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x86 emulator with Tandy/Herc/CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA graphics, sound and DOS
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Description:

DOSBox is a x86 emulator with Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA graphics, sound and DOS. It's been designed to run old DOS games under platforms that don't support it. (Win2k/XP/FreeBSD/Linux/MAC OS X)

The following legacy sound devices are emulated: PC Speaker, Creative CMS/Gameblaster, Tandy 3 voice, Adlib, Sound Blaster Pro/16, Disney Soundsource and a Gravis Ultrasound. MPU-401 is forwarded to the host.

User reviews:

	Score	Comment
mrjohnbates 10 months ago	5	Best DOS Emulator hands down. One of my favorite Linux Wares.
super 1 year ago	5	best way to play dos games
taxfree 1 year ago	5	Masterpiece. Just played old Prehistoric 2. Great!
ephraimshofar 1 year ago	5	We've been using DOS Emulators for years, and we've been using DOS since the 80s. This is by far the best DOS Emulator we've ever seen on ANY platform.
Xavian_Stormfang 2 years ago	5	Pretty good port of dosbox. Lets me play all of the classics.
GeorgeCaldwell 2 years ago	5	Perfectly smooth Emulator. Works exactly like a late 80's and 90's PC.
editor321 2 years ago	5	Great utility for older games. Even some Steam packages use Dosbox to run their older games on newer systems. Fantastic.
JeZxLee 2 years ago	5	One of the best apps for linux mint 18 mate 64Bit - works perfectly, love it!
LinuxFan5 2 years ago	4	TES: Arena is bugging, dont know if normal or not :/
michelsaey 2 years ago	4	If you want to play some 'retro' and 'old' dos games, Dosbox is the sollution :-)
absoluteZero 3 years ago	5	Однозначно ставить, если хочется поностальгировать по старым игрушкам
Vandersan 3 years ago	5	Спасибо!
djeneba8333 3 years ago	5	works great :) thanks for making this package
w1tchfind3r 3 years ago	5	Be it Windows, be it Linux, DoSBox never disappoints!
Sentalin 3 years ago	5	Works fine!
Incandescent 3 years ago	5	If you want to run DOS programs, this is the best solution on the web currently. Fantastic stuff!
ckristi 3 years ago	5	Helps me playing childhood games like Prince of Persia. :P
mitchlhannah 3 years ago	5	Love It
josefg 3 years ago	5	It's actually easier to get my games working through DosBox than it was in MS-DOS itself (because of all the memory management fiddling). For easy installation, I've repackaged my old games in .deb files that depend on DosBox.
CronoX 3 years ago	5	Top! Recommend reading the manual to get some info, but it's a joy to relive the good old times! :-)
HerrDierk 3 years ago	4	Good old DOS :-)
stagman 4 years ago	5	Brought up on DOS, I dont use a front end, just type the commands. Use it to play Civilisation only so far. As PC architecture evolved, the game fell over sooner and sooner. Dosbox has equalled my ancient 386 in terms of ability to play, allowing far bigger empires to be built etc. Still manage to make it crash. Misspent youth. Looking forward to testing some of the newer 'old games'
Musickiller 4 years ago	5	куда без него..)
lambda2236 4 years ago	5	DosBox on linux is great and a lower cpu consumption
StormBeast 4 years ago	5	Got Diablo1 and Dungeon Keeper 1 running in it. Flawlessly. 10/10, better than the original
maele 4 years ago	5	lets me revisit the classics - StreetFighter, Mortal Kombat! :)
KhalVal 4 years ago	5	Love that I can play old games with this!
Andrews_Erics 4 years ago	4	I use it to play old dos games
jbitbang 4 years ago	5	i was able to look at of the first things i ever coded for CHaoS an ansi art group. It looked like a animated gif and it was 3 or 5 of them and a .MOD track playing using that module that was everywhere for turbo pascal that gave you the choices of Soundblaster Adlib Gravis etc. The lead coder told me 1 file only no zips etc so I appended .mod with copy and simply extracted it at runtime. It was the first solution i discovered without being taught or copying another idea. I was 13 and I still think it was krad. Maybe we can get this in the old folks home in 20 years.
RacerBG 5 years ago	5	DOSBOX is just awesome because thanks to it Im able to play my favorite old games without any headaches.
