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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."

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  1. I love DosBox by SupremoMan · · Score: 5, Informative

    I use it to play Masters of Orion 2. It has a built in IPX simulator, so it makes multiplayer very easy. You can also record your games using built in feature!

  2. dosemu is also amazing by innocent_white_lamb · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some folks are doing amazing things with dos emulators on Linux:

    http://www.melvilletheatre.com/articles/powerbasic-linux/index.html

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  3. Re:Is it a virtual machine or an emulator? by Drinking+Bleach · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's a full-blown x86 emulator. It works on PowerPC and everything.