PC Emulator Comparisons

Main article: POS (Pong Consoles) CPUs and Other Chips#x86 CPUs

For emulators that run on DOS, see Emulators on legacy Microsoft products#DOS.

For emulators that run on Windows 3.x, see Emulators on legacy Microsoft products#Windows 3.x.

For emulators that run on Windows 9x, see Emulators on legacy Microsoft products#Windows 9x.

For emulators that run on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista, see Emulators on legacy Microsoft products#Windows NT.

The PC architecture originates from the 1981, IBM PC / model 5150. Due to being designed with off-the-shelf hardware, clone manufacturers could produce compatible hardware and was only limited by the copyright on the PC's BIOS. To circumvent this, competitors such as Compaq created their own compatible BIOSes using clean-room reverse engineering.[3]

IBM PC is also the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard. IBM PC compatible computers are technically similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software and expansion cards. Such computers were referred to as PC clones, IBM clones or IBM PC clones. The term "IBM PC compatible" is now a historical description only, since IBM no longer sells personal computers after it sold its personal computer division in 2005 to Chinese technology company Lenovo. The designation "PC", as used in much of personal computer history, has not meant "personal computer" generally, but rather an x86 computer capable of running the same software that a contemporary IBM PC could. The term was initially in contrast to the variety of home computer systems available in the early 1980s, such as the Apple II, TRS-80, and Commodore 64. Later, the term was primarily used in contrast to Apple's Macintosh computers. During the 1990s, IBM's influence on PC architecture started to decline. "IBM PC compatible" becomes "Standard PC" in 1990s, and later "ACPI PC" in 2000s. An IBM-brand PC became the exception rather than the rule. Instead of placing importance on compatibility with the IBM PC, vendors began to emphasize compatibility with Windows.[4]

While the PC is technically capable of running many different operating systems, most of the emulators on this page are intended for x86 computers running DOS software or some kind of DOS-based Windows (versions preceding Windows 2000 and XP), if you wish to run software intended for a NT-based version of Windows it is suggested to use a compatibility layer or hypervisor instead, see also Windows 95/98/ME emulators and Windows 2000/XP/Vista emulators pages.

Most emulators on this page requires an operating system to run, exceptions to this are DOSBox forks and DREAMM, with the former having its own DOS implementation and the latter implementing both DOS and Win32 APIs. If you want to run Windows software in DOSBox fork you still need a Windows install.

Keep in mind that due to DOS and Windows software having to be designed to support a range of different hardware, emulation accuracy is less crucial than for most systems covered by this wiki.

FPGA

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Emulators

Tons of non-active obsolete DOSBox forks for Android exists, see this page for that.

See Category:x86-based page for other x86 based systems software emulation.

Name	Platform(s)	Latest version	Enhancements	Hardware support, features and peripherals	Operating systems support	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
PC / x86
86Box		Dev 4.2.1 PCBox fork	~	✓	Windows 1.0-XP	✓	✓	✓
PCem		v17 git git (macos)	~	✓	Windows 1.0-XP	✓	✓	✓
DOSBox and forks		2024.07.01 (DOSBox-X) 0.80.1 (DOSBox Staging) 0.9.9 (DOSBox Pure) git (DOSBox-core) 0.74-3 (DOSBox)	~	~	Windows 1.0-3.11 (Staging) Windows 1.0-ME (DOSBox-X)	✓	~	✓
DREAMM		3.0.1	~*	~*		✗	✓	~*
MartyPC	*	v0.2.2	~	~	Windows 1.0-3.0	✓	✓	~
UniPCemu		2023/04/11	?	~		✓	✓	~
VARCem		Builds	?	~*		✓	~	~
MAME		git artifacts 0.270 libretro core	~	~		✓	✓	~
PCjs		git	✗	~*		✓	✓	✗
QEMU		9.1.0	✗	✗		✓	✓	✗
Bochs		2.8	✗	✗		✓	✗	✗
Mobile / ARM
DREAMM		3.0.1	~*	~*		✗	✓	~*
DOSBox Pure		libretro core	~	~		✓	✓	✓
UniPCemu		2023/04/11	?	~		✓	✓	~
Magic DOSBox		1.0.84	?	~*		✗	✓	✗
Limbo		6.0.1 WinMobile build	✗	✗		✓	~	✗
DOSBoxPPC		0.63	?	~*		✗	✗	✗
Bochs		2.6.11 git	✗	✗		✓	✗	✗
Consoles
DOSBox Pure		UWP libretro core	~	~		✓	✓	✓
UniPCemu		2023/04/11	?	~		✓	✓	~
Bochs		2.3.5	✗	✗		✓	✗	✗

