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DOS Emulator = Old Game Heaven
Revolt in Colour | 10:07 PM on 03.29.2008 10 comments


Lifehacker has come through one again and posted a link to a DOS emulator for all platforms
and it's wonderful.

It's called DOSBox.

Seems to have a pretty active community behind and runs a TON of games. I just fired up
The Secret Island of Dr. Quandry and it runs great. They have a list of compatible games
and how they run on the DOSBox site there are even patches/workarounds for ones that don't
work too well.

This has just made me so happy.

Carry on.



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shipero's Destructoid Blog
I've been suggesting DOSBox to people who want to play old computer games for quite a while. Great piece of reliable, easy to use software.
ogo2k's Destructoid Blog
Dosbox has saved my vista laptop having life...
Revolt in Colour's Destructoid Blog
I'm so glad other people have heard of this. I'm amazed I hadn't caught wind of it before.

Just played Oregon Trail Deluxe for about 15 min. I died already. Fucking Cholera.
MrSadistic's Destructoid Blog
Yeah, DosBox is pretty pimp. I've used it for the longest time. It's pretty great to have when you feel the need to play some Harvester.
NegFactor's Destructoid Blog
Yeah...DOSBox has kinda been around for...well...a long time.

But it is awesome. :)
MaxVest's Destructoid Blog
We're all big fans here. Do a community blogs search for DOSBox and you'll feel the love.
Velt's Destructoid Blog
I will be tomorrow downloading it.

ņaca, ņaca.
The GHost's Destructoid Blog
Jawsome, I'm definitely getting my Oregon Trail on tomorrow.

Fucking dysentery.
A New Challenger's Destructoid Blog
I need to fire this up and run TIE Fighter, except last time I stuck that disc in my CD drive it BSOD'd XP. I know there's some special parameters and stuff you have to enter and I've been too lazy to do that.
Knives's Destructoid Blog
Isn't this what steam uses for old games? I'll have to look into that.


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