DOSBox
| DOSBox | |
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DOSBox icon | |
DOSBox 0.74-3 opening screen | |
| Original author(s) | Peter "Qbix" Veenstra, Sjoerd "Harekiet" van der Berg |
| Developer(s) | The DOSBox Team |
| Initial release | January 31, 2002 |
| Stable release | 0.74-3
/ 26 June 2019 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | BeOS, FreeBSD, Linux (Debian, Fedora, Gentoo), macOS, RISC OS, Solaris, Windows |
| Available in | English (but allows for alternative keyboard layouts) |
| Type | Virtual machine, emulator |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | www |
DOSBox is a free and open-source MS-DOS emulator. It supports running programs – primarily video games – that are otherwise inaccessible since hardware for running a compatible disk operating system (DOS) is obsolete and generally unavailable today. It was first released in 2002, when DOS technology was becoming obsolete. Its adoption for running DOS games is relatively widespread; partially driven by its use in commercial re-releases of games.