Play old DOS games in Windows and Linux

Ramkumar — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:15:41 +0000

DOS applications that are designed for 16 bit architecture mostly fail to run on the latest version of Windows. And in Linux, no chance you can get them executed in the terminal. So to get these 16bit applications work on you current operating system, you got to use an emulator.

DOS Box is one such emulator,an open source which will work on any of the latest versions of Windows and on Linux, Mac & Solaris. DOS Box serves as the heart of the emulation, where you need a separate front-end for display. The good part is that the front-ends are available for free in DOS Box website.

Here is the list of front-ends available for DOS Box:

ProGammaX	.NET
Frontend Name	In use with
AmpShell	.NET
Sir DOSalot	Mac OS X
DAppleGrey	Mac OS X
Radnor	Mac OS X
Boxer	Mac OS X
Petit DOSBox	Mac OS X
DOSBoxFront	OS/2
D.O.G	Windows
DOSshell	Windows
RobyDOSBox	Windows
DBFrontEnd	Windows
Jamyda	Java
DOSBox Game Launcher	Java

How to Play DOS Games in Windows and Linux:

Download & Install DOS Box from here.
Open the DOS Box icon to get started.
The DOS prompt flashed up with drive letter “Z:”
Mount the drive in which the game is present. Incase they are present in “D:\games” you can assign that sub-folder as a drive (Eg. Drive J) with the command “MOUNT J: D:\games”
Type “J:” and press Enter
Now browse to the specific folder using “CD” command and open the application.
Press “Alt+Enter” for full-screen mode.

Screenshots:

DOS Box - www.DOSbox.com

DOS Box provides custom Key mapping !

My all-time favorite DOS Game !

Sorry about the score, Indians,lost touch in game

DOS Box – HomePage: www.dosbox.com

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Play old DOS games in Windows and Linux