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Dos (x86)

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Overview

Introduced in 1981 by Microsoft, the Dos (x86) was a computer system. Its platform tag is pc for proper filtering.

Technical specifications

  • Manufacturer: Microsoft
  • Release year: 1981
  • Hardware type: computer
  • Platform tag: pc

Supported ROM extensions

pc, dos, zip, zar, dosz, m3u, iso, cue

Emulators

  • dosbox_staging (dosbox_staging) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_DOSBOX_STAGING | Incompatible extensions: zip
  • dosbox-x (dosboxx) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_DOSBOX_X | Incompatible extensions: zip
  • dosbox_pure (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_DOSBOX_PURE

Notes

Each game (files) must be placed in its own directory having the ".pc .dos" extension. In each directory, a dosbox.bat file must contain the command line for launching the game.

For example: miniputt.pc/ miniputt.pc/dosbox.bat miniputt.pc/MP.DAT miniputt.pc/MP.EXE

Where dosbox.bat contains: MP.EXE

With pure-dosbox you can also use zip files.

To quit a game, press CTRL + F9.

MIDI:

SoundFonts (.sf2) files need to be placed in the /userdata/bios folder. MT32_CONTROL.ROM file needs to be present inside /userdata/bios/scummvm/extra.

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml