DOSBox

DOSBox
	DOSBox icon
	DOSBox 0.74-3 opening screen
Original author(s)	Peter "Qbix" Veenstra, Sjoerd "Harekiet" van der Berg
Developer(s)	The DOSBox Team
Initial release	January 31, 2002
Stable release	0.74-3 / 26 June 2019
Repository	sf.net/p/dosbox/code-0/ ;
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)
Type	Virtual machine, emulator
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	www.dosbox.com

DOSBox is a free and open-source MS-DOS emulator. It supports running programs – primarily video games – that are otherwise inaccessible since hardware for running a compatible disk operating system (DOS) is obsolete and generally unavailable today.^[5] It was first released in 2002, when DOS technology was becoming obsolete. Its adoption for running DOS games is relatively widespread; partially driven by its use in commercial re-releases of games.

^ "DOSBox (old homepage)". Archived from the original on March 24, 2002. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
^ "DOSBox 0.74-3 has been released!". June 26, 2019.
^ Manual 2019, 8. Keyboard Layout.
^ Cite error: The named reference Kajaani was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS". www.dosbox.com.

[1] "DOSBox (old homepage)". Archived from the original on March 24, 2002. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

[wikidata-ce0db6266837f8bfa0a687d8057991695a08952d-v18-2] "DOSBox 0.74-3 has been released!". June 26, 2019.

[FOOTNOTEManual20198._Keyboard_Layout-3] Manual 2019, 8. Keyboard Layout.

[Kajaani-4] Cite error: The named reference Kajaani was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] "DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS". www.dosbox.com.

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