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|license = GNU GPLv2
===[http://ykhwong.x-y.net/ DOSBox SVN Daum]===*This is an enhanced build of DOSBox by ykhwong, with support for Direct3D and HLSL shaders, Glide, ethernet, and many other features not found in the official version. Unlike vanilla DOSBox, it has a menu for on-the-fly configuration. Has not been updated in years, however. According to the [http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/SVN_Builds{{Main|Frontends#Enhanced_SVN_builds DOSBox wiki]: "The last version broke this build in various places and uses out of date and not fully working changes of the DOSBox-X branch. It is no longer recommended to use it."}}
http{{Infobox emulator|title = DOSBox-X|screenshot = DOSBox-X-screenshot-sdl2.png|screenshotwidth = 250px|screenshotcaption = The SDL2 UI on Windows 10. DOSBox-X also has versions for SDL1 and MinGW in the installer.|developer = Jonathan Campbell (maintainer)<br/>Wengier, and others|version = {{Version|DOSBox-X}}|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/>[[Emulators on DOS|DOS]]|target = [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]<br/>[[NEC PC-9800 series|NEC PC-98]]|active = Yes|website = [https://dosbox-x.com dosbox-x.com]|license = GNU GPLv2|source = [https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x GitHub]}} {{Infobox emulator|title = DOSBox Staging|screenshot = DOSBox Staging intro.png|screenshotwidth = 250px|screenshotcaption = DOSBox staging intro screen.|developer = kcgen (maintainer) and others|version = {{Version|DOSBox Staging}}|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]|target = [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]|active = Yes|website = [https://dosbox-staging.github.io/ dosbox-staging.github.io]|license = GNU GPLv2|support = [https://github.com/sponsors/dosbox-staging GitHub Sponsor]<br/>[https://win9xboxopencollective.sourceforgecom/dosbox-staging Open Collective]|source = [https://github.netcom/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging GitHub]}}</div>
:http:{{Infobox emulator|title = DOSBox Pure|screenshot = DOSBox Pure start menu.png|screenshotwidth = 250px|screenshotcaption = DOSBox Pure start menu.|developer = Bernhard Schelling (maintainer) and others|version = {{Version|DOSBox Pure}}|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pi]]<br/>[[Emulators on Android|Android]]<br/>[[Emulators on 3DS|3DS]]<br/>[[Emulators on GameCube|GameCube]]<br/>[[Emulators on Wii|Wii]]<br/>[[Emulators on Wii U|Wii U]]<br/>[[Emulators on Switch|Switch]]<br/>[[Emulators on PS2|PS2]]<br/dosbox-x.com>[[Emulators on PSP|PSP]]<br/>[[Emulators on Vita|Vita]]:|target = [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]|active = Yes|website = [https://github.com/joncampbell123schellingb/dosbox-xpure Site]|license = GNU GPLv2|support = [https://ko-fi.com/schelling Ko-fi]<br/>[http://dosbox-xpaypal.com/doxygendonate?hosted_button_id=3WX4KRRTHN6EL PayPal]<br/>[https:/html/indexschelling.itch.html Documentationio/gamepad-phoenix/purchase Gamepad Phoenix]|source = [https://github.com/schellingb/dosbox-pure GitHub]}}
To get started with Win31DOSBox you first need ;[http://web.archive.org/web/20161230025119/http://home.arcor.de/h-a copy -l-9000/ DOSBox Mega Build]:Was an enhanced build of either Windows 3DOSBox focused on serial/networking support.11 or WfW (Windows for Workgroups) 3.11 (IMGContains the NE2000 patch, parallel port passthrough, virtual printer, CDOPL passthrough, or MSDN download) and once you have that you need to put either the 6 (Windows 3others.11) or 9 (WfW 3.11) IMG files if you are using thoseHowever, the ISO file which is only for WfW 3.11it hasn't been updated in years, or and most of what it added was covered by the MSDN selfactively maintained [[#Notable active forks|DOSBox-extracting .exeX]] fork.
After that, you then can run InstallWin31DOSBox;[http://ykhwong.exe which will automatically install Windows for youx-y. Once Windows is installednet DOSBox SVN Daum]:Was an enhanced build of DOSBox by ykhwong, check that everything works with support for Direct3D and then install Video for Windows HLSL shaders, Glide, Ethernet, virtual printer, and Quicktime which is located a built-in the Video folder UI. However, it hasn't been updated in Program Manager. It is also recommended to install WinG years, and Win32s aswellmost of what it added was covered by the actively maintained [[#Notable active forks|DOSBox-X]] fork.
