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Original author(s) | Peter "Qbix" Veenstra, Sjoerd "Harekiet" van der Berg |
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Developer(s) | The DOSBox Team |
Initial release | January 31, 2002[1] |
Stable release | 0.74-3[2] ![]() |
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)[3] |
Type | Virtual machine, emulator |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later[4] |
Website | www |
DOSBox is a free and open-source emulator which runs software for MS-DOS compatible disk operating systems—primarily video games.[5] It was first released in 2002, when DOS technology was becoming obsolete. Its adoption for running DOS games is widespread, with it being used in commercial re-releases of those games as well.
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