Maybe you're not getting the true retro PC experience if you're not fiddling with settings at an emulated DOS text prompt, but there's something to be said for how easy console emulation has become ...

The major benefit I see in DOSBox Pure over DOSBox Classic is a sort of built-in containerization for games. DOSBox Pure creates a separate environment for each game automatically when it's "opened" ...

As advanced as today’s gaming titles are, they just don’t have the appeal that simple games of the DOS era had. After all, who can forget the good old days of Bio Menace, Dangerous Dave and SkyRoads.

Running games during the DOS era was trouble enough, and today exploring those old games can be a nightmare. Sound card issues, memory management and other peculiarities of early PC gaming amplified ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Before Windows, there was MS-DOS—that’s the Microsoft Disk ...

After 13 years in development, Duke Nukem Forever is finally coming to consoles and PCs in 2011. What better way to celebrate than by playing through Duke Nukem 3D? You won’t be able to just pick up ...

vDos is one of the DOS emulators for Windows that lets you run DOS programs on your Windows device. You can download it from softpedia.com for free. After downloading ...

I learned how to create customized boot menus in DOS batch files just to avoid needing a boot floppy for that game.