Descriptions

PCem/86Box/PCBox/VARCem: These emulators provides an excellent compatibility and hardware and peripheral support for DOS-based operating systems such as Windows 3.x, Windows ME/98/95 (and even NT-based XP/Vista, Windows 7 supported but not recommended) that is beyond what "DOSBox forks" can offer but unlike "DOSBox forks" these emulators usually requires modest to top-notch single thread performance of CPUs. As of June 14, 2021, PCem's original developer, Sarah Walker, has stopped working on the project. It has now been taken over on December 18, 2021, by a new maintainer, Michael Manley. 86Box (formerly known as PCem-X) is a fork of PCem which is developed more actively, while PCBox and VARCem are forks of 86Box. One aspect commonly used to compare PCem and 86Box is the emulation performance. PCem v15 introduced a rewritten dynamic recompiler, which was primarily aimed at improving emulation performance in games; however, it also caused minor to severe performance regressions in other applications. 86Box uses the previous recompiler from PCem versions before v15, with optimizations performed by devs, as they have determined that the new one causes too many regressions to be adopted as a sensible default. There is a way for you to try out the new recompiler on 86Box, though. PCem’s emulation of some core system components, such as the Programmable Interval Timer (PIT), takes a few shortcuts to improve performance. These shortcuts are perfectly fine for games, which is what PCem targets; although, they have caused issues with the software preservation side of things. In addition to taking fewer shortcuts, 86Box also tries to follow the specifications of these components, rather than implement the minimum viable feature set, which is - once again - good enough for games, but not good enough for some other applications. Generally speaking, the more accurate a component’s emulation is made, the more host CPU horsepower it will require. In addition to taking fewer shortcuts, 86Box also tries to follow the specifications of these components, rather than implement the minimum viable feature set, which is - once again - good enough for games, but not good enough for some other applications. See this guide for more information.
DOSBox-X/DOSBox Pure/DOSBox-core/DOSBox Staging: DOSBox is another option for emulating many older computer games specially for pretty good performance with low-end computers but compatibility, accuracy and hardware support aren't as good as PCem or 86Box. DOSBox is no longer updated but it has many "DOSBox forks" over the years. Windows 95/98/ME can be installed in "DOSBox forks" and also supports 3DFX Voodoo emulation. Even more forks are listed in the "DOSBox forks" page of DOSBox Staging's GitHub wiki or here. DOSBox-X is vastly different from other "DOSBox forks" in that it aims to be a complete emulation package that covers all pre-2000 DOS and Windows 9x based hardware scenarios. It features more flexibility by way of config options and an accompanying frontend to customize the DOS VM further, and beyond games it also supports standard software for DOS, as well as DOS-based Windows including Windows 3.x and 9x/ME with 3D acceleration via 3dfx emulation. The project also has its own wiki which contains extensive documentation on DOSBox-X, and a summary of notable added features can be seen here. While DOSBox-X currently supports emulation of IBM PC/XT/AT, Toshiba AX/J3100, IBM PCjr/Tandy, and NEC PC-9800 series architecture, the maintainer, Jonathan Campbell, does not plan to add any other MS-DOS system. This limitation is mainly done to prevent bloating of the codebase, keeping it at a manageable level for himself while also staying organized. However, the codebase does contain stubbed source files for FM Towns emulation in the event that other programmers want to add that functionality. DOSBox Pure is a new DOSBox fork specifically built for RetroArch/Libretro. According to its project description it aims for simplicity and ease of use just like DOSBox Staging. On top of that it has an advantage over other "DOSBox forks" because of libretro features (EmuVR support, Shader presets/Overlays and configs etc). Some of the other advantages are save-states, wider platform support (including Switch and Vita) and input auto-configuration fetched from the game database. It's good for users who want to experience their DOS games without too much hassle with settings, in a simple way akin to how console emulators deal with ROMs. 0.9.5 version brings 3dfx emulation support. 0.9.8 version brings further improvements to the ATAPI CD-ROM emulation for Windows 9x games with CD copy protection, add support for uncompressed CHD version 5 CD images and add netplay for multiplayer games that used IPX, Ethernet or a modem over the internet. DOSBox-core is an alternative core for RetroArch/Libretro, which focuses on being as close in use as upstream DOSBox. Its advantages include using .conf files to run games, ability to use external MIDI synths (like the Roland Sound Canvas VA, the Yamaha S-YXG50, or whatever else) so that you can get much higher quality MIDI music in dosbox-core, and has more configuration options befitting more advanced users. Its disadvantages are slightly worse input lag (like half a frame), lack of save-states and runs on less platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS and Android; consoles like Vita and Switch are unavailable) DOSBox Staging is a DOSBox fork that focuses on ease of use, modern technology and best practices. 3dfx emulation is supported with the latest releases.
DREAMM is a new emulator that targets specific games rather than the PC platform in general. As a Quality of Life feature, when running games that originally had manual or codewheel based copy protection DREAMM provides the correct answers for the user. Games run in the emulator's built in implementations of DOS, Win32 and FM Towns OS.
