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DOSBox Inactive

The original DOS emulator that made running old PC games on modern systems easy. It emulates a DOS-era PC with Sound Blaster, AdLib and Gravis Ultrasound, and spawned many forks.

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Screenshot of DOSBox
Rafael Siqueira Telles Vieira · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Facts

Runs on
Windows, macOS
Works with
RetroArch (dosbox_svn), Lakka
License
Open source (GPL-2.0-or-later)
System ROMs
Not needed
Mobile
None (no official phone or tablet version)
Written in
C++
First release
2002
Authors
The DOSBox Team
Last checked
Oct 2026

Features

  • Not listed:Save states
  • Not listed:Rewind
  • Not listed:Fast-forward
  • Not listed:Run-ahead
  • Not listed:Online multiplayer
  • Not listed:CRT shaders
  • HasA/V recording
  • Not listed:Cheats
  • Not listed:Achievements
  • Not listed:Themes

Input

  • HasGamepad
  • Not listed:Touch controls
  • Not listed:Light gun
  • HasMouse
  • Not listed:Positional key mapping
  • Not listed:Symbolic key mapping
  • Not listed:On-screen keyboard
  • Not listed:Native keyboard

Emulated hardware

  • Not listed:Hard disk
  • HasMIDI
  • Not listed:Printer
  • HasNetworking
  • HasModem
  • Not listed:RAM expansion
  • Not listed:Accelerator cards

Features not listed may still exist. Edit this entry if something is missing or wrong.