It is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2. Steps for building the source code can be found in the BUILD page.ĭOSBox-X is completely open-source and free of charge to use and distribute. For more information about DOSBox-X, such as setting up and running DOSBox-X including its usage tips, please read the user guide in the DOSBox-X Wiki. Also see the INSTALL page for DOSBox-X installation instructions and other packages, and the Releases page for archives of all released DOSBox-X versions. Please check out the DOSBox-X homepage for common packages of the latest release for the supported platforms, as well as screenshots of some DOS programs and games running in DOSBox-X. Our goal is to eventually make DOSBox-X a complete emulation package that covers all pre-2000 DOS and Windows 9x based system scenarios, including peripherals, motherboards, CPUs, and all manner of hardware that was made for PC hardware of that time. DOSBox-X provides many ways to tweak and configure the DOS virtual machine, as we believe a better way to emulate the DOS platform is to give users all the options they need to emulate everything from the original IBM PC system all the way up to late 1990's configuration, whatever it takes to get your game or software package to run.

DOSBox-X includes various features for different purposes (some of them ported from other projects), which are implemented as incremental changes since it was forked from DOSBox SVN Daum. In order to help running DOS games and applications, Windows 3.x/9x/ME, as well as for the purpose of historical preservation, testing and 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. 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.Ĭompared with DOSBox, DOSBox-X focuses more on general emulation and accuracy. 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. 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. 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. However, while the main focus of DOSBox is for running DOS games, DOSBox-X goes much further than this. Support for international language translations and keyboard layoutsĭOSBox-X is a cross-platform DOS emulator based on the DOSBox project ( Like DOSBox, it emulates a PC necessary for running many MS-DOS games and applications that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems.Origin and history of the DOSBox-X project.Features that DOSBox-X is unlikely to support at this time.DOSBox-X development and release pattern.Compatibility with DOS programs and games.DOSBox-X supported platforms and releases.Welcome to the DOSBox-X project homepage located on GitHub.ĭiscord channel for the DOSBox-X project ( )

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