UniPCemu The UniPCemu (Universal PC emulator) emulator, originally made to play games on the PSP, now built for Android, Windows, PSP, Nintendo Switch and PS Vita! Play your old classic PC games on Android! It's a cycle-accurate x86 emulator (previously called x86EMU before the rename, This isn't based on the other cpu-emulator called x86emu (lower case)). It's a 8086(IBM PC) up to Pentium II (Compaq Deskpro 386, Compaq Deskpro 386 with PS/2 mouse (adds PS/2 mouse to the Compaq Deskpro 386 chipset, optional BIOS ROM replacement (loading it instead, alternatively a i430fx Pentium or i440fx/i450gx Pentium Pro/Pentium II chipset with PS/2 mouse. A 85c496/7 chipset is also supported.) and seperate CMOS settings like the other architectures) emulator(with various, configurable hardware), with up to 80386 timings (80486SX and Pentium using 80386 timings or 1 cycle for newer/unknown timings/instructions, both having no floating point unit)). In basic CPU's, all generations in between are supported (8086/8088, 80186/80188, 80286, 80386sx/dx, 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro and Pentium II. All without FPU emulated, other than software FPU emulation support using drivers). It can run many IBM PC XT games, and also various 286(*) up to Pentium II games. Support for ATAPI CD-ROM (using VIDE-CDD.SYS, OAKCDROM.SYS or compatible ATAPI drivers) also works. Many graphics cards and sound cards can be used (MIDI using a Soundfont renderer inside UniPCemu (recordable by UniPCemu's sound recording functionality) or passthrough(passthrough on Windows only, which is not recordable by the emulator's own recording functionality)), from PC speaker up to Sound Blaster 2.0 and from IBM Monochrome Display Adapter up to ET4000/W32 SVGA(up to 16M colors (in True Color mode) using it's SC15025 DAC)! EMS is available using the Lo-tech 2MB EMS board on the XT and various EMM emulation software(e.g. JEMM386, EMM386) on IBM AT and up. For more information about UniPCemu use this link.
MartyPC: It's an open source emulator written in rust that aims to be cycle accurate for IBM PCs. Compared to other (also great) PC emulators like PCem/86box/DOSbox forks etc, MartyPC focuses on ultra accurate CGA and DMA emulation. It requires pixel perfect and cycle accurate CGA emulation as well as emulation of CRT properties like overscan. Developer "Glorious_Cow" said; Of course my next target is the 286, I think it would be interesting to try to make a cycle-accurate 286. The biggest challenge is the microcode for 286 hasn't been decoded yet, but there is a high resolution 286 die shot I'd love to get my hands on... My hope is that the 286 is a more 'regular' chip than the 8088. The 8088 turned out to have a lot of odd, poorly documented behavior. I guess we'll find out. 386 is sort of a long-term goal. I'll get there when I get there, but it might take another year for 286 I estimate before I tackle it. Now that I've accomplished Area 5150 I don't really have a "goal target" in mind other than running DOOM :) My 386 will not be slavishly cycle-accurate, after all, there were many variations of the 386 and clones, so which one would be accurate to? Besides the fact it's hard to write a cycle-accurate CPU at 40MHz... At that point I think MartyPC will be done chasing the hardware, I have no interest in following the CPU generations up into the Pentiums - that's probably best left to 86box - and I think I will probably turn my eye just to seeing what kind of interesting debugging features I can add. Save states and rewinding, an inline assembler or scripting language would be cool. With most end-users probably best served by using 86box, I figure my best niche going forward is being a 'retro-developer's' emulator of choice, so I am motivated to add any debug features people might request.
MAME: The emulation of various CPU types seen here regarding MAME are all over the place in the changelogs and seem confusing. However, MAME has preliminary support for the families of 286, 386/i386, 486/i486, and almost the entire range of Pentium CPUs. However, only the 286/386/486 emulation is acceptable at the moment. According to ProjectMESS, many IBM PC/AT 5170 family PCs running the 286 CPU have preliminary support. MAME 0.146u3 (Jul 2012) added CPU types for Pentium MMX, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, and Pentium 4, but don't expect miracles. - MAME compat list showing the sector for several IBM-type PC systems - most of which may work fine. - wiki.mamedev.org's search results for Pentium (e.g. 0.100u4, 0.103u4, 0.146u3, 0.148, 0.152, 0.156) - wiki.mamedev.org's list for MACHINE_NOT_WORKING (Few systems based on a Pentium CPU) - wiki.mamedev.org's list for MACHINE_IS_SKELETON drivers (Several PCs/systems based on a Pentium CPU)
Bochs: A full x86 PC emulator with a focus on development and test operating systems and other low-level software. Its lack of proper timing emulation makes it not useful, and it is often too slow for newer systems to be playable. It is thus not recommended to use Bochs. Bochs is not timing but functional emulator, it's emulates time in very trivial way - one guest instruction emulated equal to one guest cycle. By tuning "IPS" setting you not anything in the way it emulates time - in opposite, you only giving a hint about emulation speed to Bochs which helps it to emulate devices like mouse or keyboard.
QEMU Similar to Bochs, QEMU may not be the perfect x86 emulator, but its versatility, hypervisor capabilities, and vast platform support make it a powerful tool for anyone interested in exploring the world of virtualization. Its commitment to open-source development and its vibrant community ensure its continued evolution and relevance in the ever-changing world of computing. While QEMU is versatile and great for virtualization/VMs, if your focus is precise, reasonable and compatible x86 emulation, use alternatives like 86Box, PCem or even DOSBox forks.

