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DOSBox Sees Continued Success

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-does-it-have-xp-mode dept.

KingofGnG writes "DOSBox, the emulator designed to run DOS games on modern operating systems (and not necessarily on a PC), has been chosen as project of the month for May on SourceForge. It's the latest award granted to a piece of software that 'simply does what it is supposed to do,' as the authors say. After having amassed more than 10 million downloads, it will soon be getting an update that's been awaited for almost two years."

6 of 271 comments (clear)

  1. Re:10 millions downloads? by westlake · · Score: 4, Funny

    What is a "millions download"?

    A typo.
    Next question, please.

  2. Re:Dosbox ROCKS! by martin-boundary · · Score: 4, Funny

    Such games that come to mind include Wolf3D, Doom, Command & Conquer, Warcraft, Need For Speed, Microprose F1GP and the list goes on.

    You young whippersnappers! I used to play PACMAN, dammit!

  3. Re:X Wing by X0563511 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bah, TIE-Fighter is where it's at. We don't need to stinking shields! (both games kicked ass though!)

    *KLAXON* Alpha One, INCOMING MISSILE!

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    For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
  4. Re:Dosbox ROCKS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    My fondest memories are of Apogee/3d Realms

    You'll LOVE Duke Nukem Forever when it comes out. New footage has been leaked recently, so it should be any moment now...

  5. Re:That reminds me of a joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ah yes, Slashdot.

    That grand old place where we compare video game licensing schemes and the massacre of eighty million people under a brutal totalitarian regime, and judge the former to be worse.

  6. Re:Dosbox ROCKS! by LateArthurDent · · Score: 2, Funny

    A couple of things I found amusing - first, I was born in 1986, and yet I still got into PC games in DOS. I started formulating this reply as soon as I read that you thought one had to be born before 1984 for this to be true :)

    You were born in 1986 and your parents already let you be on the internet? You can't be more than...wait...holy fuck...you're probably done with college

    Thanks pal. Now I feel old.