To get software onto the system there are multiple ways. For folders and files, you can drag them into the C-DRIVE folder. If you have a physical CD you can just insert it into your CD drive. If it's a CD image you need to mount it using a software like Virtual CloneDrive. If it's a floppy disk image you need to drag the respective images over the Extract to A-Drive Folder.exe program which will extract them to the A-DRIVE folder.</div>
→Notable active forks
|title = DOSBox
|logo = DOSBox.png
|logowidth = 265120|version = 0.74-3{{Version|DOSBox}}|active = YesNo
|fate =
|platform = [[Emulators on Windows, |Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux, ]]<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on BSD|FreeBSD ]]<br/>[[Emulators on OS/2|OS/2]] and more|target = [[Intel CPUsPOS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#Intel_CPU.27s|286 and 386]]
|prog-lang = C++
|developer = [httphttps://www.dosbox.com/crew.php DOSBox Crew]|website = [httphttps://www.dosbox.com DOSBox.com]|license = GNU GPLv2|support = [https://btc.com/1BwXUekP4sFiR7kcqBxWrCYXU8ZAWQRbFK Bitcoin]<br/>[https://www.paypal.com/donate/?item_name=Donation+to+DOSBox+DOS+Emulator&cmd=_donations&business=qbix79%40users.sourceforge.net PayPal ([email protected])]<br/>[https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?flowlogging_id=f9259906fd9cd&mfid=1694152320123_f9259906fd9cd#/checkout/openButton PayPal ([email protected])]<br/>[https://paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RK4BA9ERN5AWL PayPal (Peter Veenstra)]
|source = [http://source.dosbox.com/dosboxsvn.tgz tgz]
}}
'''DOSBox''' is an a free and open-source, [[High/Low level emulation|high-level]] [[Intel CPUsPOS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#Intel_CPU.27s|286 and 386 emulator]] written in C++.
==Downloads==
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|'''[httphttps://www.dosbox.com/wiki/SVN_Builds#List_of_SVN_Builds Latest Dev Builds]'''|-|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin|Mac|BSD|RiscOS|OS2}}|'''[https://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1 Latest Stable Builds]'''
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin|Mac|Sol|RiscOS|OS2|BeOSPyra-big}}|'''[httphttps://www.dosboxpyra-handheld.com/download.php?main=1 Latest Stable Buildsrepo/apps/23 Pyra build]'''
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'''Note: These versions are years out-of-date and missing countless features and bug fixes. [[DOSBox#Forks|DOSBox forks]] are better choice for almost all users.'''
==FeaturesOverview==
DOSBox is capable of emulating many older computer games that are otherwise very difficult if not impossible to play on modern operating systems and hardware. It has very high compatibility, as it can be configured to emulate the environment of many machines, with support for various display modes, including CGA, EGA, Hercules, Tandy, and VGA. With some work, it is even possible to install and load old Windows operating systems, such as Windows 3.11 and Windows 95, thus potentially being able to play games made for those platforms.
===Frontends=====[http://www.launchbox-app.com/ LaunchBox]===*Portable Box-Art-Based Games Database and Launcher for Because DOSBoxdoesn't have a GUI, Emulators, and PC Gamesprojects were made to fulfill that role.
===[http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/ D-Fend Reloaded]=See Also==*A great frontend which allows custom per[[Dosbox Compatibility List]] -game configurations to cut back on fiddling with settings just to run specific games well. It also lets you use your own build of DOSBox instead Small list of the one it comes very old emulator builds with, so it can be used flaky compatibility in conjunction with DOSBox SVN Daum.* [[DOSBox Wii Compatibility]]
==Forks==DOSBox has many forks over the years. This section attempts to list the most notable ones. [http://memberswww.quicknetdosbox.nl/blankendaalrcom/dbglwiki/ SVN_Builds#Enhanced_SVN_builds DOSBox Game Launcher's official wiki]===*A frontend based on Java, and also has a UI inspired by partial list of DOSBox forks. Even more forks are listed in the original D[https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-Fendstaging/wiki/DOSBox-forks DOSBox forks page] of DOSBox Staging's GitHub wiki.
==Versions====Notable active forks=[https://dosbox-staging.github.io/ dosbox-staging]===dosbox-staging is a fork that "attempts to revitalize DOSBox's development process". This WIP fork's existence ain't to rewrite the emulator from scratch, but to continue updating it and improve it with bugfixes and new features where vanilla DOSBox currently can't. Indirectly speaking, it's sort off a "fork to end all forks."