Enhancements

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Name		86Box	PCem	DOSBox Pure	DOSBox-X	DOSBox Staging	MartyPC	UniPCemu	MAME
Performance	Preload optical disc image to RAM For users with sluggish multi-platter HDDs or plagued by horrible seek times, this enhancement might offer smoother experience, potentially reduced power consumption; it also shines when disc images reside on a network drive. Although keep in mind that preloading image would take some time, and it will require additional amount of RAM capacity.	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	Overclock Overclocking DRAM timings or CPU core frequency and CPU ring ratio using emulated BIOS just like using the real hardware.	✓	?	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Post-Processing	Post-rendering AA (FXAA, TXAA and MLAA/SMAA)	?	?	✓	?	?	?	?	?
	Post-rendering scaling (Sharp bilinear, Lanczos and FSR 1)	?	?	✓	?	?	?	?	?
	Filters	✓	✓	✓	?	✓	✓*	?	✓
	AI-powered filter compatible (Freestyle)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	Shader Chain	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	roadmap	✗	✓
	Inverse tone mapping compatible	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
TAS features	Macros/Scripts/Lua	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	Rewind	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
	Fast-Forward/Turbo Speed	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
	Savestates	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
	Movie recording/playback	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Controls	Input lag-mitigating technique	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Quality of life	Built-in Custom resolution/CRTSwitchRes For using this on Windows OS you need CRT Emudriver. Another option is using EDID editor tool such as "Custom Resolution Utility".	Exclusive to libretro cores and GroovyMAME at the moment.
	Streamable compression format	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	?	✓
	Command Line Options	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	✓
	On-Screen Display Showcases messages, controller input state which is useful for speedrunners, performance data, active settings, and various notifications.	?	?	✓	?	?	?	?	?
	Big Picture Mode	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
	File Sharing Similar to "Shared Folder" enhancement for Type-2 hypervisors.	✓*	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Misc	RetroAchievements	✗	✗	✗*	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
	EmuVR support	Exclusive to libretro cores at the moment, this means that only DOSBox Pure supported. (Demonstration)
	AI Service With the help of OCR and other techniques, the AI service can provide a live translation of a game, or text-to-speech capabilities for the visually impaired among other things, either on demand or automatically.	Exclusive to libretro cores at the moment.
	Debug Features	?	?	?	?	?	✓*	?	?