dogsolitude_uk 5 years ago	5	Big fan of DosBox. A little MSDOS knowledge is required for set up, but it's pretty simple ad straightforward to get old games running. I use it for old text adventures, like The Pawn, so in my view this is a vital tool for preserving old games.
linesma 5 years ago	5	Best emlation tool for old DOS programs. It allows me to run some of my older programs.
zaynali 5 years ago	5	I have several app which are under DOS and this is usefull
QreAtop_R3BaCk 5 years ago	5	Useful~!5)
iCON 5 years ago	5	Großartiger Emulator! Funktioniert wirklich perfekt!
quake0 6 years ago	5	Works perfect.
tomdiana 6 years ago	4	works!
RytronII 6 years ago	5	Old school bliss.
booman 6 years ago	5	Dosbox is an amazing tool for those old games: Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, Quake, Blood, Duke Nukem and hundreds more
BozoDel 6 years ago	5	pwnz
malvi 6 years ago	5	Very nice emulator!
abmptc 6 years ago	5	Es una maravilla, lo uso para jugar a un tetris antiguo pero insuperable
M4CGYV3R 6 years ago	5	Funciona excelentemente. Infaltable.
Ichag 6 years ago	5	Super Teil, kenne keim MS-Dos Programm wat nicht läuft
socram 6 years ago	5	works great :) thanks for making this package
bluepc 6 years ago	4	most excellent
dilu 7 years ago	5	very useful because it is easy to run turbo c in linux
newer 7 years ago	5	its save my life
registereduser 7 years ago	1	never installs. I click install then I type my password and it sits here. The install button goes away, it never starts.
blueXrider 7 years ago	3	Emulator
RavS 7 years ago	4	Works great. Comes in handy sometimes.
kad3t 7 years ago	5	DOSBox with DFend frontend is what the definitive Linux gaming is all about! :)
Argent 7 years ago	5	Couldn't praise this any more highly. It runs 99% of old DOS games thrown at it with no trouble at all. I do recommended using a frontend with it.
ZipionLive 7 years ago	5	dosbox runs flawlessly all my 90's oldies, and ironically works better on linux than on MS's Windows 7... Every retro-gamer should install this !
ashtoash 7 years ago	4	Oh my sweet childhood... Doom doom doom :-)
roguededguy 7 years ago	5	This + fceux + zsnes = the best games ever made playable on Linux
Ubutunix 7 years ago	4	gut für alte spiele
kunk 7 years ago	5	Fast enough for all the DOS games, multiplayer over IPX tunneling is fun too.
Zer0 7 years ago	5	Great application. Get to play The Oregon Trail.
akash211 7 years ago	5	It is amazing, even windows 7 don't run Turbo C++ but now I am using Turbo C++ on Mint
MestreLion 7 years ago	5	A must for old gamerz
SilasMortimer 7 years ago	5	This + the old shareware logic game Sherlock = just about the most fun I can have with a game.
smitty_the_smith 7 years ago	4	A must for dos games
noman2008 8 years ago	5	Turbo C/C++ Language Working
LinuxGreen 8 years ago	5	Flawless. Although Amiga had better ports for a lot of Dos games
hexram 8 years ago	4	Revive the '80s video games out there
hazo 8 years ago	5	Awesome for DOS games.
shiny11100 8 years ago	5	best way to play old classics
talu56 8 years ago	3	would like it more if i knew how to use it :P
haxxorz321 8 years ago	5	dosbox makes up 70% of my game play. classics like doom1&2, quake, wolfenstein 3d, duke nukem 3d, kings quest, etc. make dosbox indespensable for retro pc gamers.
factor-h 8 years ago	5	DOS was the base for what we take for granted. Fast applications and also the limited but clever games. This is a must for what DOS have allowed and delivered.
hukoeth 8 years ago	5	Thanks to this software I could finally convince my dad to switch to Linux Mint since he can now run his old DOS applications.
changke 8 years ago	5	must have for gamers
miez 8 years ago	4	Nice that I can play old DOS games on a Linux machine. Good old memories. Altough the sound is a little cracky sometimes.
Alexio 8 years ago	4	Many memories in one little box. Great for playing old classic games.
Roin 8 years ago	4	Great DOS emulator, but sadly the Linux version has some issues, e.g. with some sound emulation. Still best choice to play the games that are worth playing them.

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