<div style="display: flex; flex-flow: row wrap; justify-content: space-between;"><div style="flex: 1 0 240px; margin: 0.5em;"><font size=9xbox===There has been some interest in creating a version of DOSBox that incorporates compatibility with Windows 95"3"><b>The following forks are standalone emulators:</98b></ME. As of 02/09/13, it has not passed the theoretical stage and no work has been done.font>
<div style===DOSBox"display: flex; flex-X===DOSBoxflow: row wrap; justify-X is a fork of the original DOSBox project, as well as an HLE PC emulator. It does what DOSBox does, but goes further, with a focus on accurate emulation of precontent: space-2000 PC hardware and includes many more ways to tweak and configure the DOS virtual machine. The aim is for DOSBox-X to be a complete emulation package that covers all pre-2000 DOS and Windows 9x based hardware needs, including peripherals, motherboards, CPUs, and all manner of hardware that was made for PC hardware of that timebetween;"><div style="flex: 1 0 240px; margin: 0. 5em;"><font size="3"><b>The emulator should in the future have full support and acceleration of Windows 3.x, 95, 98 and ME and software that was written following forks are cores for those versions of Windows.[[libretro]]:</b></font>
{{Infobox emulator|title =DOSBox-core|screenshot =DOSBox-core MIDI on VSTi.jpg|screenshotwidth =250px|screenshotcaption =SystemsDOSBox-core running Ultima 8 with a standalone MIDI synthesizer (Roland's Sound Canvas emulator VSTi plugin "Sound Canvas VA") which is run using a VSTi host "Falcosoft Midi Player" (runs on Linux via [[Wine]] here).|developer =Nikos Chantziaras (maintainer) and others|version ==={{Version|DOSBox-X aims to maintain the code to emulate the '''core}}|platform = [[Intel CPUsEmulators on Windows|IBM PCWindows]]<br/XT>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]<br/AT>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]], Tandy, PCjr''', and '''<br/>[[PC-98 emulatorsEmulators on Android|NEC PC-98Android]]'''. It does not plan to emulate any other MS-DOS system and, in the main author's |target = [[POS_(Jon CampbellPong_Consoles) words, only the aforementioned systems will be considered for development in DOSBox_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]|active = Yes|website = [https://github.com/realnc/dosbox-X. This restriction prevents stretching of the codebase to an unmanageable level and helps keep the code base organized.core Site]|license = GNU GPLv2|source = [https:'''However''', the author has stated that other coders are strongly encouraged to fork out the main DOSBox-X project so they can work to develop MS-DOS emulation on any other platform or emulate other unique MS-DOS based system(s)//github. He has provided stubs to enable '''[[FM Towns emulators|FMcom/realnc/dosbox-Townscore GitHub]]''' emulation in such a branch for any interested programmers.}}</div>
<div style====Features====It has a lot of added features that does not exist in DOSBox or other forks. Just to name a few of its unique features"display: flex; flex-flow: support for GUI menu bar & config tool, save and load state, better compatibility with DOS applications, more DOS commands, Pentium MMX & Pro, printer output, long filename and FAT32 disk images, Windows clipboard copy & paste, 3dfx Glide & Voodoo chips, cue sheets with FLAC/Opus/Vorbis/MP3 CDrow wrap; justify-DA tracks, FluidSynth, NE2000 Ethernet, Vcontent: space-Sync, and many more.between;"><ref namediv style="Reddit_1">{{cite web|url=httpsflex: 1 0 240px; margin://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/hl8txx/dosboxx_0833_released_with_allinone_windows/ |title=DOSBox-X 0.83.3 released (with all-in-one Windows installer) |publisher=Reddit |accessdate=2020-06-07|date=2020-Jul-05}}</ref5em;">
===Some notable dead forks==={{Infobox emulator|title = DOSBox ECE|screenshot = DOSBox ECE game directory.png|screenshotwidth = 250px|screenshotcaption = DOSBox ECE game directory screenshot.|developer = YesterPlay (maintainer) and others|version = {{Version|DOSBox ECE}}|platform =[http[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>[[Emulators on Linux|Linux]]|target = [[POS_(Pong_Consoles)_CPUs_and_Other_Chips#x86_CPUs|x86 CPUs]]|active = No|website = [https://wwwyesterplay.columbia.edunet/~em36dosboxece/win31dosboxyesterplay.html Win31DOSBoxnet/dosboxece]|license =GNU GPLv2|source ==Win31DOSBox is a fork of DOSBox that aims to be an easy method of playing Windows 3[https://yesterplay.xx games on your computernet/dosboxece/ yesterplay. It has an easy setup program and has the ability to print from Windows 3.11. (Might need some tweaking.)net/dosboxece]}}
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