Operating systems

See Windows XP/Vista and Windows 9x pages for virtualization of these legacy operating systems.

Name	86Box	PCem	DOSBox Pure	DOSBox-X	DOSBox Staging	MartyPC	UniPCemu	MAME
OS/2
OS/2 1.0	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	?
OS/2 v1.1 / v1.2 / v1.3	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	?
OS/2 v2.0 / v2.1	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	?
OS/2 Warp 3	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	?
OS/2 Warp 4	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	?
eComStation	✓	?	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	?
ArcaOS	✓	?	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	?
DOS-based
MS-DOS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	✓
Windows 1.0x	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	✓
Windows 2.0 / 2.1	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	✓
Windows 3.0	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	?	✓
Windows 3.1	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	?	✓
Windows 9x series	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	?	✓
Windows NT
Windows NT 3.1	✓	✓	?	~*	?	✗	?	?
Windows NT 3.5	✓	✓	?	✗	?	✗	?	?
Windows NT 3.51	✓	✓	?	✗*	?	✗	?	?
Windows NT 4.0	✓	✓	?	✗*	?	✗	?	?
Windows 2000 and later	~	~	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Other x86 Operating Systems
Coherent	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
CP/M-86	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Inferno	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
PC/GEOS	?	?	?	?	?	✓	?	?
NetWare	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Xenix	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Debian Linux	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Hardware & Peripheral Support

For software that can run hardware features designed for PC-9800 system, see NEC PC-9800 series#Hardware features and peripherals.

Side note: Please don't bump/spam GitHub threads/issues and feature request pages. This list only includes parts and accessories that can be possible to emulated through software or will be possible in the near future. Including everything would result in an endless list.

x86 CPU's

Name	86Box	PCem	DOSBox Pure	DOSBox-X	DOSBox Staging	MartyPC	UniPCemu	MAME
AMD
Am286	✗	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?
Am386	✓	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?
Am486	✓	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?
Am5x86	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
K5	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
K6	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	?
K6-II	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	?
K6-III K6-III+ K6-2+	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	?
Athlon Classic	✗	✗	~	~	~	✗	✗	?
Auctor
Maple	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Advantech
EVA-X4150	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
EVA-X4300	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Centaur Technology
Winchip C6	✗	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?
Winchip 2	✓	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?
Winchip 2A	✓	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?
Winchip 2B	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Winchip 3	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Chips and Technologies
Super386	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Cyrix
Cx486SLC	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Cx486SRx2	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Cx486DLC	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Cx486DRx2	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Cx486	✓	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?
5x86	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
MediaGX	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
6x86	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Cyrix III	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	✗
DM&P Electronics
M6117D	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Vortex86	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Intel
8086	✓	✓	~	~	~	✓	✓	✓
80286	✓	✓	~	~	~	✗	✓	✓
386	✓	✓	~	~	~	✗	✓	✓
486	✓	✓	~	~	~	✗	✓	✓
RapidCAD	✓	✓	~	~	~	✗	✓	✓
Pentium Pentium MMX	✓	✓	~	~	~	✗	✓	~
Pentium Pro	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	~
Pentium II	✓	✓	~	~	~	✗	✓	~
Celeron (P6)	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	?	✗
Pentium III	~	✗	~	~	✗	✗	✗	~
Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt
U80601	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
NEC
V20	✓	✗	?	?	?	✓	?	?
V30	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
V40	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
V50	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
NexGen
Nx586	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Rise Technology
mP6	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Transmeta
Crusoe	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Efficeon	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
UMC
Green CPU	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Unknown
K1810VM86	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
VIA Technologies
VIA C3	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
VIA C7	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
VIA CoreFusion	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
VIA Eden	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
ZF Micro
ZFx86	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?

