DOSBox Staging

Modern continuation of DOSBox for running DOS games and software.

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About DOSBox Staging

DOSBox Staging keeps the DOSBox core but modernises it with better defaults, CRT shaders, 3dfx Voodoo emulation, Roland MT-32 and General MIDI support, proper audio mixing and a much cleaner configuration. Most DOS software runs with no tuning at all.

Strengths

  • Sensible modern defaults, so most games run without editing a config file
  • CRT shaders, Voodoo emulation and MT-32 sound built in

Limitations

  • Configuration syntax differs from classic DOSBox in places
  • Very demanding late-DOS titles still need manual cycle tuning

Details

Pricing
FreeFree and open source under the GPL.
License
GPL-2.0
Developer
The DOSBox Staging team
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
How it runs
Downloadable app
Best suited for
Modern continuation of DOSBox for running DOS games and software
Categories
Emulators
Last verified
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Provenance
Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Retro Gaming & Emulation); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.

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