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CLUSTER DOS-EMULATOR-GAMES · 9 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2019-06-26

DOS emulator applications

This cluster consists of emulators that run legacy DOS (and sometimes PC-98 or early Windows) software on modern systems, emphasizing period-accurate graphics and sound, compatibility, ease of use, or cross-platform support. Dated entries appeared sporadically from April 2015 to May 2026, with a minor bump in May 2024 but no sustained pattern. Traction leaders, each with 0 stars, are DOSBox-X, openMSX, and DOS Browser.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

APR 2015: 1JUN 2019: 1JUL 2023: 1MAY 2024: 1OCT 2024: 1JUN 2026: 1AUG 2026: 2OCT 2026: 1
APR 2015OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 5 hand-coded · 3 unlabelled

Operator · 1 hobby · 8 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 9 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01PrizmDOS1★14 days—ai-builthobbySimulator that emulates MS-DOS on CASIO Prizm calculators, allowing users to run DOS programs and games on the device.
  2. 02DOSBox-X0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceEmulator that runs DOS games and applications plus legacy Windows and PC-98 software on modern computers.
  3. 03DOSBox Staging0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop emulator that runs old MS-DOS programs and games on modern computers with additional configuration and compatibility features.
  4. 04openMSX0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceEmulator that accurately runs MSX and compatible home computer games, also supporting ColecoVision and Sega SG-1000 systems.
  5. 05VirtualXT0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourcePC/XT emulator that runs legacy DOS applications and games on modern hardware.
  6. 06DOSBox Staging0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceAn emulator that runs old MS-DOS software and games on modern computers, focusing on ease of use and cross-platform compatibility.
  7. 07DOSBox-X0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceEmulator application that lets users run old DOS-era games and software with period-accurate graphics and sound on modern computers.
  8. 08DeSmuME0★11 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceNintendo DS emulator that lets players run original DS games on modern hardware.
  9. 09DOSBox0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceEmulator that runs old DOS applications and games on modern computers by recreating a legacy PC environment.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.