Graphics Cards & GPU's

Name	86Box	PCem	DOSBox Pure	DOSBox-X	DOSBox Staging	MartyPC	UniPCemu	MAME
3Dfx
Voodoo	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	?
Voodoo 2	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	?
Voodoo 3	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	?
Voodoo 4	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Voodoo 5	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Voodoo Banshee	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	?
Diamond Multimedia
Diamond Edge 3D / nVidia NV1	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Hercules Computer Technology
Hercules Text Card	✗	✗	?	?	?	✗	?	?
Hercules Graphics Card (HGC)	✓	✓	?	?	?	✓	?	?
Hercules Graphics Card Plus	✓	✗	?	?	?	✗	?	?
Network Card Plus	✗	✗	?	?	?	✗	?	?
Color Card	✗	✗	?	?	?	✗	?	?
InColor Card	✓	✓	?	?	?	✗	?	?
IBM
Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA)	✓	✓	?	?	?	✓	?	?
Color Graphics Adapter (CGA)	✓	✓	?	?	?	✓	?	?
Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA)	✓	✓	?	?	?	✓	?	?
Professional Graphics Controller (PGC)	✓	✗	?	?	?	✗	?	?
Intel Corporation
i750	✗	✗	?	?	?	✗	?	?
i740	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
810	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Matrox Graphics
Impression Plus	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Millennium	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Millennium II	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Mystique	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
NEC
PC-FX GA	✗	✗	?	?	?	✗	?	?
μPD7220	✗	✗	?	?	?	✗	?	?
Orchid Technology
Orchid Graphics Adapter	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Paradise Computers
Modular Graphics Card (MGC)	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Autoswitch EGA	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
PVGA Plus	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
PVGA 1A	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Plantronics
Colorplus	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quadram Corporation
Quadcolor I	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Quadcolor II	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Tseng Labs
UltraPAK	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
ET-1000	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
ET-1000	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
ColorPAK	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
ET-2000	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
ET-3000	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
ET-4000AX	✓	✓	?	?	?	?	?	?
ET-4000/W32	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
ET-4000/W32i	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
ET-4000/W32p	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Viper	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Viper f/x	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
ET-6000	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Western Digital
WD90C11	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
WD90C30	✓	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
WD90C31	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
WD90C33	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
WD90C24	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
WD9710-MZ	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?
Tasmania 3D	✗	✗	?	?	?	?	?	?

Notes

PC-FX GA
Unlike PC-9800 variant, this DOS/V variant[5] uses a single ISA card and both variants integrate an additional 3D chipset (Kubota/Hudson HuC6273) over the regular PC-FX
Matrox Impression Plus
Impression emulation is crucial for RenderWare 3D accelerated games compatibility and preservation.
Matrox Mystique, Millennium and Millennium II
The emulation of these three cards is crucial for supported 3D accelerated games enhanced visuals and preservation
3Dfx Voodoo
Voodoo emulation is crucial for Windows Glide and DOS Glide games compatibility and preservation.
3Dfx Voodoo 4/5
It's quite possible to run early XP 3D games thanks to it's performance and also compatibility with D3D7 (pushing T&L to CPU via driver).
Diamond Edge 3D
NV1 emulation is crucial for NV1 3D accelerated games compatibility and preservation.

Sound Cards

Name	86Box	PCem	DOSBox Pure	DOSBox-X	DOSBox Staging	MartyPC	UniPCemu	MAME
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Network Cards

Using proxy projects for retro web browsing experience is recommended.

Name	86Box	PCem	DOSBox Pure	DOSBox-X	DOSBox Staging	MartyPC	UniPCemu	MAME
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Mainboards

Name		86Box	PCem	DOSBox Pure	DOSBox-X	DOSBox Staging	MartyPC	UniPCemu	MAME
440BX	ABit AB-BF6	✓	?	✗	✗	✗	?	?	?
	ABit AB-BH6	?	?	✗	✗	✗	?	?	?
	ABit AB-BP6	?	?	✗	✗	✗	?	?	?
Intel 815E	ABit AB-SH6	?	?	✗	✗	✗	?	?	?

Gamepads

Name	86Box	PCem	DOSBox Pure	DOSBox-X	DOSBox Staging	MartyPC	UniPCemu	MAME
Gravis PC Gamepad	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Microsoft Sidewinder	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Floppy & CD-ROM drives

• See this documentation for 86Box. There is no optical drive passthrough support for 86Box at the moment[6], so your only choice is using disc images.
• See Copy protection#Emulation section for middleware or disc-check emulation software tools.

External links

• Tech Tangents: 86Box - An Introduction to PC Emulation

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