility with the wide base of DOS games and DOS gaming DOSBox was designed for. But it is also a platform for running DOS applications, including emulating the environments to run Windows 3.x, 9x and ME and software written for those versions of Windows. By adding official support for Windows 95, 98, ME emulation and acceleration, we hope that those old Windows games and applications could be enjoyed or used once more. Moreover, DOSBox-X adds support for DOS/V and NEC PC-98 emulations so that you can play DOS/V and PC-98 games with it.
DOSBox-X is designed to be a general purpose DOS emulator (including DOS-based Windows) that is both fully-featured and easy to use. We implement new features with each official release, and try our best to make them work consistently on all supported platforms. At the same time, we are making efforts to improve emulation quality and usability for end users who want to run DOS programs or games. In order to help improve the general DOS emulation and also to help continued DOS developments, it is our desire to implement accurate emulation, accurate enough to help make new DOS developments possible with confidence the program will run properly on actual DOS systems. DOSBox-X features a flexible configuration, as we believe a better way to emulate the DOS platform is to give users all the options to configure the DOS virtual machine, as a complete DOS emulation package, including original IBM PC system all the way up to late 1990’s configuration, whatever it takes to get your DOS program or game to run. Below are screenshots of some DOS programs/games running in DOSBox-X.
A few examples of DOSBox-X's unique features are available in the DOSBox-X's Feature Highlights page. It is our hope to cover all features needed by DOS programs and games (and DOS-based Windows, etc), including, among many others, printing, networking, file/record-locking, clipboard, multimedia, 3dfx Voodoo & Glide, disk controller and IDE emulation, debugging features, etc, which are already supported; in some applications the software may also work in combination with 3rd-party solutions like Printfil or WinPrint on Windows host systems for even smoother experiences.
DOSBox-X maintains a Wiki system (see also guide page list) which explains how to set up DOSBox-X and configure different types of DOS software to run in DOSBox-X. Also, as DOSBox-X is an open-source project, we strongly encourage users or developers to contribute to DOSBox-X in order to make it work even better as a complete DOS emulation package. Please visit our project website on GitHub for more information. Feel free to leave comments or feedbacks as we would like to hear from you, and we always welcome and encourage you to join the DOSBox-X Team.
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