

Which means you can use it to play classic DOS games perfectly, just as if you were running them on a PC from four decades ago. Not only that, it also emulates some of the most popular hardware from that era, such as the Creative Sound Blaster sound card. So what is a retro gaming fan to do? Enter DOSBoxĭOSBox is a free piece of software that accurately emulates the original IBM PC DOS environment. That’s a pity, because there’s a vast library of classic games that span the history of the personal computer. If you were to try a classic DOS game on your modern computer, chances are that it won’t work at all.

Even some games that were developed for Windows 7 (which shares essentially the same core as Windows 10) can have game-breaking compatibility bugs which require patching or special compatibility modes before they will work. On top of this, operating systems have come a long way too.
